WHAT IF THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS A STORY PROBLEM?
WE INHERITED BELIEFS THAT HUMANS ARE SEPARATE FROM THE EARTH, THAT NATURE IS A RESOURCE, AND THAT GROWTH = PROGRESS.
THOSE BELIEFS ARE UPSTREAM OF EVERY SYSTEM
WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE.
IF THE BELIEFS AREN'T QUESTIONED, WE WILL REBUILD IN THE SAME IMAGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
ABOUT
Emerging Earth is a 4-day co-living residency at Batukaru Coffee Estate in Bali, immersed in nature, held in community, grounded in practice.
You'll learn and practice indigenous Balinese philosophy to living in right relation with the land directly with local wisdom holders.
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You’ll develop new ways of listening to the earth and participate in Futures-led creation, towards a regenerative vision for Bali.
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You'll leave with a new community, and practice to bring intuition in your work.
Facilitated by Dev Lewis with Diya Pinto and Made Masask
Hosted by Light Forest.
"If working apart we are a force powerful enough to destabilize our planet, surely working together we are a force powerful enough to save it."
- David Attenborough
WHO THIS IS FOR
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Your work is rooted in the earth — studying it, designing for it, fighting for it.
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You want to support/help/contribute to Bali’s future.
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You're very comfortable leading with intellect, but you sense it might be limiting.
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You want to move from thinking about the earth to feeling the earth more deeply.
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You're ready for practices, not just theory, together with community on the same journey.
SOUNDS EXCITING?
As someone working in climate and energy, Emerging Earth Residency allowed me to step outside the usual “business-as-usual” approaches. Practices like the Nature Wisdom Council created a powerful container to listen more deeply, not just intellectually, but relationally, to the natural world. I left with a renewed sense of clarity, and a more conscious way of engaging with the complex intersections of climate, capitalism, and societal systems.
Stanley Ng
New Energy Nexus Global Partnerships Director
THE EXPERIENCE
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Arrival Opening ceremony · Intention setting · Story circles
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Bali Connection Forest Foraging · Balinese Tradition on Living in right relation · Subak systems · Expert Talks
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Stillness & Nature Connection Meditation · Intuition & guidance protocols Forest bathing · Nature Wisdom Council for Bali
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Futures Thinking Workshop for Bali Vision
EVERY DAY BEGINS WITH MEDITATION AND SOMATIC PRACTICE. SHARED MEALS AND CO-CREATED RITUALS WEAVE THROUGH THE WHOLE RESIDENCY.
WHAT YOU WILL LEAVE WITH
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Traditional Balinese philosophy on living in right relationship to the land
PRACTICES
Meditative, intuition, and futures practices. Things you can actually do to shift how you listen, how you think and work.
CONNECTION
Connection to a local Balinese community of wisdom holders and a translocal Light Forest community of people across public policy, planetary health, futures, spirituality, and more.
RELATIONSHIP TO EARTH
Muscle memory for a more alive relationship with the earth and intuitive mind.
EMERGENT POSSIBILITIES
And Emergent possibility such as formation of Bali focussed community.
WHERE YOU WILL STAY
The gathering is held at Batukaru Coffee Estate in Jatiluwih, on the southern slopes of Mount Batukaru, surrounded by ancient protected forest. Halfway up the mountain, the ten-acre estate looks out over the Jatiluwih rice terraces — and on a clear day, all the way to the ocean, the islands beyond, and as far as Lombok. This valley is part of the Subak system, shaped Balinese agriculture and spiritual life since the 9th century, and recognised as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site since 2012.
The Rooms Built from natural and recycled materials, each room opens directly to jungle, mountain or valley. Shared and private options available.
The Water Spring water straight off the mountain, pure, mineral-rich, clean enough to drink.
The Food Three healthy vegetarian meals a day, grown biodynamically, right on the farm.
The Coffee Excellent homegrown Biodynamic Coffee.
"Meeting people from completely different worlds and actually talking about healing and regeneration together with so much love and care — that doesn't happen in most rooms. For people whose job is changing the world, that pause isn't a luxury. It IS the work."
Sadia Hossain, Programmes, Partnerships & Systems
FASCILITATORS
DEV
Dev spent over a decade working across Rhode Island, Mumbai, Shanghai, Beijing, and Bangkok, recognised as an ‘expert’ in tech policy, geopolitics and China.He helped grow Digital Asia Hub, working with organisations like Google APAC, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and Berkman Klein at Harvard; wrote for Nesta and Berkman Klein, spoke at TEDx, GSMA Mobile Week, and Funding the Commons, and was cited in Bloomberg, Nikkei, and the South China Morning Post.
Eventually he arrived at a realisation: the roots of the problems ran deeper than any policy could reach. They lay in stories about who we truly are and our relationship with the earth. That recognition turned his attention inward.
He has sat in Vipassana retreats in the Thai Buddhist Forest tradition, studied Qigong and Daoist philosophy, and worked deeply with Byron Katie's The Work and A Course in Miracles with his teacher GD.
Today Dev is based in Chiang Mai. He hosts the Light Forest Podcast hosting conversations with changemakers exploring the root causes of planetary crisis. He co-founded digi-cnx, and serves as visiting researcher at Chiang Mai University's School of Public Policy, and builds learning journeys exploring how indigenous and spiritual ideas can inform modern solutions. He plays handpan and is learning to grow food and live in the right relationship with the earth.
DIYA
Diya lives in Bali with her family and three dogs. At fifteen, she began to perceive subtle energies, including auras and the emotional states of those around her. That same year, she took time away from school to live in Hampi, where she trained under actor and director Adil Hussain while living simply, close to the land.
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That experience deepened her sensitivity to both the natural world and the inner lives of others. Since then, her path has moved through Bollywood, organic farming, illustration, photography, and design, each step informing her ongoing inquiry into perception and consciousness. She later met her teacher, GD, whose mentorship continues to shape her practice.
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Diya believes that the most meaningful creative work emerges from stillness. She is currently exploring how healing, art, and design can come together in her work.
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She is an intuitive healer trained in Jnana Kanda, a Balinese healing lineage taught by Guru Mangku Alit Ajna, and the author of The Woven Worlds, an unpublished children’s book that came to her in a dream.
MADE MASAK
My name is I Dewa Ayu Made Sri Dwiastuti, also known as Made Masak, a chef, forager, and community food educator from Penatahan Village, Tabanan, Bali. Since 2017, I have focused on sustainable, plant-based cooking rooted in Balinese tradition, ethical foraging, and cultural preservation.
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I work as a chef and menu developer at The Playful Table, Morin Resort in Nusa Lembongan, creating seasonal gluten free and plant forward menus inspired by local ingredients. I am also the founder of Mawija, a permaculture-based community kitchen initiative that works with women, children, and elders to preserve traditional food knowledge through foraging, fermentation, and communal cooking.
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I have collaborated with Potato Head Bali, Room4Dessert Academy, Morin, sharing indigenous ingredients and food traditions through workshops, events, and ethical foraging experiences.Through my work, I see food as storytelling, healing, and a way to protect both culture and nature.
WORK THAT INSPIRES
From indigenous ways of knowing, particularly Tyson Yunkaporta's Five Ways of Thinking and Robin Wall Kimmerer's work on Re-story-ation.
From Planetary Health, we understand that human and ecological wellbeing cannot be separated. Healing has to happen at the level of relationship, not just policy.
From Futures Studies, we take the understanding that our work is less about knowing what comes next and more about freeing ourselves from the old stories that limit our capacity to imagine what can be.
From Geordan Shannon's Spaces of Care framework, we hold that how we gather matters as much as what we gather around. The container matters as much as the content.
