Garden Planner Needed
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At Jiwa Damai we are looking for a flexible person with much heart who wishes to do a 6 month volunteership with possible long-term job as a planner for our permaculture garden...
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Deep relaxation
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At Jiwa Damai we hosts groups which share their positive energy with us.
This is a photo from the Sadhana Yoga Training deep relaxation.
We were so grateful to have them training at Jiwa Damai!
The temple snake
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At Jiwa Damai we are co-sharing the area with a variety of snakes. This particular one was found sleeping under a plastic cover at the ping pong table...
Read MoreRepairs for the Garden Lumbung
/Our Garden Lumbung from Jiwa Damai, which has housed many volunteers so far was badly in need of repair. We had to remove the beautiful alive cover of passion fruit. It was embedded in it and we had to remove the old wrotten pieces. Phillip, a German carpenter is undertaking the renovation now. The termites had eaten much of the structural posts. Since the last violent storm we had, several trees had fallen and after being cut properly they came in very handy to replace the old posts. We will keep you updated on the progress.
Cleaning the river
/Cleaning the plastic from our river in the forest. Every two days, our local team and our volunteers collect the accumulated plastic which is caught in the net we placed across the river. It is then taken to the main road to our garbage container, where a truck picks it up every 2 weeks to take it to the larger landfill.
Cleaning the river at Jiwa Damai
Cleaning the river at Jiwa Damai in Bali
Cleaning the river at Jiwa Damai in BaliCleaning the river at Jiwa Damai in Bali
The cacao bean
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The precious cacao is contained in a hard shell, which when roasted opens easily and unveils the cacao bean. We are growing now the young trees from the seeds in our Jiwa Damai Garden.
Volunteers and research
/At Jiwa Damai, we love to explore and experiment and we are very open to new ideas. We encourage learning by doing in our permaculture garden.
Cedric was volunteering for a 6 month period. While completing his other volunteer responsibilities, he had an opportunity to research cacao beans and cacao fungus. He also experimented with different mixtures of chocolate and sugar: 90% , 80% and 65%. We all loved the 80% best! Read Cedric's full research paper --> Cacao production at Jiwa Damai
Cacao research
/At Jiwa Damai we produce useful research and we share it with the community. The following article is meant as a support for those who wish to learn about cacao, the black pod disease and methods how to deal with it. This article contains a short overview to thehistory and the ecology of the cacao, a summary of the cacao plantation in Jiwa Damai and a description of the black pod disease.
The article was the work of our volunteer, Cedric Ricci, under the supervision of Dr. Margret Rueffler.
Jiwa Damai is located in a tropical forest with many cacao trees. However the cacao production has decreased in the past years due to a black pod infection.
Dowload the article and feel free to share it with your friends. --> Cacao production at Jiwa Damai
Cooking together
/Cooking together in our kitchen with Margret, our Spanish volunteer, Mariano, and our kitchen fairies.
At Jiwa Damai, volunteers, interns and visitors can learn about the Balinese cuisine.
It is a wonderful and delicious experience!
Cacao & Berry Power Smoothie
/Sometimes the tastiest recipes are the easiest ones to make. This month we recommend a Cacao & Berry Power Smoothie!
Add the following ingredients to blender:
2 tablespoons raw cacao nibs
1 peeled banana
1 tablespoon goji berries
½ cup of frozen or raw raspberries
1 cup coconut milk or nut milk
Handful of ice
Blitz for one minute and enjoy! We got inspired from here.
