Green School

Located about 20 minutes outside of Ubud, the Green School is the second act of acclaimed Canadian jeweler John Hardy and his Californian wife Cynthia, who have lived in Bali for decades. The world’s first sustainable educational institution, built entirely of bamboo, the school sprawls across 19 tropical acres. Take the daily tour of this architecturally innovative campus, including the world’s largest, freestanding bamboo structure known as Heart of School. Then harvest tapioca, lemongrass and rambutan alongside students in the perma-culture garden, milk goats (used to make the school’s organic ice cream) and enjoy a gourmet lunch made with ingredients plucked straight from the surrounding fields. Don’t leave without buying a handful of bamboo seedlings: they are distributed to local farmers who plant and grow this natural building material before selling is back to the Green School for a profit.