The contractor is currently on site building the third and penultimate stage of the Borneo Rainforest Lodge renovation. Work on these 9 chalets is due to be completed by June 2009 and will bring the total inventory of renovated chalets to 24 rooms. Most interesting is that two of these chalets will be linked by a roofed, landscaped deck to provide the option for a deluxe suite / twinned chalet; the master room of which will feature an outside tub in a detached pavilion with panoramic view of the Danum River. The final phase...

I have recently read Blessed Unrest in which the author Paul Hawken suggests that a network of ground-up activists, NGO’s and Non-profits has created the largest social movement in history. In addressing three big issues of environment, social justice and indigenous cultures; Hawken asserts that this movement is “restoring grace, justice and beauty to the world”. I immediately recognised that I was a part of this movement and found that the book offers an optimistic assessment of the diversity and usefulness of all involved....