We live in the Borneo farmhouse at Ngapuh Homestead, crafted from a giant tree that fell naturally here during a storm many years ago. The timber had begun to rot, but with the community’s support we salvaged what we could and carried it by hand to the site.

The house rests lightly on stilts, letting rainwater pass freely beneath, while a metal roof with wide overhangs keeps the rainforest rains at bay, typical in this region.

True sustainability is quiet, local and regenerative. It grows from materials that have lived, that continue to live, and that will live again. Where that tree once fell, new trees will rise in our lifetime, carrying life forward in a regenerative cycle in harmony with nature.