Orin Hardy

Orin Hardy is co-founder of Bamboo U and the Kul Kul Farm, two sustainability education enterprises in Bali. He dedicated his time to creating spaces and opening up new possibilities to people to live lives closer to nature and themselves. Combining his international expertise with local knowledge, Hardy facilities and teaches courses related to, permaculture design, gardening and bamboo construction. Along with his team, Hardy has welcomed hundreds of people from all over the world to participate in these programs. Raised in Baliness Village surrounded by the rivers and jungle, he then moved to North America where he witnessed this disconnect between humans and nature in the modern world. He now spends his time devoted to reconnect people with nature. His most recent endeavors have been to tackle the challenge of bringing Bamboo U online in order to adapt to realities of a world grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic.