I am a Floridian, as shocking as that is. Here I am after 40 years living in Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Bahrain, and England. My working life brought me all over the world as a development worker, social researcher, child advocate, disaster responder, environmental activist, and feminist. In retirement I am a gardener, an avid bicyclist, hat-wearer, trouble-maker, and grumpy old woman.
Drug Use in Indonesia: a cultural-political perspective (this was written in 2002 but still quite relevant today) Men do not think they know a thing till they have grasped the “why” of it which is to grasp its primary cause. Aristotle’s Physica, Book II. Introduction Identifying the root causes of a social problem is … More Drug Use in Indonesia: a cultural-political perspective
Postcard from Flores: on food Flores is one of my favorite places on earth – a small tropical island in Eastern Indonesia with cool weather, amazing mountains and scenery, fabulous beaches, abundant greenery with things to pick and eat everywhere! One never goes hungry in Flores – or so I thought. In Flores, my favorite … More Postcard from Flores – Signed, a concerned project evaluator
Laine Berman 