https://www.scmp.com/rss/325478/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com For the past 15 years, Iskandar Waworuntu has been implementing and teaching permaculture outside Yogyakarta in Central Java, one of Indonesia’s main tourist sites. In the green hills that surround the city, he founded Bumi Langit, a socio-ecological project that combines the principles of Islam with the activities of a sustainable commune, which vary from farming and food production to education through courses open to the public. Waworuntu’s journey began in 2000, when he embraced Islam and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3079366/rooted-faith-islams-role-indonesias-environmental-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3079366/rooted-faith-islams-role-indonesias-environmental-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Apr 2020 04:00:12 +0000 Taiwanese model Ni Feiya looks like many of his contemporaries during the day. At night, however, he dresses up like a woman, wears make-up and performs as a drag queen. His “double life” defines his identity and social interactions. His portrait, which was taken at his house in Taiwan, is part of Chinese photographer Luo Yang’s latest series, “Youth”. Although there isn’t a “behind the scenes” story to each picture, Yang says she tends to photograph subjects who have interesting backgrounds,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3074890/young-asian-and-different-lives-chinas-gen-z-love-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3074890/young-asian-and-different-lives-chinas-gen-z-love-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:30:13 +0000 The fragrant smell of mutton and berry pulao wafts through Britannia & Company, one of the last remaining “Irani” cafes in Mumbai. Although it is still flourishing in Colaba’s Ballard Estate, a Mumbai business district known for its stately colonial architecture, the Britannia is a relic of a slowly disappearing cafe culture. Mumbai’s Irani community includes the descendants of Zoroastrian, Parsi and Muslim Iranians who fled to India to escape famine or religious persecution over the centuries.... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3051375/remnants-british-raj-mumbai-irani-cafes-preserve-parsi-cuisine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3051375/remnants-british-raj-mumbai-irani-cafes-preserve-parsi-cuisine?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:30:07 +0000 Every morning, Michael Zee prepares breakfast for his husband Mark van Beek in their apartment in Shanghai’s former French Concession. After carefully plating every element, he takes a symmetrical photo of their plates and posts it on his Instagram account, which has more than 760,000 followers. This is how Symmetry Breakfast (@symmetrybreakfast) was born in 2013 in East London. More than 1,400 breakfasts later, managing the account has become Zee’s full-time career and encouraged him write a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2115507/instagrammer-michael-zees-symmetrical-breakfasts-huge-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2115507/instagrammer-michael-zees-symmetrical-breakfasts-huge-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Oct 2017 23:17:35 +0000