Posts Tagged ‘Permaculture’

Interview with Ego Lemos 3/7/12

In July I went to East Timor as an international observer for the parliamentary election which took place on the 7th of July, 2012. I was located south west, very close to the border with West Timor (Indonesia) in the Suai, Covalima district. As soon as I landed in Dili I was surprised by the lack of high rising buildings and by the possibility to look around and be able to see the beautiful hills surrounding the capital. It is quite a strange feeling to leave behind the pompousness of western civilization for a more humble existence where everything superfluous is pretty much absent, at least for now.

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