Every day, homes, hotels, restaurants, farms, and industries generate large quantities of organic waste. Instead of treating this waste simply as something to dispose of, the BIO3 Biogas System offers a practical approach: turn organic waste into a useful source of renewable energy and organic fertilizer.
Developed for Sri Lankan conditions, the BIO3 concept combines waste management,...
A village can look perfectly healthy from the outside: green paddy fields, a cool stream, coconut trees, home gardens and forests in the distance.
But sometimes the biggest environmental problems are the ones you cannot see immediately.
A well slowly running dry. A stream becoming polluted. Plastic being burned behind a house. A forest edge disappearing one small plot at a time. Farmers...
What if a piece of woven fabric could tell you where it came from, who made it, and how generations of Sri Lankan craftsmanship survived into the modern world?
That is the story behind Dumbara weaving.
Known in Sinhala as Dumbara Rata, this traditional craft is associated particularly with the Dumbara region around Kandy and Matale. What may look like a simple woven mat or wall hanging is...
There is a version of Knuckles that most visitors never see.
Not the famous photographs. Not the roadside viewpoints. Not the crowded stops where everyone takes the same picture.
The real Knuckles begins when the road disappears and the forest takes over.
Hidden among mist-covered mountains, streams, grasslands and cloud forests are trails leading to caves, waterfalls, remote viewpoints and...
What if some of the most beautiful things in Sri Lanka aren't made in expensive studios—but in small village workshops using materials that most people would overlook?
A strip of palm leaf.
A piece of clay.
A block of wood.
A handful of natural fibre.
In the hands of a skilled artisan, these ordinary materials can become baskets, masks, sculptures, jewellery, household objects and...
Sri Lanka is famous for waterfalls.
But if the only names you know are Diyaluma, Bambarakanda, Ravana and Dunhinda, you have barely scratched the surface.
Across the island's mountains and forests are smaller, quieter cascades—some reached by village roads, some by forest trails, and some requiring local knowledge to find safely. Recent Sri Lankan travel guides continue to highlight...