Rising from bamboo skeletons

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Updated On Jun 11, 2012 08:48 pm IST

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A teacher works on a computer in an office at a green school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

Updated on Jun 11, 2012 08:48 pm IST

A teacher works on a computer in an office at a green school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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A general view a a roof of a chocolate factory constructed from bamboo at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

Updated on Jun 11, 2012 08:48 pm IST

A general view a a roof of a chocolate factory constructed from bamboo at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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A general view of bamboo construction at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

Updated on Jun 11, 2012 08:48 pm IST

A general view of bamboo construction at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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A general view of bamboo construction at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

Updated on Jun 11, 2012 08:48 pm IST

A general view of bamboo construction at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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Children go to class at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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Children go to class at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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A view of a classroom constructed from bamboo at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

Updated on Jun 11, 2012 08:48 pm IST

A view of a classroom constructed from bamboo at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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Visitors walk on a bamboo bridge at a green school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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Visitors walk on a bamboo bridge at a green school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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People visit a building made of bamboo at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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People visit a building made of bamboo at a school at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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A woman walks down stairs made from bamboo at a chocolate factory at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. Strong, light and cheaper than steel, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding. But the Indonesian island of Bali has made it an emblem of sustainable construction with a school, luxury villas and even a chocolate factory rising from bamboo skeletons. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

Updated on Jun 11, 2012 08:48 pm IST

A woman walks down stairs made from bamboo at a chocolate factory at a village in Sibang, Badung regency on Bali island. Strong, light and cheaper than steel, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding. But the Indonesian island of Bali has made it an emblem of sustainable construction with a school, luxury villas and even a chocolate factory rising from bamboo skeletons. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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