ENVIRONMENTAL ethics is not new to hundreds of traditional communities scattered across Indonesia. Not only understanding it, they apply it in their daily life. The Baduy community, located some 120 kilometers northwest of Jakarta, is one of them.

Rice farming is the main work of the tribe who inhabit 53 villages in the village of Kenekes, subdistrict of Leuwidamar, Regency of Lebak, Banten. Traditionally, the Baduy villages are divided into three