A College in Bali Is Accepting Coconuts As Tuition
It hasn't been the easiest year to be a student for obvious reasons.But the Venus One Tourism Academy in Bali has been pretty chill about tuition.They have even started accepting payment in coconuts. Yes, coconuts.The school is also accepting moringa leaves, as well as the leaves from gotu kola, a culinary and medicinal plant.The coconut oil and assorted leaves will be combined into "herbal soap products.Those products can then be sold on-campus to raise money for the academy. .We have to educate them to optimize the natural resources in their surroundings. When the pandemic is over, they will enter the world of hospitality with different skills. They may find new customers later when they become resellers [of the coconut products], Wayan Pasek Adi Putra,Academy Director