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This website presents the creative collaborations and initiatives of WOW (World Organization for Wellness) based in Bali, Indonesia. This is an outcome of more than one month of actual case studies and interactions with people behind the collaborations and best practices.
The case studies are aided by photos, videos, and audio recordings of workshops and meetings, field works, celebrations, conferences, and anything else in between. This process of documenting the bits and pieces of WOW’s creative exchanges and collaborations bring awareness to the contributions of all the partners and stakeholders in the dynamics of their efforts.
There is a lot to learn from what these people in Bali are doing as far as sustainability, wellness and creative collaborations are concerned. In the same way, they also have a lot to learn from the rest of the world. The easiest way to regenerate these knowledge and practices is through an online platform, and of course, through social media.
WOW Creative Collaborations facilitates sharing of information on sustainability and wellness and how these ideas are transformed into practical solutions that people can adapt into daily life. Updates and blogs will show how these all transform based on new learning, reflecting WOW's evolutionary design system.
Click the link to know more about WOW Bali, and the Eight Pillars of Human Biodiversity it is advocating towards sustainability and wellness in living.
Get to know the people collaborating with WOW Bali via its Sustainable Dynamics Framework.
Feedback and comments are most welcome!
Kim Calderon
Associate Project Officer
Development Academy of the Philippines
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About WOW
WOW Bali is an internationally recognized project specializing in the areas of regenerative development and sharing the knowledge of sustainability via mutualism in a process called “Sustainable Dynamics.” Its projects and programs are based on human-centered, evolutionary design system for the integration of local wisdom with applied modern methodologies. WOW sustains through mutualism and creative economics with its partners, allowing to regenerate and venture into more sustainable project.
In the beginning of 2013 Wow Bali was case studied for IDEO.org and featured in an article entitled: “Permaculture to Save a Disappearing Culture.” WOW’s co-founder and creative director, Hai Dai, presented the “Sustainable Dynamics” framework and projects at the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) Seminar on Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Ethics, during which we shared with 20 international delegates the basic understanding of sustainability and frameworks for ethical guidelines based on case studies. In August 2013, he presented sustainable development holistic participation model and practices at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Workshop on Low Carbon Towards Green Growth. WOW has also shared its regenerative seminars and workshops with many organizations worldwide: recently at Sekar Bumi Farm, in Gianyar Regency for the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) and The World Forestry Centre aka International Center for Research on Agroforestry (ICRAF). In March 2014, the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity was looking at WOW’s Sustainable Dynamic as the Human Biodiversity model.
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Eight Pillars of Human Biodiversity
 Sustainable DynamicsWOW's Sustainable Dynamics brings a whole new perspective and inspiration to collaboration and the sharing of resources for the cultivation of sustainable culture and communities. See how sustainable dynamics function from the regional collaboration level to the individual organization level. |  New CelebrationsWOW Sustainable Outreach is based on "celebration and ceremonial" events. This allows our efforts in holistic participatory development to have the "most affect" within our communities. We believe that at the end of our efforts in sustainability, there will be a celebration of abundance. Therefore, let's start with the "celebration and sacred balance" here in the NOW! |  Creative AutonomyLearning is our highest celebration; a form of ceremony in and of itself. To approach the learning process with respect creates deeper understanding. When one recognizes the value of what is being learned, one is empowered and inspired to take greater positive action. The highest context for learning is when one has the freedom to create and follow his/her own process and purpose. Creative autonomy, humanity's highest attribute, is the force and property in our learning celebrations. |
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 Cultural FusionWith globalization encroaching on cultures, holistic cultural collaboration addresses global holistic participatory concerns related to the sustainability of the planet. Identifying cultural diversities not only allows us to celebrate uniqueness, but to define the sacred balance of sameness among cultures. In this sacred balance we can bridge understandings and co-create a more dynamic future. |  SO-HO EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurial models have reached new heights in sharing prosperity with communities, producers, and farmers. Organic production, however, has to be redefined for real sustainability; otherwise modern organic lifestyle advocates can be just another business middleman making organic farming unsustainable for local farmers. |  Active Leadership"To be a good leader one must learn how to follow," is an old paradigm. In today’s sustainable development, everyone needs to take leadership by taking responsibility for our actions. The new framework of leadership, an active form of conscious thinking, must be adaptive to empower every level of engagement regardless of “level of consciousness.” Active and dynamic exchange via different intelligence modalities within this conscious framework empowers leaders to inspire holistic participation. |
 Dynamic WellnessThe forces and properties of wellbeing are the core of harmonious connections with the self, others, and nature. When the inherently sustainable “operating system” of the body (“thinking body”) is combined with a balanced mind on the conscious and unconscious levels, wellbeing is achieved. A balanced mind via "dynamic processes" in concert with the "thinking body" develops one's forces and properties of wellness. |  Natural AestheticsHuman aesthetic, derived from multiple intelligences as well as cultural perceptions and/or conditionings, weighs greatly in who we are. This aesthetic dictates the way we receive and transmit information, and influences our actions and creations. Beyond aesthetic conditioned by culture, there is a basic human understanding that reconnects us with nature’s beauty and allows us to work with nature synergistically. |