Yayasan Global Banjar Internasional 2012-2016 Prospectus. For more information, please visit www.WowBali.com and/or Facebook.com/wowbali for more up to date information. Wow Bali is a transparent management foundation and inclusive development based on mutualism and sharing of resource.
1. YAYASAN GLOBAL BANJAR INTERNASIONAL
WOW BALI INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE
Bali, Indonesia
About WOW Bali
Wow Bali is an internationally recognized program on regenerative
sustainable development that started in 2012 in Bali, Indonesia. WOW Bali
Co-founder and Creative Director Hai Dai Nguyen developed the
Sustainable Dynamics Framework based on his case studies of grassroots
sustainable community-based ecotourism best practices in Bali, Indonesia
since 2008. “Sustainable Dynamics” are the forces and properties that
enable a community to coexist and operate interdependently.
WOW Bali program and projects are sustained through mutualism and
creative economics with its partners, allowing for the regeneration of new
initiatives. The program used to operate under the Yayasan Tri Hita Karana
Bali, an organization founded on the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana—the
core of the Balinese belief system, which traces the “causes of goodness”
on a harmonious relationship between God, people, and nature. Tri Hita
Karana Bali exists to educate both adults and children about organic farming
practices. Through its various projects and workshops, it is able to sustain
its advocacy towards preserving the Bali culture and raise environmental
awareness through the principles of permaculture.
In 2015, after three years of developing sustainable local initiatives, WOW Bali evolved from being a
program into its very own Yayasan Global Banjar Internasional with the support of its long-term local
partners.
Board of Directors: Contact Information
Address 1:
No. 8 Jl Cocoa II, Desa Kedewatan,
Ubud, Bali 80571– Indonesia
Address 2:
WOW Smart Center
Sekar Bumi Tropical Farm
Jl. Raya Sekar Bumi No.99, Br. Buhu
Desa Kerta Payangan, Gianyar,
Bali 80572 – Indonesia
Tel. No.
+62 819-9954-5666
Email:
wow@wowbali.com
oxoxhd@gmail.com
Website:
www.wowbali.com
Hai Dai Nguyen
Sienara Arsyad
Ketut Subagia
Tracy Nguyen
This initiative for
international collaborations
on sustainable development
builds upon the existing
efforts and aspirations of
people behind Wow Bali, a
program in Ubud, Bali,
Indonesia, that has a mission
to co-develop “regenerative”
processes for a more
“Sustainable Dynamic” living
and learning (with)in 21st
century communities.
2. Vision | Mission
WOW Bali envisions a world in which everyone is happy, healthy, and
prosperous by virtue of living in complete harmony with the “dynamic”
(forces and properties) of human culture and the natural ecosystem. This
would be an evolutionary systemic solution of sustainable cultures here
in Asia and most indigenous and traditional cultures of the world.
Our mission is to co-develop “regenerative” processes for a more “Sustainable Dynamic” (S|D) in living
and learning for 21st
century communities. (S|D) designs are based on human-centered processes and
evolutionary design system for the integration of local wisdom (native intelligence) with applied modern
methodologies.
WOW Bali aims to develop systemic, holistic, transrdisciplinary, and participatory learning
experiences to cultivate human’s “creative potentials”.
The goals for international collaborations in various areas of sustainable development (such as, but
not limited to sustainable ecotourism and agrotourism) are premised upon the “regenerative” (easy-
to-do; simple-to-share) processes that WOW Bali fosters, based on today’s living culture. We believe
that sharing of practices, when sustained, can yield valuable impacts not only for individuals and
groups involved but also for the communities within which they work or function.
Through collaboration, we seek to co-develop ecological communities in the long run so that
sustainable practices can thrive and regenerate. They will be showcased in various platforms to serve
as models for others to emulate.
Programs | Offerings
LEARNING EXCHANGE
For WOW Bali, learning is a dynamic process and is unique for every individual. We support and apply
‘active learning’ (action research) methodologies to inspire creativity and maximize individual learning
experience.
DYNAMIC WELLNESS (aka ‘WOW Dynamics’)
Learning about the natural dynamics of the human body has a lot to teach us about sustainable living,
our relationships with others, with nature, and with the divine. We have researched and affirmed
simple regenerative wellness processes (universal modalities) based on traditional cultures and native
intelligences that connect us back to nature. These are simple reminders of own creative human’s
autonomy, which inspires experiential dynamics towards sustainable human transformation.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
WOW Paradise authentic learning tours fuse ecological, academic, cultural and adventure tours to
give you a one-of-a kind travel and learning experience. The sustainable eco-villages (WOW Smart
Centers) we are co-developing in Bali will welcome you and share a piece of paradise that you can
bring with you long after your visit.
CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS
3. Building a sustainable future requires us to work together. WOW Bali International Initiative supports
and practices creative collaborations with various stakeholders through mutualism partnerships in
sustainable dynamics.
Milestones and Major Projects
In January 2013, WOW Bali and Yayasan Tri Hita Karana
Bali was case studied by Presidio Graduate School for
Sustainable Management for IDEO’s HCDConnect
sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with
their effort on “Permaculture to Save a Disappearing
Culture.”
In July 2013, WOW Bali presented Sustainable
Community-based EcotOURism Best Practices at the
Grassroots Level during the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) and the United Nations World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Workshop on Low
Carbon Towards Green Growth in Koh Samui, Thailand to
showcase ecotourism as an effective tool for cultural
preservation and affective tool for people development.
The S|D Framework was introduced during this
presentation, highlighting holistic participation as a key
element in community-based sustainable development.
Whereas WOW Bali focused on systemic, holistic, interdisciplinary and participatory eco-solutions
based on evolutionary design thinking, UNWTO Acting Director of the Sustainable Development of
Tourism Programme, Dr. Dirk Glaesser, emphasized that the “important first lesson (in sustainability):
a holistic view is necessary.”
In August 2013, WOW Bali and Sekar Bumi Farm were
showcased observational case studies in back-to-back
international conferences: International Centre for
Research on Agroforestry (ICRAF) during the 6th Annual
International Ecosystem Services Partnership
Conference and to the Asian Productivity Organization
(APO) Workshop on Agro-tourism Development and
Marketing for Improving Farm Household Incomes.
These learning exchanges paved the way towards the
long term development of the Cultural Wealth
Collaboration Project; a collaborative conservation effort
that witnesses the evolution of traditional lifestyles and
cultures in the midst of a monetary-based society.
http://bit.ly/2sl9MlJ
4. In November 2013, WOW Bali presented at the Forum
for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC)
Seminar on Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Ethics
during which WOW Co-founder shared the basics of
sustainable development to international delegates
and how the sustainable dynamics of culture is much
like the biodiversity of nature. http://bit.ly/2rypvuQ
In December 2013, WOW Bali launched WOW Affect
New Year Celebration in collaboration with The
Mansion Bali Resort as part of the Eco-Life
Celebrations Program to develop and showcase
dynamic wellness and celebration programs and
implement eco-effective solutions that could transform
and improve efficiency in the use of resources in luxury
settings. http://bit.ly/2rxYpEi
In March 2014, The Human Biodiversity Framework
was co-developed, as a result of the case study by the
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and the Development
Academy of the Philippines. The framework integrates
WOW Bali’s eight (8) pillars of sustainable dynamics
and dynamics wellness modalities current regional
development here in Gianyar Regency. Learning
exchange and case study with the ASEAN Center for
Biodiversity highlighted one of the biggest global issues
in sustainability—the massive loss of ecological
biodiversity. WOW Bali’s integration of human-level and systemic regenerative solutions for the
sustainable development of the people and the planet recognizes human impact on the ecology.
http://bit.ly/2rPSEkF
The Human Biodiversity Framework was launched during
the ‘Awaken the Spirit’ Conference, Concert and
Ceremony organized by WOW Bali at the end of March
2014. Documentation case studies by the Development
Academy of the Philippines focused on the application of
the Sustainable Dynamics Framework into creative
collaborations with different stakeholders. The conference
showcased collaborative projects with Yayasan Tri Hita
Karana Bali, The Mansion Hotel and Resort, Dwijendra
University, Desa Kerta Generations and Fat Radish Community Supported Agriculture, Sekar Bumi
Farm, and Bindu Village.
5. In May 2014, WOW Bali Co-Founderand CreativeDirector
made a keynote presentation of the Human Biodiversity
Framework during the Asian Productivity Organization
11th
Grantees’ Forum, with the theme “Green
Productivity Towards a Greener Asian Economy” at the
Development Academy of the Philippines in Pasig City,
Philippines. The “Sustainable Dynamics” Framework was
then recognized as an international collaborative
framework for sustainable development. The framework was applied in learning workshops and
exchanges with the center executives of the Academy.
The APO Forum opened opportunities for collaboration with stakeholders in the Philippines, namely,
the Center for Sustainable Human Development of the Development Academy of the Philippines; the
renowned Costales Nature Farms and the local government of Majayjay, Laguna; community
partners in Sagada, Mountain Province; and the Sovereign Shepherd School of Values and Learning.
In August 2014, the 1st
International Heliconia Congress
was held at Sekar Bumi Farm in collaboration with the
Department of Floriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture
of Indonesia, and the Regency of Gianyar in Bali. This
international event was conducted alongside the WOW
Kreatif Camp organized in collaboration with Snerayuza Art
Space. During the joint event, WOW Bali launched its WOW
Paradise Sustainable Ecotourism Program with focus on
Dynamic Wellness, the WOW Smart Center Ecovillage
Project and the Global Banjar Vision.
In September 2014, the Sustainable Dynamics Collective
was formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between WOW Bali and Universitas Dwijendra to
develop knowledge sharing and exchange, research &
development, practicum programs and academic fora and
conferences on wellness and regenerative sustainable
development.
In May 2015, WOW Bali Co-founder Hai Dai conducted
learning exchanges in Vietnam with various creative
organizations, technology startup groups (Phibius, Glow,
Hello Doctor), government institution (SMEDEC II), and
universities (Hoa Sen University) to share about WOW Bali’s
Sustainable Dynamics Framework as part of active learning
about ASEAN Integration.
6. In May 2015, WOW Bali became a registered Yayasan Global Banjar
Internasional. The name signifies WOW local collaborators’ vision of a
‘global banjar’, which they want to regenerate beyond Bali by offering
transformative and sustainable ecotourism.
In July 2015, WOW Bali hosted the largest Dharma Youth Camp
at WOW Smart Center in Sekar Bumi Farm. Indonesia’s largest
Buddhist community share our WOW Dynamics and its Dynamic
Wellness processes as natural human’s transformation and
benefits of the planet.
WOW Bali Co-founder Hai Dai met with Republic of
Indonesia Education Minister Anies Baswedan and
MIT Professor Otto Scharmer during the Forum on
Reinventing Education for 21st Century: U.School:
Building Collective Leadership Capacity for
Transforming Self, Business, & Society in Paramadina
Graduate School Campus in Jakarta in July 2015. Prof.
Sharmer centered his talk around Creating
Innovations in Education while Minister Baswedan
inspired the participants with the underlying
philosophy of his reform efforts in Indonesian basic
education: education as a movement-building; tri-
sector engagement (business, NGOs, government) in
further advancing new learning environments.
In September 2015, WOW Co-founder Hai Dai
and Youth Champion Jaz Linh Nguyen
presented WOW Dynamics: Path to Freedom
was presented to the International FEALAC
Youth Conference (IFYC2015) in Bandung,
Indonesia. This served as impetus for the series
of regenerative programs for youths focused on
marine-preneurship.
7. Amidst the ripple-effects from IFYC2015, WOW Bali launched
the Adventure Learning Tour in October 2015 to bring the
FEALAC Youths and youths from Uncollege’s Gap Year Programs
to an experiential journey in Bali as a participatory approach in
understanding the situation in coastal and upland grassroots
communities. REGEN 2.O is WOW Bali's "Ridge to Reef"
Development; an alliance aimed at preserving locally-managed
marine protected areas (LMMPA) in Tulamben and Amed, BALI.
In December 2015, Yayasan Global Banjar Internasional
collaborated with Jero Gede Alitan and the Batur Management
Team to start WOW Batur Project, a regenerative model for
community-based cultural tourism initiative in Mount Batur,
Bangli Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Batur supplies most of the
island’s water, which is the lifeblood of the Balinese culture. This
collaboration project pays tribute to the significant contribution
of Batur and the local communities living in this sacred land,
headed by their high priest and political leader, Jero Gede Alitan.
In January 2016, collaboration between the ASEAN
Youth Leader’s Association (AYLA)- Indonesia Chapter
and WOW Bali and commenced with the goal of co-
creating the ASEAN Children Festival 2016.
In May 2016, WOW Bali landed on the front page of
BALI POST, showcasing its mission to bridge modern
methodologies with Bali's ancient philosophy, Tri Hita
Karana, a high human consciousness that has
transcended time, to lead the Z-Generation (14-17 years
old) into sustainable (economic, social and
environmental) freedom.
8. HealFest 2016 was held at WOW Batur in
November 2016 during which WOW co-founder,
Hai Dai, shared how ‘WOW Dynamics Framework
is not just for optimum living in co-creating
abundance as individuals and for our community
but can also serve to prevent illnesses and enable
healing for others.
A week earlier, WOW Batur hosted the Balian
(trans. Balinese Healer) Gathering that brough
together Bali’s renown Balians to share deep
insights into ancient healing processes of the
Balinese. This event served to share the thousand-year-old dynamic approach to wellness that is
inspired by the willingness to believe in the powerful activation of love, combined with human’s
highest divine connections for optimum wellbeing.
In mutualism, a collaboration in sharing resources
with HealFest, founded by Matt Reimann of
ph360; a ‘Personalized Health’ vision featured on
TEDTalks, is very much in alignment with WOW
Dynamic Wellness framework for sustainable and
regenerative development. WOW Bali and ph360
share a common understanding: that there is a
great need for personal management of wellbeing
in today’s time. One’s abilities to control stress and
cure sickness are vital solutions of social, cultural,
economic, and environmental wellness of the planet.
Fulfilling WOW’s sustainable dynamic collaboration
with AYLA Indonesia, the ASEAN Children Festival
2016 (A+CF2016) was held on 15-19 December
2017, setting a pathway towards sustainable
freedom. It’s theme: CONNECT, INSPIRE, CO-CREATE
applies "WOW Dynamics" framework during the
three-day regenerative active learning celebration,
where children aged 14-17 from ASEAN countries
and beyond were connected to share their well-
being and creative processes in order to regenerate
their leadership, vision, and actions within their
community. With over 130 participants and over 60
Social Projects initiated by the youth delegates from
Indonesia, The Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam,
Malaysia and Bangladesh.
9. After the ASEAN Children Festival, the youth mentors
gathered in Bali in January 2017 to activate them with
transformative leadership during the Global Mentor
Fest. The mentors, who spearheaded the A+CF2016,
went through workshops in dynamic wellness with
simple movements, imagination, posture, and breath
work that can shift their energy towards peace and
natural balance. They have also shared their active
learning during the workshops as a means of
activating transformative leadership and creative
autonomy. They have found several applications of transformative leadership and creative in their
own studies and field of interests.
In February 2017, WOW Bali mentored Langit Budaya
student group led by Ms. Fitria Pebri to co-develop
Blue Sky Culture: Sharing Culture and Spirituality for
Dynamic Living. This is a cultural tour that provides
dynamic learning opportunity “in the spirit of
togetherness” to remind us that “a regenerative
sustainable culture is possible under the blue sky”.
This project was initiated by students from STMIK
Primakara Technopreneurship Campus)
Participating in Bali’s biggest beach cleanup and The
Economist’s World Ocean Summit in February 2017,
WOW Bali Initiated collaboration with Mr. Paul Rossi,
the President of The Economist Group’s global media
businesses. The project is a ‘Call of Commitment’ to
Bali from the Mr. Rossi (From Beach to Boast) will
serve to transform Bali’s ocean plastic trash into 3D
printed boats which will be provided to fisherfolks in
the coastal villages of Bali so they can start their own
ecotourism enterprises.
10. WOW Bali Co-founder revisitedthe Ancient City of
Hue in Vietnam to form alliances with Start Up
Ecosystem and Innovation Systems Foundation
and CoPlus Hub. This collaboration aims to develop
the next generation of sustainable youth's
professional mentors (16-28 yrs) for children's (10-
14 yrs) authentic learning via social
entrepreneurship based on 'WOW Dynamics'
leveraging corporate philanthropy marketing for
optimum regeneration. WOW Bali also partnered
with Hue's Association for Children's Rights for
optimum sustainable developments and social
protection of marginalized and abused children.
Mr. Hai Dai also met with LYD3D which launched affordable 3D printers in collaborations with
Makerspace in Da Nang City, Vietnam. Professor Thu at Da Nang University shares her vision of
bringing innovations to K-12 and in supporting the next level STEM development. WOW co-founder
sees possibilities in regenerative development with Artcodo and LYD3D for our sustainable and
regenerative children's rights projects in Vietnam.
The first visioning session with International
Relations Graduating Students from Sebelas
Maret University (UNS) focused on sustainable
tourism planning for “Malaka Regenerative” in
Malaka Village, North Lombok, Indonesia. In
collaboration with WOW Bali, this project was
initiated by youths as an application of innovative
agriculture to empower the community of Malakas,
especially the youth and women. This collaboration
to regenerate WOW Sustainable Dynamics
programs starts with waste management good
practices to sustain profits, to adopting wellness
programs for human transformation toward
sustainable tourism development.
11. The ASEAN Youth Friendship Network led by Ms. Hesti
Aryani launched the International Youth Friendship
Camp 2017 in collaboration with WOW Bali in March
2017. The Program aimed to facilitate connections and
strengthen solidarity among youths from all over the
world. WOW Bali provided fun and creative approach
to truly know thy ‘self’. WOW Bali shared its mutualistic
development (that evolved from friendship) that is
sustainable and regenerative with the largest organic
exotic flower farm in Bali via creative economics.
AYLA Indonesia and WOW Bali are set to
collaborate with the Indonesian Ministry of Youth
and Sports (Kemenpora) and Anakmuda.net for
the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY)
2017 side event called ASEAN Youth Expo to
showcase ASEAN solidarity through projects
being regenerated in different ASEAN countries
using a universal, integrative, and transformative
framework. This collaboration was initiated as
early as 2015 during the International FEALAC
Youth Conference, in which Mr. Mirhan Tabrani,
the Director of International Partnership of the
Youth and Sports Ministry, played a big role.
In April 2017, Wow Bali connected its
interdisciplinary framework with Sebelas Maret
University (UNS) in Surakarta, one of Indonesia's
top ten academic institutions. This knowledge
exchange led to a collaboration to develop student
internship programs for the college students of
Sebelas Maret with WOW Bali to actively learn
about regenerative development. The students
will benefit from dynamic learning opportunities
and interdiciplinary participatory approach for
12. individuals to connect their academic capabilities with professional experiences. Together with WOW
Bali during the MOU signing are the Dean of Social and Political Science Faculty, Head of International
Relations, Head of Communications, Head of National Exchange, Head of Sociology, Head of Public
Administration, Head of Library Studies and International Relations of Sebelas Maret University.
WOW Bali consulted for Netflix Dance
Documentary “We Speak Dance” this year,
showcasing how affective cultural dance via
WOW ‘sustainable dynamics’ can affirm cultural
uniqueness; beyond the aesthetic of dance and
into using dance and the arts as effective tools in
socio-cultural development. This process goes
back to the backbone of socio-cultural
development—traditional beliefs that came
before dance and the arts were monetized in
performance-based processes. The return of sacredness within dance and the arts connect to one’s
creative autonomy; a self-directed course of one’s wellbeing as an offering to their highest self and
divinity. This connects people to human’s highest aptitude—creativity for connecting the dots in
everyday living.
WOW Bali in a partnership with Bali Flow Temple
for a dynamic exchange in collaborations to
integrate WOW Dynamics framework within
creative movements that reconnect one’s flow;
fused by the elementals for a deeper
understanding of connectedness and intentions.
Develop one’s action learning as an inspiration
towards creative movements; inspiring creative
autonomy as a sacred offering that is imprinted in
our cognitive minds via the elementals of fire, water, wind or earth. In short, where ever creative
mind goes, blood follows and where blood goes energy manifests; impregnate this manifestation
with intentions and imagination then healing begins.
WOW Bali launched “Sacred Adventures” in this
inaugural cultural exchange with Ratu Pedenda
(High Priest of the Balinese Calendar) famous for
WARIGA BELOG based on ancient systems used
by the Balinese for farming, now has evolved into
self-management and personal wellness
guidance system, a native intelligence used by
collaborative networks. The cultural exchange
bridged the Balinese cultural aesthetics with
modern cultures and traditional modalities of
wellness for global regenerative development. Ratu Pedanda shared the application of the Balinese
calendar and how events such as ceremonies and celebrations can help build communities. Under
WOW framework and instructional design via technology regenerative development, Ratu Pendanda
and WOW Team will co-create wellness, creative autonomy and transformative leadership solutions
for sustainable dynamics toward optimum regenerative exchange.