Guina’ang Inspiration Center Vision
“We envision building inspiration centers with schools throughout the Cordilleras to empower the upcoming generations to meet the challenges of our times. Inspiration Centers will be open spaces that allow the youth to cultivate creativity, self-learning, and...
Guina’ang Diamond Mandala
Guina’ang is a small and humble mountain village in the Northern Philippines. It takes 12 hours to get there from Manila and another two by rough road from Bontoc. I’ve been working with Guina’ang for the last two years after getting lost hiking...
A Heart Heavy Design
I’ve been spending lots of time with our 1Mandala site. I’ve been focused on getting the core concepts refined, getting the Java script, the PHP and the HTML stuff working behind the scenes. The result? A very HEAD-heavy site. But that’s not what...A Better Way…
What’s the best way to make Good stuff happen? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this lately. Back when I was in university, my mentor, the campus Chaplin, would look over my weekly articles for the university newspaper. I loved to tackle...
Lost then Found
I was asked by TrailAdventours, who are supporting the 1Mandala Guina’ang 1Book project, to tell the story of how it all began for their upcoming travel magazine. Here it is! —– The village of Guina’ang is about as far away as you can get...Russs.net
Russell is a regenerative designer and inventor based in Bali, Indonesia. He is one of the leaders of the Ecobrick movement in Indonesia and the world. Inspired by the principles of the mandala and his time amongst the Igorot people he works to implementing deep, trans-formative innovations. You can read more in his Regenerative Design Manifesto or follow him on Facebook