The local elites perception of “Hamemayu Hayuning Bawana” philosophies in the Green Village Program in Yogyakarta Province

Abstract

This article explains the philosophy of “Hamemayu Hayuning Bawana” as the local wisdom of Yogyakarta Province, which is a fundamental value in the green village program to cope the climate change. The teaching of the value of caring for the environment has been widely recognized by society, however, it has been eroded by modernization. To overcome the gap in cultural understanding with low implementation and realization, then this research focuses on how philosophical values are imbued in the green village program based on the perception of the local elite? The survey result of 118 local elites had been distributed across 45 villages were processed using SPSS, in form of descriptive statistics. The applicative understanding of these values is not yet detailed and technical. Thus, the implementation of philosophical values for green village development planning is still limited. In order to enhance the inspiration and realization of the philosophy, it is necessary to develop the spirit, innovation, creativity, applicability, participatory and proactivity of the local elite. We prove that the local elite must be able to change the philosophical concept within real behavior to build a sustainable green village.