Sustainable Living
VISION
Healthy, educated children growing up to earn a living and raise happy families.
PURPOSE
Assist schools, families and children with solutions to sustainable living challenges.
QUALITY
Deliver expected solutions that are easy and enjoyable to care for.
PRACTICES
Use best practices to build and care for solutions to sustainable living challenges.
PRINCIPLES
Important beliefs that seed sustaining behaviours.
Better Lives Mandala
Our sustainable living model’s purpose, practices and principles are represented by this mandala image of avocado tree leaves, petals and seeds.
Let’s review our model mandala starting with the leaves!
Purpose
Leaves represent these steps on a path to sustainable living:
Access KNOWLEDGE
Apply RESOURCES
Strengthen HEALTH
Earn INCOME
Improve HOME
Enhance EDUCATION
These steps guide how we assist schools, families and children with solutions to sustainable living challenges.
Quality
A star represents sustainable quality that is as expected, easy and enjoyable to use and care for:
EXPECTED because the solution is environmentaly friendly and uses resources economically.
EASY to build, use and care for because the solution is efficient and effective.
ENJOYABLE to receive because the solution is earned and its benefits are equitable.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT of the quality makes solutions sustainable. This is done by repeating Dr Deming’s Plan, Do, Check and Act cycle.
Practices
Petals represent best practices that build and care for solutions to sustainable living challenges:
NEED:
RELATE to understand a challenge’s root cause
SOLVE the root cause
PRIORITY:
AGREE ownership of the solution
DESIGN fit-for-purpose solution
BUDGET:
RESOURCE low cost life-cycle solution
ORDER:
IMPLEMENT budgeted projects with an order
Principles
Value seeds represent important beliefs that seed sustaining behaviours of:
PURPOSE
Confidence – from small sustainable successes
Courage – to overcome challenges
Assistance – to achieve sustainable living
LEADERSHIP
Education – to develop skills
Productivity – by using skills
Earning – by producing and selling value
TEAMWORK
Gratitude – for others
Caring – to understand
Trust – each other
OWNERSHIP
Home – for security
Health – for capacity to achieve
Responsibility – for sustainability