Sustainable Living
Better Lives assists schools, families and children living in disadvantaged rural areas to progress along a path to sustainable living. Our strategy is to assist with sustainable quality solutions to challenges they face on their path.
QUALITY
Strategy of Continuous Sustainable Quality Improvement of solutions to challenges on the path to sustainable living.
PURPOSE
Assist schools, families and children with solutions to challenges they face.
PRACTICES
Best practices repeat actions to build sustaining skills that build sustainable solutions.
PRINCIPLES
Important beliefs that seed actions.
Better Lives Mandala
The sustainable living pyramid’s principles, practices and purpose are represented by this mandala image of avocado tree seeds, petals and leaves.
PRINCIPLES – value seeds
PRACTICES – best practice petals
PURPOSE – path step leaves
Let’s review our model starting with principles.
Principles
Value seeds are important beliefs that seed actions and sustaining BEHAVIOURS:
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
Practices
Best practice petals repeat actions to build sustaining skills. We use best practices for each step of our Need, Priority, Budget & Order planning cycle as follows:
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
Purpose
Path step leaves guide us as we assist schools, families and children living in disadvantaged rural areas to progress along their own paths to sustainable living.
Access KNOWLEDGE
Apply RESOURCES
Strengthen HEALTH
Earn INCOME
Improve HOME
Enhance EDUCATION
Quality
Our strategy is to assist schools, families and children with Continuous Sustainable Quality Improvement of solutions to challenges they face on their path to sustainable living.
SUSTAINABLE QUALITY
EXPECTED + environmental + economical
EASY + efficient + effective
ENJOYABLE + earned + equitable
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT = Plan + Do + Check + Act