Model

VISION
Imagine everyone living happy sustainable lives on a peaceful sustainable earth.

PURPOSE
Assist disadvantaged schools, families and children with solutions to their sustainable living challenges.

QUALITY
Deliver sustainable quality solutions that are as expected, easy, and enjoyable to use and care for.

PRACTICES
Use sustaining practices to design and build solutions for sustainable living challenges.

PRINCIPLES
Believe in values that seed sustaining behaviours.

Mandala

Our sustainable living model is depicted in this mandala image. Avocado tree leaves, petals and seeds represent our purpose, practices and principles.

Purpose

Leaves represent the following steps on a possible 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 for sustainable living challenges.

Practices

Petals represent six practices that are used to build and care for solutions to sustainable living challenges:

RELATE to understand challenges
SOLVE root causes of challenges
AGREE ownership of solutions
DESIGN fit-for-purpose solutions
RESOURCE low life-cycle cost solutions
IMPLEMENT sustainable solutions

Principles

Seeds represent beliefs that seed sustaining behaviours of sense of purpose, leadership, teamwork and ownership:

PURPOSE
Confidence – from small sustainable successes
Assistance – to achieve sustainable living
Courage – to solve challenges

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
Responsibility – for sustainability
Health – for capacity to achieve