SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt
SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt
SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt
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The Meaning of Sufficiency Economy <br />
International Conference<br />
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Understanding this can lead to the development of management techniques that<br />
decrease the competition, aggression and stress that comes with them. In<br />
interviewing both the owners and their associates in these businesses, they almost to<br />
a person noted that the lack of stress in the workplace is what made their work so<br />
enjoyable.<br />
Products of service and products of consumption<br />
The term products of service refers to technological products that are returned<br />
to the manufacturer in order to create a closed loop system where toxic materials are<br />
recycled into new products rather than being released into the environment.<br />
Products of consumption are biological products that are consumed and what<br />
remains will harmlessly fall back into the ecosystem. Modern business is everything<br />
that this is not. Resources are extracted in most immoderate fashion that is creating<br />
a system that is dangerously dependent on geographically based natural resources<br />
that are readily susceptible to disruptive actions. Waste materials are discarded into<br />
the environment with almost total disregard for even potential impact. This model is<br />
certainly not one that is set up to “cope with shocks from internal and external<br />
changes” but rather, is one that increases the risk of shock.<br />
Solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean energy<br />
The use of alternative energy sources that do not harm the environment in<br />
either extraction or emissions as primary energy sources is essential to<br />
sustainability. Some of the networks’ programs include providing information to<br />
businesses on how they can avail themselves of wind, solar and other alternative<br />
energy sources. Another thing that the networks do is keep businesses informed of<br />
opportunities in the development and and opportunities for funding in the<br />
development of alternative energy technologies.<br />
Western (and particularly U.S.) addiction to energy, particularly fossil fuel<br />
based energy, is not moderate, not reasonable, and far from providing a selfimmunity<br />
system.<br />
Continuous improvement process<br />
Providing for means of evaluating for constant improvement of a business<br />
whether through location of lower priced resources or new markets or ideas for<br />
improved process or quality is essential for sustainability.<br />
These networks we looked at provide constant information and knowledge<br />
sharing supportive of continuous improvement. They provide simple support<br />
networks to encourage entrepreneurs theough tough times, The top-down enabling<br />
leadership consolidates much of the time-consuming research and resource<br />
management allowing more time in the grass-roots development work for<br />
implementation and the evaluatiion required to direct change. This provides a kind<br />
of self-immunization safety net.