VRDG, another shot at principles

[Guest guest]

Prabhus,

 

I feel like trying another shot at principles, as

according to the structure we have we have now gone

from Why to What to How, presently examining Env, Soc,

and Econ in a sustainability plan for rural farm

communities. According to What we have "sustainable

land use principles and practices". So before we get

to practices, which are management tools set out to

achieve the principles, then we need guiding

principles. New ideas below.

 

Environmental Principle : Land Fertility

 

Developmental measuring scale : 0% = 1) extreme barren

land, 2) moderate @ 50%? = high forest thicket, 3)

moderate @ 50%? = no land, as food imported from

others not in the rural community cow protection

system;

100% = optimised (in conjunction with social needs and

hectares needed) permacultural cornacopia, with grain

and pasture silvo-pastoral and -arable agroforests.

 

Social Principle : Meeting human needs

 

Developmental measuring scale : 0% = extreme 1)

absolute minimum (physical death from starvation,

sleep deprivation, no housing, no medicines, no body

maintaining education), extreme 2) absolute maximum

(physical death from glutony, excess sleep, too much

wealth (housing, sex, weaponary), bodily

self-gratificary education), moderate 3) @ 50%? =

eating, sleeping, mating and defending well, but

education forms atheistic ways and/or lives a type of

Star Treck exisance in metal society living of

hydroponic food!!;

100% = optimised (in conjunction with on-land living

and land's needs) = eating, sleeping, mating,

defending and educating to spiritual satisfaction

(Krsna Consciousness)

 

Economic Principle : Utility (is the principle)

Developmental measuring scale : 0% = All Export

Oriented production; 100% = optimised balance between

primarily Import Substitution Production (self

suficiency) and needed trade (Export Oriented

production)

 

 

With these principles, derived from Prabhupada, 0%

should always represent the hellish extremes, whether

lack of or excess of, 50%? a moderate satisfaction,

and 100% should represent the balanced whole of OM

Purnam, the best reflection of the spiritual worlds

that we can deliver on this planet.

 

The beauty about establishing principles with

developmental scales is then that practices can be

devised which show progress. It may be that a

management practice will lower one principle and raise

another one, and that will be a management desicion

based on priorities laid out in Action Plans.

 

For example, CSA is mostly export orientated but it

also increases self sufficiency, and is better than no

land, no production.

 

Again, I present the above for discussion, I do not

say it is right. But for developmental guidlines there

needs to be a line, a scale, of development to show,

which should be based on clear principles, measurable,

coherent and comprehensive across the globe. The above

is very similar to what I presented before but with

the economic aspect changing (as I was not happy with

it due to lack of a development line) to EO or IS -

Export Oriented or Import Substituted, which are two

models of economics.

 

Any responses?

 

Mark

 

 

 

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