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I. Background
The advent of the 21st century poses new challenges and opportunities in business.
These Opportunities, however, are challenged by unorthodox events and environments
that can easily disrupt traditional business models which requires a new kind of thinking
and approach.
Global climate change, oil price shocks, local and international terrorism are the primary
issues facing the world today. Poverty is a driver of increased terrorism in many
countries and with the present economic climates being disrupted by oil price shocks
the probability for terrorism to grow even further is enhanced.
The delivery of basic human services has not been met by the government of many
countries, thereby creating the rise of instability; our programs will address areas of
specific concern in each community that addresses specific services and self reliant
activities.
Our plan is to tackle all these issues on a community level, where it all begins. creating
an economic model that is based on Community Development (including the political,
security, and sociological spheres) and which utilizes renewable technologies will be a
first in the region. Thus, the operative term for the project is Resilience Thru
Renewables.
II. Components
The key components for the plan includes a mix of the following, depending on the local
conditions of communities/municipalities to be targeted:
Worldwide Black Swan events that come from external and global sources can be
mitigated by developing a self reliant infrastructure of fuel, power, water, trash.
This will provide export business for American companies and opens the door to new
Philippine and Asian markets on renewable energy business opportunities.
What is needed is for business opportunities that takes the best practices from the
Cooperative movement to develop a Corporate-Cooperative hybrid (Corporative) to
tackle the issues of effective management and operation (run by a local leader that
mobilizes the community to participate in these programs, and has experience in
effectively managing a business to harness the opportunities and the profitable returns
of the business benefitting the community).
Taking off from success of the Gawad Kalinga program, but on a green, self Reliant
objective that could further benefit these values based model communities.
This system tackles price shocks due to less volatile commodity as feedstock (waste oil
and/or new vegetable oil); tackles global warming and CO2 emissions by mitigating
airborne pollution and contaminants, additional CO2 emissions suppression can be
achieved by using the glycerin by product used as catalyst for Methane Digesters.
USAID Programs :
Global Development Alliance
(http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_partnerships/gda/model.html)
Global Climate Change Program
(http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/index.html)
USAID Global Civil Society Strengthening Program (related to Public Private Alliance)