A sustainable education and development model should have a balance between the four pillars: economic development, environmental harmony, promotion and preservation of culture, and spiritual well-being…
Education and development in an ecological, holistic manner are interconnected, both are inter-dependent and supportive of each other.
Of course, at the base of the model is good governance, which promotes justice and fairness for everyone through the rule of law.
Sombath Somphone, in “Teaching Happiness,” interview in the Bangkok Post, 24 August 2012.