ReWealth!: Stake Your Claim in the $2 Trillion Development Trend That's Renewing the World

by Cunningham, Storm

• ISBN13: 9780071489829
• ISBN10: 0071489827
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-21
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Wealth creation through restoration-tap into it and prosper in the 21st century The 20th century's problems have become the 21st century's restorable assets, giving birth to a new economy that is generating staggering wealth. In ReWealth!, development expert Storm Cunningham reveals a vast new realm of fast-growing opportunities to revitalize organizations, restore natural resources, develop polluted land, and rebuild communities. You'll learn how the restoration of natural resources and revitalization of communities offers astounding career and investment opportunities.

Author Biography

Storm Cunningham is CEO of Resolution Fund, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that helps communities worldwide revitalize their economy, environment, and quality of life.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Impact of The Restoration Economy on the World	p. vii
Preface: The Impact of The Restoration Economy on My Life	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of Acronyms	p. xvii
Introduction: Leaving Everything Better than We Found It	p. xxi
Trends: Redefining How We Create Wealth Can Stop Armageddon, Not Just Delay It	p. 1
The Rewealth of Nations	p. 3
Renewal Rules	p. 29
Reversing Our Relationship with Earth	p. 49
Practice: Restoring Our Planet by Renewing Our Communities	p. 81
The Resolution: A Reliable Recipe for Rapid, Resilient Renewal	p. 83
Good Partnerships: How to Renew on a Grand Scale When You're Broke	p. 119
Bad Partnerships: How Not to Revitalize Your Community	p. 157
Stories: Career, Investment, and Business Opportunities Renewing Farms, Fisheries, Forests, Communities, and Countries	p. 177
The Tom Darden Story	p. 179
The James Aronson Story	p. 193
The John Knott Story	p. 207
Four Short Stories of Postindustrial Evolution	p. 225
Two Stories of Cities that Pioneered the Renewal Engine	p. 241
Two Stories of For-Profit Companies on Rewealth's Leading Edge	p. 287
Two Stories of National Governments on Rewealth's Leading Edge	p. 309
Two Stories of Leading-Edge Rewealth Organizations in Canada	p. 327
Closing Thoughts	p. 343
Links to Organizations Featured in reWealth!	p. 375
An Invitation to Participate in Two Sequels to reWealth!	p. 377
Resolution Fund, LLC	p. 379
Glossary	p. 381
Index	p. 383
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