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

by Storm Cunningham

Overview

• A $100 trillion global market (with little competition) exists for products & services that revitalize cities and natural resources, with an estimated activity of $2 trillion per year
• This is the first book to show community and national leaders how to achieve rapid, sustainable renewal
• Cunningham's groundbreaking first book, The Restoration Economy (Berrett Koehler Publishers, 2002), now in its third printing, was hailed by government, business, and academic leaders worldwide
• The theme of ReWealth!, growth without destruction, has massive global interest, especially in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the developing world
• Cunningham is the founder of Revitalization Institute, a global non-profit academy for community renewal and natural resources restoration

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071641401
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	07/20/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	782 KB

About the Author

Storm Cunningham is a redevelopment policy advisor for communities worldwide. He is the author of The Restoration Economy (Berrett-Koehler, 2002) and Rewealth (McGraw-Hill, 2008).

Storm is publisher of Revitalization News, the global journal of urban, rural, and planetary regeneration.

Table of Contents

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