This is the book
that started it all: the first time all the disciplines that are
restoring our natural & built
environments were revealed as a single global trend.
If you've read The Restoration
Economy, you already know the "ingredients" (restorative
projects) of revitalization. If you now wish to know the
"recipe" for a comprehensive economic stimulus--how to plan & fund the renewal of your natural & built
assets to efficiently & reliably produce socio-economic
revitalization--read Storm's groundbreaking new book,
reWealth
(McGraw-Hill, 2008).
The Restoration Economy (Berrett
Koehler Publishers) is the first book to document the "hidden",
multi-trillion-dollar economic sector that is
revitalizing our communities, our nations, and our natural
resources. It's called "restorative
development": in it lies the future of our civilization, and
our planet.
The Restoration Economy is
by
Storm Cunningham,
the
consultant,
trainer, and
keynoter on our
world's revitalized future, and
thought leader on bringing places back to life.
Storm is also founder of
Revitalization
Institute, the non-profit international academic alliance for
community renewal and natural resource restoration, and is
Distinguished Visiting Professor at
Seneca College,
Canada's largest educational institution.
"Storm
Cunningham and William McDonough were born the same year, 1951.
Both
published landmark environmental books in the same year, 2002.
And both
are optimistic about the world’s future in spite of the spectre of
climate change and resource depletion. Now [Cunningham’s] got
another book that will be published this...May.
It’s called
reWealth!, a volume of insights, examples and tools needed “to
create
rapid,
resilient, regional renewal in cities and natural areas anywhere on
the planet.”
- Korky Koroluk,
“Cradle to Cradle” and
“The Restoration Economy” offer food for thought
- Daily Commercial
News & Construction Record, March 28, 2008 [read
article]
The
Restoration Economy helped launch the consolidation of what might be
the most important new industry on earth: The fragmented
$1.5 - $2 trillion-dollar/year restorative development industry, whose practitioners are now
uniting through the work of the
Revitalization Institute.
Hundreds of thousands of business,
government, academic, and non-profit leaders have been restoring the world's
communities and natural resources, but under a myriad of names, such
as "redevelopers", "remediators", or "restorers" of
ecosystems, heritage, watersheds, fisheries, disasters, wars,
infrastructure, etc. It has inspired exciting new economic
revitalization strategies, such the leading-edge
Oilforest Plan for tropical countries looking to wean themselves
from over-dependence on economically & environmentally unsustainable
monoculture crops (such as bananas).
Until this groundbreaking book came
along, these restorative investors, architects, engineers, planners,
biologists, preservationists, community leaders, foresters, and
entrepreneurs often didn't perceive that they were all
revitalization professionals. We now understand that we can't
revitalize a city or region in bits and pieces (such as individual
brownfields projects or historic buildings): True, self-sustaining
revitalization comes from applying the 3 Renewal Rules.
The Restoration Economy
describes a huge, fast-growing new growth frontier for
entrepreneurs, investors, & organizational leaders, not to mention
graduates looking for the most personally fulfilling and financially
rewarding career path.
The Restoration Economy is recommended reading in hundreds
of higher education courses--from public policy, to environment, to
business--at universities worldwide, such as the
Politecnico di Milano and the
Politecnico di
Torino (both in Italy). It's required reading for an
increasing number of degrees, such as the Civil Engineering
Technology Program at
Seneca College
in Toronto, Canada.
Storm's talks--and this book--provide
a vitally important new conceptual framework (and vocabulary) for
talking about a healthier, wealthier, and more beautiful world. His appearance schedule
and three most popular
talk themes can be found at
www.stormcunningham.com.
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Restorative development: |
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Economic growth based on
renewing our
existing natural, built, & socio-economic
assets.
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Storm's for-profit firm
Resolution
Fund, LLC trains and helps bring together private
investors/redevelopers and communities via their
Places To
Invest program. He
also works with a number of leading academic institutions.
Restorative development comprises eight industries that
are restoring our natural and our manmade environments worldwide.
The book's Table
of Contents reveals these eight industries. You can also
read the entire
Preface &
Introduction online.
