The vision of a Green World is not fantasy; nor, however, is it realistic. What it is, is possible.(Charles Eisenstein, Climate: A New Story, 2018, p.278)
A Possible Planet (the book)
The ideas on this site are the basis for the book that we’re working on, entitled A Possible Planet. An interim outline is reproduced here, and elements of the book are scattered throughout the site.
If you’re interested in supporting our work, you can pre-order the book and receive draft sections as they are completed, for a donation of $20 or more, in dollars or in Common Good™ Credits.
A Possible Planet
Designing a Better Future
Profitable Solutions for People and Planet
Restoring the Earth and Regenerating Community
Shifting the Paradigm
Jonathan Cloud (with Victoria Zelin and Gus Escher)
Center for Regenerative Community Solutions
Latest Update: Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Foreword
Introduction
Our Approach: Coming from the Future
Restoring the Earth’s Regenerative Capacity
Appropriate Solutions
Rebalancing Carbon
Drawdown
Global 4C
Dirt, Soil, and Carbon Farming
Food Security: Local and Organic
Clean Energy
Why Do We Still Need War?
The Global Brain and the Possibility of Cosmic Consciousness
Earth Awareness (and Pachamama)
Global Governance, Local Fulfilment
Regenerative Development & Design
Permaculture Design Principles
Growth and Decay
Resiliency
Coding for Nature – Being Nature’s Advocate, Systems Thinking
Economic Resiliency
Social Resiliency
Regenerating Communities, One at a Time
Local Community Engagement
Local Economies
Ecovillages and Cohousing
Changing Money and Investment
Regenerative Finance
PACE, DREAM, and NICE
Complementary Currencies – Common Good Credits
Global 4C
Investment Cooperatives
Altonomy
Finding and Restoring Your Own Community
A World that Works for All of Us
More Food for Thought (challenges of cooperation, more possible futures)
