Community Investing - puts money
into the hands of local people who are building economic justice in communities
around the world.
Corporate Investing - avoids
companies and industries that do harm, seeks companies that work for a better
world, and uses shareholder activism to change companies from the inside.
Regenerative Investing - the next generation of natural
investing, financing deep green sustainability and social justice enterprises.
Regenerative Investing offers people who can afford to take on some added
risk the chance to invest in truly innovative projects that aim to be
economically viable models of sustainable society. Imagine: pedestrian-friendly,
solar- or wind-powered eco-villages; key wildlife habitat preserved on huge
ranches, using conservation easements and a few sensitively-chosen home sites;
and tropical tree farms that are models of forest diversity and create good jobs
for locals.
We call this new investment class "regenerative" because it
channels financial resources into projects that mimic the way natural systems
cycle matter and energy to create more life. Investing in human activities that
minimize the use of fossil fuel and toxic chemicals while providing
opportunities for natural systems to remain healthy or to be restored around
them, is a way to assure that future generations will share in the bounty we are
called on to steward.