There are thousands of wonderful resources out there on this topic. We’ve included some basic info to get you started. We’re also in the process of creating a course focused specifically on applying step by step financial permaculture techniques in key areas to help individuals transition to more regenerative opportunities.
Design
Eight Forms of capital
http://www.appleseedpermaculture.com/8-forms-of-capital/
Holistic management
https://www.canr.msu.edu/foodsystems/uploads/files/holistic.pdf
https://bookshop.org/books/holistic-management-third-edition-a-commonsense-revolution-to-restore-our-environment/9781610917438?aid=23263&listref=holistic-living-and-permaculture-design
Raising funds
Slow Money
https://slowmoney.org/
Impact investing
https://thegiin.org/impact-investing/
Local investing
https://localinvesting.org/
https://www.resilience.org/resources/24-ways-to-invest-locally/
(there are many other ways to create local relationships)
Microlending
https://equfin.com/2019/03/21/grameen-bank-the-birth-of-microlending/
Community banking
https://www.icba.org/about/community-banking
Crowdfunding
https://www.crowdfunding.com/
Mutual aid societies
https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/from-permaculture-to-regional-mutual-aid-with-zev-friedman/
Local economies
https://www.relocalize.net/
https://community-wealth.org/content/business-alliance-local-living-economies
https://www.ecnmy.org/learn/your-economics/economic-glossary/what-is-a-local-economy/
Time bank
https://timebanks.org/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1688147.No_More_Throw_Away_People
Land access
Community land trusts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_land_trust
https://community-wealth.org/sector/community-land-trusts-clts
Creative land access partnerships
USDA has info on innovative land access partnerships
https://www.fs.fed.us/research/highlights/highlights_display.php?in_high_id=1631
One inspiring story of how farmers used creative financing to create more secure land access
https://www.youngfarmers.org/2016/07/land-access-innovation-at-temple-wilton-community-farm/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_cooperative
Regenerative businesses
Local currencies
https://thelongandshort.org/growth/new-money-do-local-currencies-actually-work
https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
https://youmatter.world/en/what-are-local-currencies-examples/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11720649-creating-wealth?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=j09HavWiVj&rank=1
Cooperative businesses - Cooperatives
https://institute.coop/worker-cooperative-faq
https://www.southmountain.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Employee-Ownership-Toolkit.pdf
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/worker-cooperatives-are-more-productive-than-normal-companies/
Collaborative business models
Local buying clubs, local buying campaigns
Fair trade
Cradle to Cradle design (no waste)
https://www.c2ccertified.org/
https://bookshop.org/a/23263/9780865475878
https://grist.org/article/design/
Blue Economy - created by philosopher and activist Gunter Pauli, this is a concept of how to create a strong, resilient, circular economy through mutual cooperation and through designing to capture all “waste” and reuse it or create a valuable product from it.
https://www.theblueeconomy.org/
https://bookshop.org/a/23263/9781524521066
B corporations
B Corps (short for “benefit”) are a replacement for C corps that allow corporations to legally put people and planet on an equal par with profits without getting into trouble with shareholders. It has requirements that show the company is committed to sustainability.
https://bcorporation.net/
Community scale economics
Resource based economics
People’s budgets
https://communitydemocracyproject.org/what-is-a-peoples-budget/
Genuine Wealth Indicators
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2087086.The_Economics_of_Happiness
Personal tools
Rich and Resilient LIving (Laura Oldanie)
https://www.richandresilientliving.com/
Deep Green living (has many tips that reduce costs while helping the environment)
http://www.jennynazak.com/