Building Community Prosperity Through Natural Capitalism

The document outlines a framework for community economic development based on natural capitalism, offering a variety of actions to generate wealth and distribute benefits widely without requiring physical community expansion.

• The guide identifies numerous methods for communities to leverage natural capitalism to foster economic growth, noting that these actions are designed to be compatible with the environment and distribute benefits across the community.
• Economic growth through these natural capitalism strategies is possible regardless of a community's physical size and typically does not require the community to expand.

APA

RMI (2007). Building Community Prosperity Through Natural Capitalism. https://rmi.org/resources/building-community-prosperity-through-natural-capitalism/

Chicago

RMI. Building Community Prosperity Through Natural Capitalism. 2007. https://rmi.org/resources/building-community-prosperity-through-natural-capitalism/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Building Community Prosperity Through Natural Capitalism |date=17 May 2007 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/building-community-prosperity-through-natural-capitalism/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2007building, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Building Community Prosperity Through Natural Capitalism}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2007}, month = may, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/building-community-prosperity-through-natural-capitalism/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }