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| Revitalization Institute (RI) is the academic network and advocate for the restoration economy in which natural, built, and socio-economic assets are continuously enhanced rather than depleted or demolished. RI's academic network of post-secondary institutions and those with related interests, is primarily concerned with developing curriculum and research on the process of natural resources restoration and community revitalization, and ensuring that these institutions are an effective partner and leader in the restoration of their local and regional places. |
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Thomas Friedman (New York Times, 28 September 2008, 11) and others have decried the lack of useful remnants from the current economic crisis. While a 19th century collapse left us with railroads, and the residue of the Internet bust was an I.T. revolution, the current crisis leaves only empty condos that should never have been built and what John Lanchester describes as a post-modern deconstructed financial system (New Yorker Magazine, 10 November 2008, 80) no one can understand... [read complete article] The Environment: Luxury, Necessity, or Opportunity? Today’s economic crisis may finally tell us whether humans view the environment as a luxury, a necessity, or even, potentially, an opportunity. Based on early returns however the dismal verdict, as to its extraneous nature as a luxury, appears to be the choice of many public and private decision-makers. The Ethics of Restoration - Truth and Reconciliation in Practice “I prefer working this way,” says a worker on the rehabilitation of the canals of Cambodia (as reported in the New York Times, 5 December 2008, A10)... Restoration Gone Bad Financial Times (FT) columnist Tyler Brule’s Fast Lane of 1/2 November 2008 described an Istanbul hotel placed within a renovated historic Ottoman ministry building. Brule’s comments on its problems are a field guide on how not to do restoration... Restoration as Redesign A Quote to Live By With regards to today’s economic crisis, he writes: “The two things on which almost all agree is: first, the need to invest in the real economy, in real assets. And second, the need for real free market leaders rather than the financial speculators and corporate managers who have become increasingly dominant over the last two decades…we [Canada] have come to rely more than most other countries on managerialism rather than leadership built on ownership and sustained risk – the sort of qualities necessary for the creation of wealth.”...[read complete article] Restoration Tools The report says the valuation was based on a system devised by local authority tree officers. Factors included... Restorative Development Joins the Slow Food Movement Wild Foods and the Need for Restoration Prince of Wales Joins the Restoration Movement Profile: Restoration Institute at Clemson University |
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