Land Recycling/Zero Waste Ethic
We don’t like it when people waste food, but yet we keep building new buildings when we already have so many empty ones, close to population centers (even small ones), ready for reinvention.
Land Value Centralization
When you have a nice property to rehabilitate, attach some dilapidated properties or ugly vacant lots to the deal. The value gain on the central property can be used to demolish old structures and green vacant lots, increasing the value of the entire portfolio.
Urban and Rural Permaculture
Any green space can be a grow space. This not only provides food, but opportunity, skills development, and community connection.
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and Anti-gentrification
If gentrification is likely, it can be prevented right off the bat by keeping land affordable under a CLT.
Land banking
Portfolios of properties are stronger than individual properties.
Creative Commons
Even when they are small-scale, community thrives when there are creative, inclusive places to gather. Each space can have a different flavor.
Mentor-Based Entrepreneurial Educational Opportunities
Changing how we do education by supporting tacit learning and learning-by-doing opportunities right where people live, with skills people can use immediately.
Wu-Wei Approach toward Effortless Action and Spontaneity
An old Taoist principle. Never begin with an idea and impose it on a community. Start with what you have and let the opportunity emerge naturally, with others. Never force ideas or compete with locals, rather let opportunities emerge naturally and spontaneously.
Time Abundance and an Easier Life as Principal Values
The greatest wealth is an abundance of time — for connection with others, for rest, for creative pursuits, and just for living. We can design communities that maximize that value for residents and visitors.
