finaNce for a regenerative economy

A 2-Part Immersive and Interactive Program on Regenerative Finance Hosted by John Fullerton

Starting Soon: Investment for a Regenerative Economy 4-week online course begins on May 8, 2024

“This course is a must for anyone wanting to make a contribution to transform the world. It gives a context to the underlying power of our predatory economy. The first step towards changing something is to know the nature of the problem.”

– Kiffer Sikes, Alumni

Embark on the bold redesign of our global financial system inspired by the science of living systems

In a world where traditional finance often extracts our planet’s health and unravels our social fabric, our 8-week online program, beginning May 8 2024, stands as a beacon of light for genuine financial system transformation in service to life.

In the program, you will learn how to apply Capital Institute’s 8 Principles of Regenerative Vitality to evaluate, re-imagine and re-design the current financial system in service to a regenerative economy.

Led by John Fullerton, a global thought-leader in regenerative finance and economics, this course invites you to join a community of 1000+ professionals, leaders, students, policymakers, and thought-leaders from over 53 countries redefining the role of finance in a regenerative economy.

Free Webinar: Finance for a Regenerative World

LIVE 1-hour Webinar on Tuesday, April 30th at 11am-12pm ET (New York)

Back by popular demand! Join Capital Institute’s Founder and President, John Fullerton, for 1-hour to reimagine our global financial systems in service to a regenerative world through the application of the 8 Principles of Regenerative Vitality. Learn a new pathway and purpose of finance in supporting the long-term well-being of people, planet and business. We will also dive into what you can expect from the upcoming Finance for a Regenerative Economy Program beginning on May 8, 2024.

Program Details:

As an active participant in the program, you will learn how to apply Capital Institute’s 8 Principles of Regenerative Vitality to evaluate the practice of finance and our current financial systems.

The premise for this program is a strong belief, rooted in an insider’s direct experience, that our current financial system is misguided in its ideology, theoretical foundation and goals, increasingly extractive, and as a result unfit for purpose at this pivotal moment in history. The unprecedented context demands radical – getting to the root of the matter – transformation.

The approach we will explore together in this course holds the promise and potential of reimagining finance in service of health, ecological harmony, and a shared and equitable prosperity throughout the world.

Program Format: 2 Online Courses | Investment for a Regenerative Economy + Money & Banking for a Regenerative Economy
Duration: 8 weeks | May 8-June 5 and November 8-December 11, 2024
Time: 4 hours/week

I. LIVE LECTURES

Mondays at 11:00 am ET (New York) throughout the course (2-Hour Sessions)

For each module, course participants will have access to experience a live lecture hosted by John Fullerton and engage in live group dialogue. These lectures provide the core framework of the curriculum, and are augmented by selected readings and other content.

II. THE DISCOVERY DIALOGUES

Select Wednesdays at 11:00 am ET (New York) throughout the course (90-Minute Sessions)

Mindfulness Dialogue is a core learning tool of the course. Each week, John Fullerton will host a module specific Discovery Dialogue with a global thought leader to further support emergent understanding.

III. PRACTICE LABS

Select Wednesdays at 11:00 am ET (New York) (90-Minute Sessions)

The Practice Labs offer a co-creative space to work in small groups to radically reimagine and redesign the financial system of the future from the ground up that is in service of health, ecological harmony, and a shared and equitable prosperity throughout the world.

IV. COMMUNITY

We have created a mindful and intentional container to explore in community the profound paradigm shift that underlies the content of this course. Participants will gain access to the active existing course alumni community comprised of over 1000 professionals, entrepreneurs, students, policymakers, and thought leaders from over 53 countries who have completed Capital Institute’s flagship Introduction to Regenerative Economics Course, where they can collaborate with a range of regenerative thinkers and change makers long after the course is completed. Participants are encouraged to self-organize throughout and after the course to advance their personal and professional growth in key areas of interest.

What Alumni Are Saying

"This course is a must for anyone wanting to make a contribution to transform the world. It gives a context to the underlying power of our predatory economy. The first step towards changing something is to know the nature of the problem."

"Capital Institute’s Finance for a Regenerative Economy course has been the most complete learning experience in Finance I have had in my financial background. The journey approaches the financial system’s historic context, it’s structure, it’s functions, it’s main disfunctions, approaches to solutions and offers several examples of real cases that are working within the Regenerative Finance paradigm. I feel so grateful to have been part of this enriching, inspiring and enlivening experience and definitely will invite fellow finance people, and also those who aren’t familiar with finance, to dive deep within the system with Capital Institute in order to catalyze the loving revolution our planet needs.

"The Capital Institute’s Regenerative Finance course is a gem. It was the missing piece in this puzzle. Thanks to the course content, John Fullerton’s knowledge and vision, and the quality of the course participants, several other dots in my understanding of the system were connected. This course is helping us to take a giant step into the emerging future."

"It takes bravery to be open to the ideas the Capital Institute has developed for its Regenerative Finance course because it challenges ideas you’ve spent money and time learning. But things that are hard are the most rewarding! I was impressed (again) with the humor, intelligence and audaciousness of John and the Capital Institute team to design a course that offered a path to a beautiful future and connect me with special people living into that future."

"Great course that exceeded my expectations! The lectures, discovery dialogues and coursework were super interesting, informative and engaging and most of all- I’m so happy to now be connected with the incredible cohort of folks from around the world who put their minds towards a more regenerative financial system and economy. We are the people we’ve been waiting for!"

"This course weaves together the macro critical issues facing humanity into a digestible picture and then offers a practical framework to guide how we go forward for the better."

Program Outcomes

The aim of this 8-week program is to demystify finance, and help you see its failures, to gain a holistic understanding of the purpose of finance within a Regenerative Economic system.

INVESTMENT FOR A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY

4-week Online Course | May 8-June 5, 2024

Interrogate with integrity the challenges faced by “sustainable finance” approaches from ESG to impact investing, and embark on a fresh, bold, and challenging exploration of what Regenerative Finance fully demands of our thinking and practice
Explore the profound and radical demands on our thinking and practice of Regenerative Investment, inclusive of what we now call “philanthropy”
If you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, or leader looking for regenerative financing to grow, you will learn how to work with finance while preserving your mission
If you’re an investor, wealth-holder or philanthropist looking to make aligned impact with your capital you will learn the purpose of your capital in supporting the long-term well-being of people, planet and business

MONEY & BANKING FOR A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY

4-week Online Course | November 8-December 11, 2024 (*1 week break for American Thanksgiving)

Interrogate with integrity the opportunity and challenges of “sustainable finance” and clarify the role of the banking system we need to support our global financial system
Demystify central banking and the impact central banks have on the economy and therefore the long-term well-being of people, planet and business
Explore the mystery of money and alternative money system designs in service of a regenerative economy
If you are a banker or work within our banking systems, discover appropriate products, services and business models that can serve, not restrain, the emergence of a Regenerative economy
Everyone has a role in the regenerative economy, as citizens, learn to increase your fluency on the workings of our financial system so you feel empowered to help drive the change we need
If you are a policy maker or influence our political systems, this course will help you consider what policies would encourage the transformation from extractive finance to regenerative finance

This Program Is For

Investment professionals seeking to leverage financial capital for the long-term well-being of people, planet and business
Finance professionals of all levels who intuit something is profoundly wrong with our financial system
Finance professionals of all levels who think everything is just fine with our financial system
Entrepreneur, business owner, or leaders looking for regenerative financing to grow in a healthy way
Anyone who loves (or hates) ESG and impact investing
Multi-disciplinary undergraduate and graduate students curious how finance can serve life and not the other way around
Public sector officials and private sector executives hungry for fresh thinking on “fixing finance”
Sustainability Consultants who understand finance is the elephant in the room but don’t know how to change it
Philanthropists who think it’s time to move on from Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth
Academics inside and outside finance and economics who are curious how seeing finance as a living system changes everything
Academics in the finance and economics sector who should be more curious
Central bankers, financial system policymakers and regulators
Confident bankers, hedge fund managers and private equity professionals who may be smarter than wise
Billionaires with rocket ships

Enrollment Information

Dive in to each course for 15 hours of pradigm-shifting insights, or commit to the 8-week transformational journey re-imaging our economic and financial systems in service to life for 30 hours of your life. Scholarships are available for this program through the Generosity Fund.

Full Program: Finance for a Regenerative Economy

Choose this option to enroll for Capital Institute’s Finance for a Regenerative Economy 8-week online program beginning May 8, 2024

$1,200

Scholarship Program

The scholarship application period is open until April 25, 2024. We offer scholarships for the full program through the Generosity Fund and its mission to remove the financial barrier to the global regenerative awakening and ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need regardless of their means. Learn more

Individual Course: Investment for a Regenerative Economy

Choose this option to enroll in Capital Institute’s Investment for a Regenerative Economy 4-week online course beginning May 8, 2024

$700

Scholarship Program

The scholarship application period is open until April 25, 2024. We offer scholarships for this individual course through the Generosity Fund and its mission to remove the financial barrier to the global regenerative awakening and ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need regardless of their means. Learn more

Individual Course: Money & Banking for a Regenerative Economy

Choose this option to enroll in Capital Institute’s Money & Banking for a Regenerative Economy 4-week online course beginning November 6, 2024

$700

Scholarship Program

The scholarship application period is open until October 23, 2024. We offer scholarships for this individual course through the Generosity Fund and its mission to remove the financial barrier to the global regenerative awakening and ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need regardless of their means. Learn more

Meet John Fullerton

“Put your pencil down. Stop, and rethink everything.”

– John Fullerton, Going Circular Film

John Fullerton is an unconventional economist, teacher, writer, impact investor, and some have said philosopher. Building on and integrating the work of many, he is the architect of Regenerative Economics, first conceived in his 2015 book, “Regenerative Capitalism: How Universal Patterns and Principles Will Shape the New Economy.” His companion book Finance for a Regenerative World was released in 2018.

John’s work is now featured in two pathbreaking live courses on Regenerative Economics and Regenerative Finance produced by the Capital Institute. They have been received to wide acclaim, with a growing, engaged, and activated alumni community of nearly 1500 people from more than 50 countries.

After a successful 20-year career on Wall Street where he was a Managing Director of what he calls “the old JPMorgan,” John listened to a persistent inner voice and walked away in 2001 with no plan but many questions. A few months later he experienced 9-11 firsthand. The questions crystallized into his life’s work with the creation of the Capital Institute in 2010, where his work reflects the rising evolutionary shift in consciousness from Modern Age thinking to Integral or Unitive Age thinking.

Capital Institute is dedicated to the bold reimagination of economics and finance in service to life. The work is guided by the universal patterns and principles that describe how all healthy living systems that sustain themselves in the real world actually work, and which happen to be remarkably aligned with the world’s diverse wisdom traditions. The promise of Regenerative Economics and Finance is to unlock the profound and presently unseen potential that is the source of our future prosperity and the reason for hope in these troubled times.

During his Wall Street career, John managed numerous capital markets and derivatives businesses around the globe and was JPMorgan’s Oversight Committee Representative that managed the rescue of Long Term Capital Management in 1998. Finally, he was Chief Investment Officer for Lab Morgan’s venture investment portfolio before retiring from the firm and walking away from Wall Street for good.

John was featured in the 2021 award-winning documentary Going Circular and the newly released documentary Man on the Run revealing the Malaysian 1MBD scandal. He is the co-founder of Grasslands, LLC, a board member of the Savory Institute, an advisor to numerous sustainability initiatives, and is a full member of the Club of Rome. He speaks internationally to public audiences and universities, and writes a monthly blog, The Future of Finance.

Building a Regenerative Future

For over a decade, the Capital Institute has pioneered a new space for holistic economic thought that draws on the latest science of living systems and ancient wisdom traditions coupled with our founder, John Fullerton’s 20+ years at the pillar of global finance on Wall Street. We believe that our finance-driven economic system is in urgent need of a regenerative redesign, one that is grounded in the universal laws – not theories – of living systems. The regenerative economy we foresee is a powerful one, unleashing unseen possibilities for self-sustaining prosperity for all. This potential derives from an intrinsic wisdom that resides in us all that can – and must – be tapped to create regenerative enterprises that support our socio-economic system as a whole.

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