The 8 Permaculture Capitals
Multiple forms of value, not only money.
Capitals
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Financial | Money, currencies, credit, investments, and tokens of exchange value. |
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Material | The tangible, human-made or harvested objects: buildings, tools, vehicles, infrastructure, renewable tech, local goods, fiber, fuel. |
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Natural | The living and non-living systems of the bioregion: forests, rivers, soil, air, minerals, biodiversity, climate, fungi, wetlands. |
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Social | Relationships, trust, networks, cooperation, shared norms, and mutual aid. |
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Intellectual | Knowledge, systems thinking, know-how, design methods, data, patterns, and models. |
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Experiential | Embodied practice, lessons learned, skillsets earned through time and doing, often tacit or locally specific. |
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Cultural | Art, language, shared symbols, heritage, traditions, rituals, values, and aesthetic ways of being. |
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Spiritual | Meaning-making, connection to the sacred, inner transformation, purpose, awe, and alignment with something greater. |