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prevention, housing stock repair, restoration and retro- fitting, remanufacturing of durable products such as auto- mobiles and other machines and preventive health care techniques, especially community-based prevention. It is important to note that the concept of regenerative technology and programs are not the antithesis of high technology, but rather an entirely different concept which has meaning in a different context. If regenerative technology - is the antithesis of anything, it is of those technologies that degrade either the human organism, society or the re- source base they rely on. Regenerative technology focuses on the good that technology can do deliberately, rather than the harm it causes acci- dentally. It is also human scale and its effectiveness and measures of efficiency go beyond the bottom-line. That is, whether regenerative technology is "economical" or not is determined by more than just those items traditionally paid attention to by economists. VITALITY INDEX AND REGENERATIVE INDEX The Vitality Index and Regenerative Index are tools for measuring the relative economic health of a particular area or zone. They also measure progress away from or towards the regeneration of an area or zone. The Indexes are explicit statements of the evaluation criteria that will be used in the region to make planning decisions. They will tell plan- ners, government and business policy makers, researchers and the general public where the region is and what progress it is, or is not, making. As such, they are essential tools for decision making, planning and societal navigation: we need to know both where we are and where we are heading if we are to stay or adjust our course. The Vitality Index is made up of general factors in a particular community or zone that indicate overall societal health and the ability or capacity of the zone to be regen- erated. These factors are: Full employment - defined as 100 percent of those who wish employment, having a job; measured by . Percent employed in zone . Percent of labour force employed in small manufacturing and service businesses Full Health - defined as 100 percent of the zone's population without sickness; measured by: . Percent of people who are not sick (percent not in hospitals, percent not absent from work or school due to sickness). . Percent of population under 65
Full Energy - defined as meeting the energy needs of the zone with in- zone energy sources; measured by: . Percent of total energy used that is produced in-zone . Percent of total energy available within zone that could be used to meet local needs. Full Food - defined as meeting the food needs of the zone with in-zone food sources; measured by: . Percent of food consumed that is produced in the zone . Percent of food consumed that is processed locally . Percent of water supply that is non-polluted . Percent of food produced locally with regenerative techniques . Percent of food that could be produced locally Full Materials - defined as meeting the material needs of the zone with in-zone materials; measured by: . Percent of material needs that are met with internal zone materials . Percent of infrastructure in need of regeneration Full Capital - defined as keeping the capital resources of the zone within the zone; measured by: . Percent of money that stays in the zone - for such things as in- surance, energy, food, healthcare, materials, etc. . Percent of population not on welfare . Percent of people not on social security . Percent of people heavily in debt in zone These factors can be employed separately as indicators of the general well being of their respective areas, or they can be combined into one number that indicates the entire, overall vitality of the zone. This Vitality Index will fur- nish the planner, policy maker and general public with a powerful tool for judging the health of their region, com- paring that health with other regions, measuring the health of their region from one year to the next, determining the overall efficacy of different economic development strate- gies and programs and furnishing the population of the region with an easy-to-understand yardstick for measuring the success or failure of their elected (and non-elected) lea- ders and institutions. The Regenerative Index is made up of factors that contribute to regeneration. As such, it goes beyond the Vitality Index, which just measures relative vitality. The Regenerative In- dex is more specific. It will lead to specific policy al- ternatives by disclosing factors in need of remediation and opportunities for enhancement.The areas covered by the Rege- nerative Index are the same as the Vitality Index - employment, health, energy, food, and agriculture, materials, capital.
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