ReGen Village, outside of Amsterdam, doesn’t need a grid or food systems. It’s a model for a future, fully closed-loop settlement.
The problem – By 2050 nearly 10-billion people will live on earth, requiring the urgent need for regenerative housing and community development. Precious water, healthy food sources and scarce arable land are already at the forefront of pressing global issues that must be addressed.
The opportunity – In the next 30-years the size of the aspiring class will double to 4 billion, creating enormous demand for integrated neighborhood designs that incorporate door-step agency with high-yield organic food production that feed diverse nutritional needs.
The solution – Desirable off-grid capable neighborhoods comprised of power positive homes, renewable energy, water management, and waste-to-resource systems that are based upon on-going resiliency research – for thriving families and reduced burdens on local and national governments…
Incorporating aquaponics to grow food, the fish waste will fertilize an aquaculture system that produces fruit and vegetables for the homes…
Seasonal gardens will be fertilized with waste from the livestock…
The neighborhood will grow many times more food than a traditional farm of the same size with fewer resources…
Aquaponics for example, can produce as much as 10 times that amount of produce in the same space as a traditional farm, using 90% less water…
The community will also produce its own energy using a mixture of geothermal, solar, solar thermal, wind and biomass…
A biogas plant will turn any non-compostable household waste into power & water…
A rainwater water storage system will collect rainwater & graywater and redistribute it to seasonal gardens and the aquaponics system…
What do you think? Would you live here? Check out RevGenVillages and FastCoExist for more information.
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