Helping Hands

As the vision of our village took shape, our ideas about how we wanted to live in it became clearer, and we began searching for advisors with the experience required to manifest this project, and a close alignment to our core values.

Those values not only number and style our houses, or determine whether we recycle or not: they guide how we go about our work; how we relate to one another and the world as we do it; how we create a rich and generous lifestyle with our doings; and how we resolve misunderstandings when they inevitably arise.

We are excited to be connected with folks we consider to be the “best of the best” in their respective areas.

• Our advisory board is composed of long-time community builders and philanthropists;
• We have consulted with R. Carter Scott, a developer with many regional awards for net-zero energy housing, who is active on energy and construction councils, and is working for a cleaner future;
• We have learned elements of home and village design from Giles Blunden, the architect of two successful Ecovillages with a personal mission to foster more, years of design and project experience, influenced by old-style French and Japanese villages;
• We helped define the scope of our efforts with Sarah Holden, a clear and insightful project manager who boasts a quarter-century shepherding major projects to completion;
• And have walked prospective land with David Jacke, a village-scape designer who is steeped in Permaculture and multiple-use landscapes, and who has consulted with numerous communities in the past.

We want to make community-based living a reality for us, and we want cooperative living to be a reality for others as well. If you want more information on how to “build an Ecovillage”, send a note to our outreach partnership, at voice@odonatavillage.org. We can help you seed your dream, and give it water!