News
Happy longest day... Strawberries ripen hourly, the hues of currants and gooseberries are changing quickly and a wave of food is beginning to crest. We're planting the last of this season's intentional ecosystems and in the midst of summer farm developments at our proving ground in the Mad River Valley. We're also working in the studio on several exciting master plans and site designs from Vermont to the Bahamas. The following items are some of the latest happenings here at WSD.
WSD's Work Featured in Fast Company Magazine
Is mainstream business waking up to the benefits of truly valuable land use and integrated design? Well, maybe not completely, but they seem to be catching on slowly. Here's one angle on our work from that end of the spectrum. Note, the last line (quote) should read "imagination" instead of "information". (The world's got plenty of info.)
Ben Falk to Present at Creating Regenerative Schools
Design for Climate Change workshop to be part of this event in Boston... "In practical ways this workshop will examine how schools can create campuses that look beyond sustainability towards schools that are resilient and regenerative in the face of complex and rapidly changing ecological, social and economic conditions..." Click here for more information.
WSD to Develop Site and Organization to Pursue Rural Land Use Best Practices
WSD has been contracted to develop a regenerative and working land use model and organization in the Mad River Valley, VT. The future site will be planned over the coming months for development into a permaculture farm system. The organizational design and development process will model replicable steps that others can utilize to develop similar profitable, regenerative farming and community land use systems in their own location. Much more on this project to come...
Teal Farm Featured in Regeneration TV Show
WSD's long term master planning, site design and site development project, the Teal Farm, was recently featured on a television series. Click here to see the video clip.
Master Planning with the Cape Eleuthera Island School and Institute, Bahamas
The Cape Eleuthera Foundation, sponsor of the renowned Island School Semester Program and the newer Cape Eleuthera Institute, has engaged Whole Systems Design in master planning, site design and project communications. The Cape projects, located in the rural Bahamian archipelago, have become known over the past decade for pushing the envelope of sub-tropical sustainable development. WSD is working with the Foundation to communicate the project's past accomplishments, plan the immediate and long-term developments of its dual-campus facility and communicate future endeavors of this sustainable development model. Visit www.islandschool.org and www.ceibahamas.org for more information on the project. View Gallery