VillageLab\u2019s Core Consulting Team draws on 60 years of combined experience living and working in intentional communities.\u00a0\u00a0 We are delighted to weave this knowledge and wisdom into a cohesive whole as we serve a wide variety of communities working to contribute to a sustainable, thriving and regenerative society.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Jeff Clearwater
\nExecutive Director, Whole Systems Integration, Core Consultant<\/p>\nJeff has enjoyed 36 years as a leader in intentional community design, appropriate technology, and new paradigm economics. Jeff co-founded the Ecovillage Network of the Americas and was Ecovillage Director at Sirius Ecovillage for 6 years. Jeff has served on 7 NGO Boards, founded 6 successful solar & renewable energy design & installation businesses and has visited over 60 intentional communities teaching and providing comparative whole systems design. Jeff\u2019s passion is the design integration of the social, economic and ecological aspects of community.<\/p>\n
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Ferananda Ibarra
\nOrganizational development, Whole Systems Integration, Core projects Consultant<\/p>\n
Ferananda is internationally recognized in collective intelligence and the next paradigm economics. The center of her work is social systems design very focused on Wisdom-Driven Organizations and Communities of purpose, place and practice. Ferananda designs experiences and facilitates processes in Europe, Mexico and the US and consults in intentional community design using an integral model she co-developed. As part of ‘The Metacurrency Project’ she works on currencies applications and Deep Wealth Design.<\/p>\n
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Jamaica Stevens
\nJamaica Stevens is Author and Curator of the multi-media project \u201cReInhabiting the Village: CoCreating our Future\u201d. As an Organizational Design Consultant and Steward with VillageLab, Jamaica works with Regenerative frameworks and Whole Systems principles to empower people, projects and organizations to THRIVE! She is also an experienced event producer, workshop leader, group facilitator, educational program designer, community organizer, project manager, writer and life coach. She is currently the Educational Program Manager for the Lucid University and has been the Co-Founder of Protectors Alliance, Program Manager for Lucidity Courseweek, Creator of Tribal Convergence Gatherings, Co-Founder of Tribal Convergence Network, Educational Program Coordinator with the Novalis Project, Executive Producer of Awaken Visionary Leadership Summit, as well as a Contributing Producer with Lucidity and other festivals. Passionate about earth stewardship, collective evolution, village ethos and collaborative culture, Jamaica is in service to supporting the conditions for planetary flourishing and a regenerative renaissance.<\/p>\n
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A. Keala Young
\nKeala is a whole system designer\u200b,\u200b regenerative practitioner \u200band permaculture teacher \u200bwith a background in the healing arts. His rich study of permaculture and ecovillage design includes certificate programs from Findhorn Foundation to Esalen Institute and is complimented by experiential learning in co-production of multiple design courses and intensives. Keala is a co-founder of Atlan Living and Learning Center near the Columbia River Gorge in Central Cascadia, is a co-author and contributing editor of ReInhabiting the Village and is Co-Director of VillageLab\u2019s RegenSolutions Initiative.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”3219″ img_size=”200 x200″ alignment=”center”][vc_single_image image=”3216″ img_size=”200 x 270″ alignment=”center”][vc_single_image image=”3316″ img_size=”200 x 270″ alignment=”center”][vc_single_image image=”3300″ img_size=”200 x 270″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row name=”“communities“” margin_top=”-20″ margin_bottom=”-20″ padding_left=”40″ padding_right=”40″ bg_position=”top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cover=”false” bg_attachment=”false” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ parallax_speed=”0.1″ bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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VillageLab mission is to serve communities of place, purpose and practice. Our passion is to create together a\u00a0sustainable and regenerative world.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0In working together our prime goal is for our clients, partners and ourselves feeling absolutely great about what each has given and received in the relationship.<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nTo accomplish these goals, we are devoted to clear communication, transparency and very clear social and contractual agreements for our work together.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0We have embraced a spectrum of business relationships ranging from retainers and contracts to an \u201cup-front generosity\u201d model to working \u201cin the gift\u201d designed to match our capacities with our client\u2019s needs and values and vice versa.<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nIf you are interested in working with us and need our services, don\u2019t let your level of financial wealth or access to resources get in the way of engaging with us.\u00a0 If you are interested to hear more – feel free to contact us. We look forward to establishing a working relationship that best honors the needs of all.<\/span><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] VillageLab Consulting Services [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”5″ padding_left=”40″ padding_right=”40″ bg_color=”#ffffff” bg_position=”top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cover=”false” bg_attachment=”false” padding_top=”40″ padding_bottom=”40″ parallax_speed=”0.1″ type=”5″][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3269″ img_size=”540X540″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text] Regenerative Whole Systems Design VillageLab\u2019s Consulting Team provides professional incubation and consulting services in project design and development for \u201ccommunities of intent\u201d through a whole systems design framework\u00a0that integrates the social,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-microsite.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":443,"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3330,"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/3330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villagelab.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}