5-2 ONE initiative

galvanizes residents and the larger community around social equity and sustainable practices to reduce consumption and collective ecological impact. The name for the program was chosen as a call to action.

In North America we are using Earth’s resources at a shocking rate, well beyond what the planet can support.

If everyone on Earth lived as Americans do, we would need 5 Earths to sustain us. In fact, we only have this ONE little blue miracle we live on.

The   5-2-ONE initiative asserts that through our combined efforts, intention and creativity we can reduce the ecological footprint of five people or five households down to that of one person or one household.

The aim is that all 6.8 billion of us, as well as generations to come, live peacefully and sustainably on this precious and staggeringly beautiful home.

Our 5-2-ONE™communities are composed of small urban eco-villages we call Dwelling Circles. Dwelling Circles™ are designed to foster vibrant, fulfilling lives and relationships while living in harmony and balance with the Earth