O.U.R. SUSTAINERS CIRCLE

Protect the Land. Empower the Future. Nourish the Dream.

Since 1999, OUR Ecovillage has been more than a place.
It is a living promise — a promise that another way is possible.

A way where land is honoured, not exploited.
Where children are raised by a village rooted in care, resilience, and regeneration.
Where communities come together to heal — and to imagine a future built on trust, respect, and love for the Earth.

Today, we invite you to be part of this unfolding story.
Join OUR Sustainers Program — and become a keeper of the dream.

THANK YOU!

OUR Story: Two and a Half Decades of Building Hope

For over 25 years, OUR Ecovillage has stood as a beacon of possibility:

• Home to 10,000+ learners annually seeking skills in permaculture, regenerative design, ecological building, and restorative community.

• An internationally celebrated model for natural building innovation, with homes crafted of cob, strawbale, rammed earth, and reclaimed materials.

• A healing ground for Peacemaking Circles and Restorative Justice practices that walk the path of valuing truth as well as reconciliation.

• A champion of Child Honouring, where every decision is made with the wellbeing of future generations in mind and is a Covenant we hold together with the Raffi Foundation.

• A living model for climate adaptation and resilience, through drought mitigation design, wastewater innovations, and regenerative food systems.

In 2025, OUR Ecovillage Cooperative celebrated a transformative milestone:
becoming a 66+% Indigenous-majority governed organization, deepening our commitment to decolonization, land stewardship, and right relations.

This is not a symbol — it is an active, daily practice woven into our governance, education, and ecological restoration work.

OUR Future Ancestors: Medicine Garden Gathering Space 

At the heart of OUR vision is the Future Ancestors Program — Indigenous led Knowledge Transfer supporting healing now and through the generations

• Youth Focus grounded in relational accountability with land and community through Natural Law

• Circle Work, Restorative Justice, and Peacemaking practices that rebuild trust and community wholeness.

• Ecological design and permaculture education empowering resilient future systems.

• ReVillaging and kincentric relationship building, reconnecting humans to each other and to the more-than-human world.

Guided by the principles of T.R.R.A.C.C.K. (Trust, Respect, Reciprocity, Accountability, Consent, Compassion, Kindness), Future Ancestors is more than a program — it is a movement of renewal.

A New Horizon: OUR Innovation Center and Sister Campus

Building on our legacy of educational leadership, OUR Ecovillage is now honoured to serve as an Innovation Center and sister campus to the visionary work of Iisaak Olam.

Together, we are committed to the restoration and conservation of biocultural diversity by weaving together the very best of Indigenous and Western knowledge systems.

Through this partnership, OUR Ecovillage is expanding its role as a hub for:

• Coordinating knowledge-sharing activities, curriculum design, research, and events.

• Offering educational programs through a network of virtual and land-based sister campuses with ‘sister gardens’ across diverse territories.

• Delivering field schools, cultural immersion programs with Indigenous knowledge holders and artists, and ecological education conferences that inspire action and deep learning.

Our partners and faculty include leading voices in:

• Conservation biology and ecological restoration

• Ethnoecology and Indigenous food systems

• Governance models grounded in Indigenous law and tradition

• Cultural revitalization through Indigenous languages, storytelling, and arts

Through this living network of collaboration — academia, civil society, Indigenous communities, government, and private sector — we are growing a deeper culture of respect, resilience, and regeneration.

Why Your Support Matters

Villages, like gardens, need tending.

Maintaining OUR 25-acre living demonstration site — with gardens to grow, ecosystems to heal, children and future ancestors to teach — takes the shared commitment of a whole community.

By becoming an OUR Sustainer, you:

• Protect this sacred land and the teachings it holds.

• Empower Indigenous leadership and relational governance models for the future.

• Nurture generations of Future Ancestors through ecological education and community resilience.

• Strengthen global efforts for biocultural diversity conservation and land-based learning.

• Stand for a living model of hope in a world that urgently needs it.

Join OUR Sustainers and Be Part of the Village

OUR Sustainers enjoy a range of meaningful, value-based gifts — a small way for us to thank you for the vital role you play in nurturing this living vision.

Depending on your monthly contribution level, you’ll receive special benefits (outlined below) and become part of an ever-growing network of committed changemakers.

Joining is simple: just set up a monthly donation in a few easy steps.
If you have any questions, please reach out — OUR office team would be grateful to speak with you.

We welcome you to the Sustainers Circle — and look forward to seeing you at OUR next community gathering!

One Time Donations

• Send a public school child to an educationsal day ($40)
• Feed a youth group lunch ($100)
• Send an entire class for an educational experience at the village ($250)
• Contribute towards a permaculture scholarship fund ($500)