Nature-based reality
The foundation of sustainability is that which is holistic and renewable. We start with the seven fundamentals of survival, progress through the seven aspects of holistic health, and complete with the seven elements of renewable resources. No theory survives that sequence if it cannot keep a body alive, a mind clear, and a hillside producing.
An acre each
A three-to-five acre parcel, or larger, that basically provides an acre for each person involved. No more than eight people on eight acres in terms of management. Each EcoVillage is designed as a Light Center and an educational facility for direct experience — particularly planting and caring for coconut trees, and other indigenous and endemic plants.
Sister and brother
Petrof Lake along the Gulf of Alaska and the Kīpahulu Light Center are sister and brother — spiritually, culturally, and in the nature of the land. Alaska is very masculine. Hawaiʻi is very feminine. It is essential to honor each in each place. Stewardship is the practice of that honor, not a speech about it.