“We no longer have the nature we were given, we have the nature we have made.” Emilio Ambasz
Red Dot Ranch is an entrepreneurial NGO moving regenerative innovations from the lab to the land at local, regional and global levels with a current strategic focus on water.
The entire world is the built environment now and no where is this more obvious than our water system. We take water from one bioregion and use it in another—drinking it in plastic, flushing it down toilets, letting it run off degraded agricultural soil, or channeling it through complex stormwater systems. Our built systems move fresh water to the sea at alarming rates, altering the natural balance of the planet — even affecting the Earth’s polarity. To help sea level rise, flooding, drought, fire and famine we need to help water find its way home.
Nature is home.
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Water + Shelter
Red Dot Ranch is located just 45 minutes from Silicon Valley, yet many residents lack clean water and reliable sanitation—so we launched our bioregional water and housing initiative to help our community and others like it.
What if we redefined architecture — not as something placed on the land, but as something that belongs to it? Architecture becomes a form of ecology — interrelated with its climate, materials, and watershed.
Homes designed for rural and coastal communities with 60% relative humidity and moderate-to-temperate climates.
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Water + Food Security
We are running out of potable water. By 2030, global freshwater demand will outstrip supply by 40% creating a $2 trillion Crisis. We are running out of topsoil 1/2 of all agricultural land, 1/5 of the Earth is degraded. We are loosing 24 billion tons of soil annually.
Yet, agricultural lands hold a key to reversing climate change. Increasing soil organic matter by just half a percent can nearly double global food production, improve soil’s water-holding capacity—reducing irrigation needs and groundwater depletion, while slowing runoff so water stays in the landscape—and capture carbon in the soil.