How do we tend emerging futures?
As I develop my independent practice, I want to sustain this work in a way that keeps it open, independent, and responsive to what is most alive across the emerging ecosystem of land-based practice.
To achieve this, I’m hoping to secure a small amount of basic income from two different sources:
Firstly, through a natural building business I’m in the process of setting up, WyldRooms (website coming soon), which will offer straw-bale garden rooms.
Secondly, through funding from aligned partners who can see the value of what I’m exploring.
Why this approach?
Rather than charging for writing, thinking, or collaborations within an ecosystem that’s already financially strained, I want to keep my work as accessible as possible. To achieve that, I need to be free to develop ideas without needing to monetise them, and to contribute to pioneering projects without charging a fee.
What I need
The economics of this work are modest because the economics of my own life are modest. By living small, my economic throughput remains small—at least relative to UK averages. In practical terms, I only need to secure around £12,000 per year to cover all of my personal and work-related costs.
What this enables
Financial freedom allows me to write and explore ideas, develop design proposals in greater depth, visit and learn from pioneering land-based projects, map the emerging ecosystem of land-based practice, contribute to collaborations because they matter and not because they pay, and follow what is most alive in the field and help where it’s most needed.
Support this work
If you’d like to talk about helping to fund this work, I’d love to hear from you.