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Build your village

wherever you are.

THE RESEARCH PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE REDESIGNING HOW WE LIVE.

ABOUT TERRENITY

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Village building is for everyone. The research should be too. Terrenity has been demystifying village design since 2020. See how ↓

Regenerative Village Intelligence

Community building shouldn't be hard

The Terrenity Substack publishes twice monthly. Deeply researched, personally narrated essays on regenerative villages, governance design, and what a better civilization actually looks like on the ground.

5,500+

SUBSTACK READERS

6 years

FIELD RESEARCH

40+

VILLAGES STUDIED

Regenerative Community Standards Terrenity Publication
Top 11 Lessons from 6 Years of Ecovilla Research
Auravana Habitat Models for Societal Engineering

WHAT TERRENITY DOES

A research initiative
for people
redesigning civilization.

Terrenity is a research initiative, media platform, and advisory practice for the people designing the next model of human civilization — at village scale.

 

We research the regenerative village models that work, and the ones that don't, so that founders, developers, and communities can build with clarity instead of wishful thinking.

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01 - RESEARCH

We study what actually works.

Immersive research across 40+ villages worldwide. Case studies, failure analyses, governance audits. Understanding the design opportunities.

02 - MEDIA

We make the ideas travel.

A Substack with 5.5k+ readers. Podcasts, essays, and documentary-style village profiles. Thought leadership that moves the broader conversation forward.

03 - CONSULTING

We help village projects get real.

Strategic advisory for village founders and developers. Governance design, investor narratives, development phasing. From inspiring vision to investable plan.

WORK DIRECTLY WITH NICOLE

Build the village,
but don't do it alone.

 

I work with a small number of village founders, developers, and institutions each quarter. As someone who has studied how these projects actually succeed and fail, I help you see around the corners you don't know are there yet.

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If you're serious about building, I want to hear what you're working on.

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING 1 NEW CLIENT

Alexandra & Omer, Thailand

Working with Nicole Reese was a turning point for our project "Bloom Village". As we moved into the strategy and pitch deck phase, Nicole’s deep-rooted expertise in the regenerative village space was invaluable. She doesn’t just consult; she breathes this work from every angle.

MEDIA PRODUCED BY TERRENITY

Making village models mainstream

Build the Village, Starve the Empire
How to Exit the Empire (Without Burning Out of Going Off-Grid)

PRESS & SPEAKING

As heard & seen in

Conferences and stages

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Blue Dot Project

Podcast feature

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Live Free Now with John Bush

Podcast feature

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Free Cities Podcast

Podcast feature

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Metamodern Regenerative Villages

Podcast feature

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Blueprints for Belonging with Cynthia Tina

Podcast feature

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Intentional Communities Panel

Panel Speaker

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Regen Week Interviews

Guest Speaker

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Enchanted

Facilitator & co-organizer

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re:build Global Gathering

Guest Speaker

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Regens Unite

Speaker & co-organizer

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Tribalize

Guest speaker

Invite Nicole to speak

Nicole speaks on regenerative village design, the future of human settlement, and the mechanics of intentional community. Available for conferences, podcasts, panels, and institutional events.

FREE RESOURCES

Tools for the
village builders
of the world.

Whether you're dreaming of joining a community or in the thick of building one, these free resources distill years of research into practical starting points. No fluff. No gatekeeping.

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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The publication for regenerative village builders.

Terrenity is a leading voice on village building wisdom and innovation. Follow the Substack for insights, tools, and case studies on building regenerative communities in a modern era.

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