A first-of-its-kind regenerative destination where Indigenous partnership, climate innovation, carbon-negative systems, and transformative hospitality come together to help shape the future of resilient communities.
Group One West is developing a carbon-negative eco-resort and Climate Research & Cultural Stewardship Institute on Vancouver Island — designed as a living laboratory for regenerative tourism, clean energy innovation, ecological restoration, and future community systems.
🌿 Living laboratory
Group One West is developing a carbon-negative eco-resort and a Climate Research & Cultural Stewardship Institute on Vancouver Island — designed as a living laboratory for regenerative tourism, clean energy innovation, ecological restoration and future community systems.
For generations, the coastal First Nations of this region practiced a reciprocity that returned more to the land than it consumed. That principle is the foundation of everything we build.
Decades of experience in sustainability, governance, and Indigenous economic development guide Group One West's mission.
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A world-class resort and a non-profit research institute, operating side by side — hospitality that powers mission-driven climate impact.
A 250-room, carbon-negative coastal resort powered by a renewable microgrid of solar, wind, wave, geothermal and bioelectricity — with on-site aquaponics, world-class dining, spa and wilderness adventure.
A non-profit Climate Research & Cultural Stewardship Institute, Indigenous co-led, advancing renewable energy, circular systems and Traditional Ecological Knowledge — with 160 homes for workforce, students and faculty.
Every system is designed to close the loop — returning energy, water and carbon to the ecosystems that host us.
A renewable microgrid combining solar, wind, wave, geothermal and bioelectricity for an energy-positive footprint.
Closed-loop systems targeting a 90% reduction in water demand, with capture, treatment and reuse on site.
Hydrothermal carbonization and anaerobic digestion turn waste streams into energy and carbon-rich resources.
Carbon negative building materials with life cycle assessments.
Ten-hectare kelp farms sequester carbon while restoring marine habitat and supporting research.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge guides design under seven-generation and First Nations co-governance principles.
🛶 Inspirational discoveries
Guests move between luxury and wilderness — forest trails with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, kelp-farm visits, real-time research dashboards, traditional canoe journeys, wellness programs and sustainable dining.
Their integrated model combining an energy-positive eco-resort with climate research is exactly what our industry needs to tackle food security and climate challenges.
Join a community of founders, scientists and changemakers shaping tourism into a force for climate repair.