CommONEcology provides architectural services for healthy, radical, earth-love buildings; Net Zero Energy + Carbon, Off-Grid and Passive House homes and small to mid-size community and commercial buildings; regenerative project visioning; deep energy retrofits; permaculture landscapes; and land and building integration. We create spaces and communities that are resource neutral and restorative for all humans.
PROJECTS
Our projects range from small urban backyards, mindful retrofits of existing homes and community spaces, new zero-energy, HIGH-PERFORMANCE, HEALTHY homes and commercial buildings, tiny homes and ADUs, AND REGENERATIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
radical | rad·i·cal | \ ˈra-di-kəl
growing from the root
of or relating to the origin
very different from the usual or “traditional”
Carri Beer is also the author and creator of these beautiful resources to make restorative and radical design available to everyone.
THE RADICAL REWILDING OF THE SUBURBAN LAWN
An enlightened pathway for anyone in search of guidance toward creating a radical, inspired and meaningful transformation of the average lawn. The Radical Rewilding of the Suburban Lawn is a call to action through a collection of thoughts, photographs, poems, and instructions to inspire individuals with access to any bit of land to regenerate habitat, integrate with shelter, provide food, establish alternative economies, and create cultural change.
A HOMEOWNER’S FIELD GUIDE TO RADICAL, REGENERATIVE + DEEP ENERGY RETROFITS
We create a customized Field Guide to help you reduce resource consumption, electrify and reduce energy bills, and do so using healthy, salvaged and toxin-free products. This is not just an outline of low-hanging fruit energy upgrades and electrification. It is a story of regeneration, circularity, beauty and health. It is a guide to how you can make a difference to the planet, society and your economic resiliency.