: Ben Haggard

Ben is a founding member of Regenesis. He has helped develop models of thinking that integrate ecological and living systems approaches with large-scale development. He has worked with developers and design teams, governmental agencies, city planning departments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and others to apply the discoveries of Regenesis to a broad range of community development issues and contexts.

Ben has spent 25 years designing ecologically appropriate landscape and reclamation projects. His award winning designs have been featured in a number of magazines and newspapers, including Architectural Digest, Garden Design, National Wildlife Magazine, Sunset, and Organic Gardening. He served for 4 years as chief designer and Land Research and Education Director at the Sol y Sombra Foundation, a private conference center and permaculture demonstration site in Santa Fe. Author of Living Community—A Permaculture Case Study at Sol y Sombra, and Watershed Restoration in Drylands, A founding board member of the Permaculture Drylands Institute, he was a senior instructor there, and has lectured and taught in the field of environmental design in a wide variety of venues including ecological design conferences (green building, solar, etc), universities and colleges (University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Prescott College, EcoVersity, etc.), and public and private organizations (New York Botanical Garden, Arnold Arboretum, Lama Foundation, government agencies, etc.)

Project work has included housing developments, parks, watershed, educational and non-profit institutions, and ecological resorts. Ben served as a Commissioner on the Sustainable Santa Fe Commission, helping them develop a long term plan for community sustainability.

Education: Ben graduated from St. Johns with a concentration on philosophy and literature; studied painting, drawing, and art criticism at Ecole Leo Marchutz, and studied Permaculture with Bill Mollison. He is a member of the Institute for Developmental Processes where he takes part in an ongoing seminar on the application of systems thinking to a wide range of business and community endeavors.





	: Ben Haggard Ben is a founding member of Regenesis. He has helped develop models of thinking that integrate ecological and living systems approaches with large-scale development. He has worked with developers and design teams, governmental agencies, city planning departments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and others to apply the discoveries of Regenesis to a broad range of community development issues and contexts. Ben has spent 25 years designing ecologically appropriate landscape and reclamation projects. His award winning designs have been featured in a number of magazines and newspapers, including Architectural Digest, Garden Design, National Wildlife Magazine, Sunset, and Organic Gardening. He served for 4 years as chief designer and Land Research and Education Director at the Sol y Sombra Foundation, a private conference center and permaculture demonstration site in Santa Fe. Author of Living Community—A Permaculture Case Study at Sol y Sombra, and Watershed Restoration in Drylands, A founding board member of the Permaculture Drylands Institute, he was a senior instructor there, and has lectured and taught in the field of environmental design in a wide variety of venues including ecological design conferences (green building, solar, etc), universities and colleges (University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Prescott College, EcoVersity, etc.), and public and private organizations (New York Botanical Garden, Arnold Arboretum, Lama Foundation, government agencies, etc.) Project work has included housing developments, parks, watershed, educational and non-profit institutions, and ecological resorts. Ben served as a Commissioner on the Sustainable Santa Fe Commission, helping them develop a long term plan for community sustainability. Education: Ben graduated from St. Johns with a concentration on philosophy and literature; studied painting, drawing, and art criticism at Ecole Leo Marchutz, and studied Permaculture with Bill Mollison. He is a member of the Institute for Developmental Processes where he takes part in an ongoing seminar on the application of systems thinking to a wide range of business and community endeavors.