Join the Founding Circle

Founding Circle

Help shape Site 001

The Founding Circle is the early network of people who want to follow, advise, contribute to, help build or one day live at Settlement Zero.

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Joining is not a membership, investment, job or promise of housing, and it does not obligate you to move, invest or work.

Find your role

Many ways to help

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Future Pioneer

Interested in physically helping build and run Site 001.

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Skilled contributor

Construction, electrical, plumbing, solar, equipment, water, food or operations.

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Professional

Planning, architecture, engineering, legal, accounting, insurance or cooperative development.

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Future capital contributor

Able to contribute capital once a lawful structure exists. We are not collecting money now.

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Supporter or advisor

Expertise, introductions, research or public support.

Follower

Occasional updates as Site 001 research advances.

Digital creator

Courses, plans, software, writing, video and design, made here and sold to the world. Join the digital guild whether you run your own business or want to help build the co-op's own products.

Sharer

Pass the idea on to people who might build, advise or live here. It helps more than money right now.

Join

Tell us about yourself

It takes about five minutes. Only the first few questions are required.

How your answers are used

Your answers are stored securely, seen only by the Settlement Zero founding team, and used to plan the project and contact you about it. They are never sold or shared. You can ask for them to be deleted at any time.

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Country and region are enough.

How might you be involved?

Choose all that apply.

Which pathway interests you most?

Trades, professions, and anything else you'd bring.

Support the project

We're not collecting money. We're building interest.

Settlement Zero isn't asking anyone to invest or pay to join. Donations are welcome, but the most valuable thing you can do right now is share the idea with people who might build, advise or live here.

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What happens next

After you join

  1. Now

    You're in the Circle

    Your answers help us understand the skills, constraints and interest out there.

  2. As it advances

    Updates

    Site 001 research, legal milestones and project news. Occasional, not constant.

  3. Later

    Conversations

    When Pioneer planning becomes real, we start with a questionnaire and a mutual-fit conversation.