Project: tHE nEW eARTh pROJECT

An evolving regenerative living laboratory in Toodyay, Western Australia, centred on Dididaah House, an owner-built high-performance geodesic dome home. It brings together renewable off-grid energy, water collection and reuse, food production, aquaponics, pollinator habitat, fungi and spirulina experiments, native gardens, wildlife corridors, composting, nutrient recovery, biosecurity, ecological monitoring, emergency preparedness, reliability planning and continuous improvement.

The project draws on organic architecture, earth-based construction, biodynamic and transformative education principles, and the idea of an intelligent off-grid centre for living, remote work, research, creativity, education and ecological restoration.

Progressively transform a dry, semi-arid property into a productive botanical landscape where people, plants, wildlife, water, food, energy and technology coexist in symbiosis.

Develop Dididaah House as a high-performance geodesic dome home using passive performance, natural/recycled materials, biophilia, renewable energy and salutogenic principles.

Integrate energy, water, food, biodiversity, nutrient recovery, biosecurity, ecological monitoring, bushfire/emergency preparedness, asset reliability, contingency planning and continuous improvement.

Use Viable System Model, cybernetics, reliability engineering, life-cycle thinking, environmental data and operational data to support learning and adaptation.

tHE nEW eARTh pROJECT is presented by S&T Consultancy Pty Ltd as a regenerative living laboratory being developed in Toodyay, Western Australia. Its centrepiece is Dididaah House, an owner-built work-in-progress high-performance geodesic dome home designed around passive performance, natural and recycled materials, biophilia, renewable energy and salutogenic principles supporting human health and wellbeing.

The broader project is described as an interconnected system spanning off-grid solar energy and battery storage, rainwater collection/treatment/reuse, biodynamic and organic vegetable production, aquaponics and fish ponds, circular food systems, regenerative beekeeping and pollinator habitat, an underground mushroom-growing facility, experimental spirulina-growing windows, native botanical gardens and wildlife corridors, composting and biological nutrient recovery, biosecurity perimeter controls and ecological monitoring, bushfire and emergency preparedness, asset reliability, contingency planning and continuous improvement.

The project applies the Viable System Model, cybernetics, reliability engineering and life-cycle thinking, with environmental and operational data intended to support learning and evidence-based improvement over time.

S&T Consultancy Pty Ltd is a business consulting and services company with HSSE, environmental protection, emergency management, risk, asset and ISO management-system specialisms.

The intended impact is to regenerate life, strengthen resilience, reconnect people with nature, and transform a dry semi-arid property into a productive botanical landscape integrating people, plants, wildlife, water, food, energy and technology.

Impacts human health and wellbeing, ecological restoration, circular resource flows, learning, adaptation and evidence-based improvement.

Likely impact areas include resilient off-grid living, water stewardship, food-system experimentation, biodiversity and pollinator support, bushfire/emergency readiness, lower operational dependence on external utilities, improved wellbeing through biophilic/salutogenic design, and a practical demonstration model for regenerative housing and land systems. These should be treated as target impacts until supported by measured baseline and follow-up evidence.