The "who we are" bit definitely needs to be front & center, and if you don't have enough people with serious & relevant credentials, it's important to get more

The "who we are" bit definitely needs to be front & center, and if you don't have enough people with serious & relevant credentials, it's important to get more on board. As a very small start, are any of you currently living in a house like the ones you're proposing? Have lived/are living in one of the many eco-villages around the world? Helped found any of them? I love this kind of idea -- but it's one of those kinds of things that explodes in complexity when you get beneath the surface. Don't listen to the naysayers, generally -- but listen very carefully to the ones who have experience/expertise you're lacking, and get started sooner rather than later on attacking the problems they foresee.