A first-of-its-kind regenerative destination where Indigenous partnership, climate innovation, carbon-negative systems and transformative hospitality come together on Canada's west coast.
🌿 Living laboratory
Group One West is developing a carbon-negative eco-resort and a Climate Research & Cultural Stewardship Institute on Vancouver Island — designed as a living laboratory for regenerative tourism, clean energy innovation, ecological restoration and future community systems.
For generations, the coastal First Nations of this region practiced a reciprocity that returned more to the land than it consumed. That principle is the foundation of everything we build.
A world-class resort and a non-profit research institute, operating side by side — hospitality that powers mission-driven climate impact.
A 250-room, carbon-negative coastal resort powered by a renewable microgrid of solar, wind, wave, geothermal and bioelectricity — with on-site aquaponics, world-class dining, spa and wilderness adventure.
A non-profit Climate Research & Cultural Stewardship Institute, Indigenous co-led, advancing renewable energy, circular systems and Traditional Ecological Knowledge — with 160 homes for workforce, students and faculty.
Every system is designed to close the loop — returning energy, water and carbon to the ecosystems that host us.
A renewable microgrid combining solar, wind, wave, geothermal and bioelectricity for an energy-positive footprint.
Closed-loop systems targeting a 90% reduction in water demand, with capture, treatment and reuse on site.
Hydrothermal carbonization and anaerobic digestion turn waste streams into energy and carbon-rich resources.
Carbon-negative building materials and innovations including electrified-cement supercapacitors.
Ten-hectare kelp farms sequester carbon while restoring marine habitat and supporting research.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge guides design under seven-generation and First Nations co-governance principles.
🌊 Inspirational discoveries
Guests move between luxury and wilderness — forest trails with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, kelp-farm visits, real-time research dashboards, traditional canoe journeys, wellness programs and sustainable dining.
Group One West's integrated model — an energy-positive eco-resort paired with a climate research institute — is exactly what our industry needs.
Join a community of founders, scientists and changemakers shaping tourism into a force for climate repair.