Advocacy
National representation, policy submissions, media engagement, and planning reform pathways.
AEON Ltd.
Australia's peak body for intentional communities and regenerative living.
AEON connects ecovillages, cooperative housing projects, regenerative initiatives, professionals, researchers, and public-sector partners into one national platform.
250+communities connected
120+professionals
15research projects
Nationaladvocacy network
National infrastructure
AEON exists to make regenerative community living easier to start, govern, fund, and sustain.
The website is designed as more than a brochure. It is the public face of a peak body, a professional institute, a research organisation, a resource library, and a scalable member network for Australia's intentional community sector.
What AEON does
A connected operating layer for the sector.
Accreditation
Professional Membership and Accreditation Pathways for practitioners supporting community projects.
Legal Support
Clinic intake, governance templates, legal structures, referrals, and knowledge-base resources.
Research & Data
Sector mapping, state-of-sector reporting, datasets, dashboards, and academic partnerships.
Volunteer Enablement
CAVEP readiness, volunteer matching, compliance templates, and auspicing support.
Community Development
Toolkits for startup groups, governance design, conflict resolution, finance, and land access.
National community map
Find ecovillages, cohousing projects, and regenerative initiatives across Australia.
Phase two introduces an interactive searchable registry with filters for state, community type, status, membership, land size, focus area, visitor policy, and volunteer opportunities.
QLD
NSW
VIC
TAS
WA
SA
State
Type
Status
Focus
Governance model
Member-led, expert-informed, board-accountable.
Members
Advisory Panels
Advisory Council
Governance Board
Research & Data
Legal & Advocacy
Industry & Business
Resources & Support
Cultural, Spiritual & Wellbeing
Finance & Audit
Programs & services
The first platform modules to bring online.
PMAP Accreditation
Associate, Accredited Professional, Fellow, specialist endorsements, CPD tracking, and public verification.
CAVEP
Community and Volunteer Enablement Program connecting readiness, compliance, auspicing, and volunteer flow.
Legal Clinic
Secure intake, triage, appointments, pro bono professionals, private uploads, and resource pathways.
Sector Mapping
Community database, profiles, tagging, advanced search, data dashboards, and national reporting.
Community Finance
Resources for cooperative finance, Baugruppen models, feasibility tools, and funding pathways.
Membership
A home for communities, practitioners, institutions, and supporters.
Community
Voting membership, profile listing, resources, governance support, and sector representation.
Professional
Directory listing, PMAP pathways, CPD, specialist endorsements, and consultancy-network access.
Industry / Public Sector
Partnerships, policy forums, research collaboration, procurement pathways, and sector intelligence.
Supporter
Updates, events, campaigns, volunteer pathways, and ways to support the national movement.
Member portal
Planned dashboard modules
- Membership status
- CPD progress
- Upcoming events
- Resource downloads
- Governance templates
- Discussion forums
- Community database
- Grant opportunities
Build phases
A sensible launch path from website to national infrastructure.
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Phase 1
Homepage, About, Membership, Programs, Contact, CMS-ready content model, and basic CRM pathways.
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Phase 2
Community map, PMAP, Legal Clinic, resource hub, directories, and event workflows.
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Phase 3
Member portal, CPD system, dashboards, voting system, discussion forums, and volunteer hub.
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Phase 4
Research dashboards, accreditation ecosystem, community finance portal, APIs, and partner integrations.
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