# Labs

#### **Each lab is a living research environment. Some focus on food, some on water, some on coordination and governance. All share a common set of principles and contribute to the same open network.**

Here you can explore the labs working across Lumeon's ecosystem. Each lab carries its own identity, team, and focus, but all are connected through 12 Horizons and a shared commitment to working in the open.

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<summary><mark style="color:$primary;"><strong>What Makes a Lumeon Lab</strong></mark></summary>

#### **Lumeon Labs is a&#x20;**<mark style="color:$primary;">**network of interconnected labs**</mark>**, each oriented toward one or more of the twelve horizons that frame our collective work.**&#x20;

Labs are where ideas become tangible through research, projects, tools and shared resources.

Each lab operates with its own governance, team and focus. Some are structured as cooperatives, others differently. What unites them is a shared set of principles: openness, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to producing work that is both rigorous and accessible.

Labs don't work in isolation. They share data, collaborate on projects that span multiple domains, and contribute resources to [Commons](broken://pages/Ecyp4VMksgAU3Mu24uNT). A breakthrough in one lab often sparks new inquiry in another. This cross-pollination is by design.

Lumeon supports and coordinates the network, setting initial conditions and tending the connective tissue between labs. But each lab follows its own evolutionary path. As labs mature, they develop their own identity, community and presence.

Interested in proposing a new lab? [Reach out](mailto:create@lumeon.dev) and tell us what you're thinking.

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## <mark style="color:$primary;">**Active**</mark>

Labs with established teams, active projects, and published work. Each operates with its own identity and governance while contributing to the shared network.

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h3 id="projects"><mark style="color:$primary;"><strong>Bioregional Systems Lab</strong></mark></h3></td><td>Frameworks, tools, and practitioner networks for place-based coordination at bioregional scale.</td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>3 · Living Earth</code></mark>  <mark style="color:$info;"><code>8 · Open Civics</code></mark></td><td><a href="https://www.bioregionalsystemslab.org/"><mark style="color:$info;">bioregionalsystemslab.org</mark></a></td><td><a href="/files/yZUXqC8BnnEyu2XIytCL">/files/yZUXqC8BnnEyu2XIytCL</a></td><td><a href="https://www.bioregionalsystemslab.org/">https://www.bioregionalsystemslab.org/</a></td></tr><tr><td><h3 id="projects"><mark style="color:$primary;"><strong>Open Food Lab</strong></mark></h3></td><td>An incubator for people, projects, and organizations dedicated to co-creating the future of food.</td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>1 · Living Nourishment</code></mark></td><td><a href="https://www.openfoodlab.org/"><mark style="color:$info;">openfoodlab.org</mark></a></td><td><a href="/files/WIWfwfYKBVzBY9wlsUyd">/files/WIWfwfYKBVzBY9wlsUyd</a></td><td><a href="https://www.openfoodlab.org/">https://www.openfoodlab.org/</a></td></tr><tr><td><h3 id="projects"><mark style="color:$primary;"><strong>Open Water Lab</strong></mark></h3></td><td>Research, education, and systemic approaches to water stewardship, restoration, and access.</td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>12 · Water Wisdom</code></mark> </td><td><a href="https://www.openwaterlab.org/"><mark style="color:$info;">openwaterlab.org</mark></a></td><td><a href="/files/JEYEWMLUq3VQpu5glfX7">/files/JEYEWMLUq3VQpu5glfX7</a></td><td><a href="https://www.openwaterlab.org/">https://www.openwaterlab.org/</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## <mark style="color:$primary;">**Emerging**</mark>

Labs in early formation. The focus is defined, the need is clear, but the team, governance, and first projects are still taking shape.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Open Energy Lab</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Distributed energy systems, community power, and the transition toward clean abundance as a universal commons.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>2 · Radiant Power</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz">/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Vitality Lab</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Health as a systemic property. Exploring vitality-centered approaches that treat wellbeing as an emergent quality of how people live, not just what they treat.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>4 · Whole Health</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz">/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Circulate</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Circular design, zero waste, biomaterials, and the reimagination of how physical resources move through civilization.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>5 · Material Loops</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz">/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Habitat Studio</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Regenerative placemaking, urban design, housing, and the relationship between built and natural environments.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>6 · Living Spaces</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz">/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Open Economy Lab</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Regenerative finance, circular economics, commons management, and the redesign of how value flows through society.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>7 · Value Flow</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz">/files/DL813fRsHRUNMC2nnTVz</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Coordination Lab</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Adaptive governance, participatory decision-making, and new models for how collectives coordinate across complexity.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>8 · Open Civics</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t">/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Belonging Lab</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Cultivating the relational infrastructure of human life. Spaces where connection, mutual care, and social trust can grow.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>9 · Social Fabric</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t">/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Signal Lab</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Sensemaking tools, media integrity, epistemic health, and the architecture of information systems that serve wisdom over attention.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>10 · Clear Signal</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t">/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4 id="projects"><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Flourish Lab</strong></mark></h4></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Alternative education, wisdom traditions, skill development, and the cultivation of the full spectrum of human capacity across a lifetime.</mark></td><td><mark style="color:$info;"><code>11 · Lifelong Growth</code></mark></td><td><a href="/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t">/files/xOdFaey2r6VmAoMRmN7t</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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