Namibia’s 80% Goal

31,500 farms
Feeding 2.52 million people
80% of Namibia’s population

The Peopleize Vision

1,000,000 farms
Feeding 80 million people
Over 25 times Namibia’s population

Land Required (1M Farms)

Active farmland: 10,000 km²
19% of the 52,800 km² corridor

Land for Wildlife (1M Farms)

Remaining for wild plantings & wildlife:
42,800 km²
81% of the corridor

Water

Fog-harvesting centers, rainwater catchment, solar-powered purification, and community-managed water systems ensure clean water for every family.

Food

Each family farm produces diversified crops, livestock, eggs, honey, fish, and medicinal plants, creating food sovereignty and health sovereignty at the household level.

Shelter

Modernized traditional housing built with local materials (compressed earth bricks, hempcrete insulation, hemp-based building materials), solar/wind electricity, and passive cooling.

Clothing

100% hemp fabric production—from seed to garment—providing sustainable, durable, and comfortable clothing for all community members, reducing dependency on external supply chains.

Healthcare

Community-managed wellness centers integrating traditional medicine with modern practices, preventative care, holistic health for people and nature, and on-site medicinal plant gardens.

Schools

Built by community BIT teams using compressed earth bricks, timber, solar panels, and hemp insulation. Education in local languages.

Community Shops

Locally built grocery and supply stores where community members exchange goods, produce, and handmade items.

Peopleize Centers

Community hubs for meetings, skill-sharing, cultural events, workshops, and local governance — the heart of each node.

Sustainable Housing

Modernized traditional housing with compressed earth building, hempcrete insulation, solar/wind electricity, passive cooling, and solar cooling systems.

Wellness Centers

Healthcare facilities with traditional medicine gardens, plant wellness products, preventative care, and preventive health for people and nature.

Child Care and Retirement Centers

Elders’ homes and community care centers built with traditional modernized comfort materials, providing dignified care for community children and elders.

E-Scooters & E-Bikes

Personal electric transportation for every family. Built locally with resources and kinetic and solar-charged batteries. Zero emissions.

Cable Transport System

Overhead cable transport connecting communities across the corridor. Sustainable, low-impact, and powered by solar and kinetic energy.

Solar Energy

Solar panels power homes, schools, wellness centers, and transportation. Solar cooling systems keep homes comfortable in the desert heat.

Waste-to-Energy

Recycled waste powers cooking stoves and heating systems. Biogas from animal manure and crop residues provides clean cooking energy.

Kinetic Energy

Footsteps, exercise equipment, and movement generate kinetic energy. This powers lighting, charging stations, and small appliances.

Solar Air Water Collection

Atmospheric water generators use solar power to extract water from the air. This provides clean, sustainable drinking water for every community.

1. /Ai-/Ais-Richtersveld

Southern anchor. A botanical hotspot and home to the Fish River Canyon. The name derives from the Nama language, meaning “burning water.”

2. Namib-Naukluft NP

Central desert anchor. Originally a sanctuary for Hartmann’s mountain zebra. Connects the desert to the escarpment.

3. NamibRand Reserve

Private conservation area demonstrating successful restoration of overgrazed farmland through rewilding.

4. Dorob National Park

Coastal anchor. The heart of the fog-harvesting zone where air water collection is viable.

5. Torra Conservancy

Community anchor. A communal conservancy where Nama-Damara, Riemvasmakers, Herero, and Owambo people manage their land and wildlife together.

6. Hartmann Mountains

Northern frontier. Communal land held by Himba village communities, reaching the Kunene River border with Angola.

Crop Zone (4,000 m²)

Maize, millet, vegetables, fruits, legumes, fodder, hemp, sugar beet, medicinal herbs, spices.

Animal Zone (4,000 m²)

Chickens (40), goats (16). Hardy, adaptable to arid conditions. Provide meat, milk, cheese, yogurt, hides, and manure for crops.

Housing & Infrastructure (2,000 m²)

Home, storage, workshop, water collection, air to water farming system, crop recycling processing for cooking gas. Antenna and computer mesh network for expanding community communication system.

Goats (16)

Meat, milk, cheese, yogurt, hides; manure for crops

Chickens (20 layers)

Eggs for the family; 40 broilers for meat

Fish

Tilapia or catfish; waste fertilizes crops

Honey (8-12 hives)

Pollination, honey, beeswax

Hemp (800 m²)

Fiber for clothing, building, food, medicine, and industry

Mahangu (800 m²)

Staple food, paper production

Medicinal Garden (400 m²)

Traditional medicine, wellness products

Agroforestry (400 m²)

Indigenous trees: acacia, baobab, moringa, fruit trees

Vegetables (800 m²)

Tomatoes, onions, cabbage, peppers

Fruits (400 m²)

Citrus, mango, avocado

Legumes (400 m²)

Beans, cowpeas, groundnuts

Feeds Wildlife Naturally

Food-producing trees and crops in wild areas give wildlife access to natural food sources outside family farms, reducing pressure on cultivated fields.

Protects Family Farms

When animals have abundant food sources in the wild, they are less likely to raid family farms, reducing human-wildlife conflict.

Creates a Buffered Landscape

Wild areas become productive ecosystems that support both wildlife and human needs, blurring the false divide between “wild” and “farmed” land.

Strengthens Food Security

In times of drought or crop failure, communities can forage from the wild plantings, creating a distributed food safety net.

Schools

Compressed earth bricks, timber, solar panels, hemp insulation.

Learning Centers

Local stone, thatch, recycled materials, hemp building materials.

Wellness Centers

Earth bricks, hempcrete insulation, natural finishes, medicinal gardens.

Community Stores

Locally sourced timber, earth construction, hemp materials.

Transportation

Bicycles, animal-drawn carts, electric vehicles (hemp composites).

Equipment Sharing

Shared tractors, tillers, harvesters (maintained locally).

Retirement Care

Elders’ homes, community care centers, hemp-based comfort materials.

Paper Production

Mahangu stalks, recycled materials, community stationery.

Clothes processing

Fiber extraction, fabric production, hempcrete manufacturing.