silvae

Silvae is a non profit grassroots organisation co-founded by Jenny Hviding and Artur Moustafa. The organisation was born from results of intercultural and long-term trust-based dialogue;

we stand as allies to all rural, traditional and Indigenous communities. 

Silvae co-creates sustainable low-cost regenerative models; efficient systems that are implemented and customised to the needs of the guardians and the distinct geographical and cultural needs involved.

Our overarching goal is to design a universal, highly adaptable architectural framework—an umbrella system of regenerative thinking and open-source implementation. By creating modular blueprints that address food, shelter, utility, education and economics, our systems can be deployed to restore ecosystems and uplift any community globally. The Sãkatani Alliance in the Brazilian Amazon serves as our first pilot project, proving that localised autonomy, with Indigenous led leadership is the only solution to global ecological crises. 

Our 5 Core pillars of action. Our vision: 

• Food Sovereignty (Agroforestry & Aquaponics): We establish resilient syntropic food forests and closed-loop aquaponics networks. These low-cost setups restore degraded soil biology and optimize water use to ensure permanent, community-wide nutritional security.

• Bioregional Construction (Local Biomaterials): We pioneer alternative housing methodologies utilizing regional, non-toxic biomaterials like clay and industrial hemp. This offers a low-cost, highly insulated alternative to carbon-heavy concrete expansion.

• Decentralized Infrastructure & Closed-Loop Energy: We deploy community-managed utility networks, including localized biogas production, solar microgrids, and advanced water filtration systems to achieve total resource self-sufficiency.

• Sovereign Local Economies (Tokenized Wealth): We design custom local monetary systems and digital tokenized structures. This allows rural and Indigenous territories to retain capital, bypass predatory global markets, and generate autonomous wealth inside their own borders.

• Intercultural Education & Cultural Preservation: We build community training hubs and digital learning platforms. These programs preserve ancestral heritage and oral histories while equipping the next generation with modern, scalable ecological engineering skills.

Overview: The Closed-Loop Ecosystem Approach

Traditional humanitarian and environmental interventions typically apply isolated solutions to multi-dimensional crises—treating food security, housing, or resource management as independent variables. However, human settlements function as complex, living organisms.

This model differentiates itself by implementing a fully integrated, 360-degree structural architecture. It addresses all primary operational pillars of a community simultaneously, preventing the systemic friction and dependencies caused by single-sector development.

Simultaneous Multi-Variable Optimization

"A community cannot achieve equilibrium if its structural components are decoupled. If a territory receives advanced agricultural infrastructure but lacks regional bio-material shelter, or possesses clean energy grids but lacks an internal marketplace, it remains highly vulnerable to external economic shock and resource extraction. This universal framework operates as a holistic system, deploying solutions for nutrition, material structures, off-grid utilities, localized financial systems, and knowledge preservation concurrently to ensure permanent, self-sustaining stability."