Jacob Aman

I am an entrepreneur with a background in regenerative agriculture, web and software development, cloud systems architecture, permaculture design and environmental science.

After fifteen years of completing designs for regenerative design projects and using various GIS, CAD and 3D rendering software, I have yearned for a more streamlined, easy to use and comprehensive design platform.

In 2001 at the age of sixteen, prompted by an intensive meditation practice and a desire to live a simpler agrarian life, I began working on organic farms in the Snoqualmie River Valley near Seattle, Washington. Since that time, I have spent most of my adult life pursuing what I describe as the Ecotopian Vision: that humans can weave ancient artifice and ecological wisdom, modern science, technology, art and a humanistic ethos into community design that regenerates biodiversity, heals ecosystems and creates resource abundance.

In my pursuit of these ideals, I have followed a personal development and career trajectory that has lead up to the founding of Ecotopian Vision Systems. From my early days working on small to mid-sized organic farms, to contributing to the development of ecovillage/intentional community projects, to crafting permaculture designs for sites, I have found great joy in remaining engaged in caring for healthy ecosystems.

I studied biology and ecology in college, have taken multiple permaculture design and advanced courses, apprenticed with various permaculture teachers and practitioners, worked as environmental scientist assessing and remediating contaminated sites, and volunteered and consulted for numerous environmental and agroecology organizations.

Professional Background

• Business Owner & Consulting: Since 2016, founded a couple of businesses, including a web development and cloud systems consulting business, and a permaculture assessment, design and construction firm.
• Regenerative Agriculture: Beginning at age 16, worked on organic, biodynamic and regenerative farms in Washington State, including as a laborer, field manager, and as a permaculture / communications manager.
• Landscape Design & Construction: Worked as a landscape designer, foreman and laborer for multiple firms and on private estates in Washington State.
• Environmental Science: Worked as a staff scientist and project manager at a hydrogeology / environmental engineering firm near Santa Cruz, CA for 5 years.
• Waste to Energy: Worked at a startup in California that designed and sold biorefinery systems for waste to energy (biofuels and regenerative coproducts) as a Business Development Coordinator.

Education, Trainings & Certifications

• Bachelor of Arts, Biology / Ecology – 2008, The Evergreen State College:
  Focused on agroecology, and the links between subterranean and terrestrial ecosystems, the soil food web and perennial agriculture systems.
• ArcGIS Desktop Professional, ESRI, 2006
• Permaculture Design Certificate, Regenerative Design Institute, 2010
• Permaculture Teacher Training, Permaculture Institute USA, 2011
• Phase I Environmental Site Assessment E1527 Training, ASTM International, 2012
• Permaculture Design Certificate, Pattern Literacy, 2016
• Project Management Professional training, Project Management Institute, 2025