Jennifer Martin, MA CSL, CPHC, PMP

Jennifer is a sustainable architecture design/builder with 20+ years of experience in low-carbon natural building and high-performance green construction. As a partner at HempStone, she serves as Catalyst to advocate for carbon-beneficial material use throughout the building assembly. Jennifer has a passion for responsible local material resource use, a deep understanding of collaborative culture, and a commitment to change the paradigms of the building industry.

Jennifer spent over a decade helping grow Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage into a viable demonstration of sustainable and cooperative living. At Dancing Rabbit, Jennifer served on Village Land Use and Building Planning committees while working alongside passionate and committed folks to develop residential and community-scale sustainable architecture.

Jennifer has experience in LEED Platinum, Living Building Challenge, and Passive House building methodologies, and now puts her extensive experience in natural building and ecological design to use at HempStone. Based in New England, HempStone provides full-service hempcrete design and construction services and supports the development of a carbon-beneficial construction industry as Regional Leaders of the US Hemp Building Association.

At HempStone, Jennifer wears a variety of hats:

- Leads site construction crews and manages construction projects for natural building systems and methods.

- Leads natural plaster training for professionals.

- Consults for hempcrete and other natural building materials - offering detailed design and construction advice on materials and assemblies.

- Presents publicly on natural building, sustainable living, and cooperative business concepts.

- Facilitates the Integrated Project Delivery process for construction and consultation projects.

- Manages material sourcing; partnering with local farmers, producers, processors, and manufacturers to source the most sustainable materials possible.

- Nourishes essential connections in our Nimble Network in the Hemp Building, Passive House, Natural Building, and Intentional Community realms.

- Writes Radically Responsible newsletter and Catalyst for Change blog, posts on social media, and maintains the website.

- Conducts research and development of carbon-beneficial natural building materials.