Noordeland

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Dutch
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2019

What we do

The ecovillage Noordeland started to realize it’s community in April 2019 on the premises of the former Potato starch factory in Ter Apel, Netherlands. The area exists of 4.5 hectares of buildings, roads, storage halls and storage pits partly covered with asbestos roofing and infested by some pollution, the other 4.5 hectares are flood fields which do need cleaning but are suitable for house construction. At this moment there are 9 permanent inhabitants and 11 intending to become so within the next year. In September 2019 the municipality has granted us a license to specifically develop an ecological community here and now the site can be taken over from the former owners for the amount of €1,- including the obligation to resolve the pollution.
We are in the process of constructing our group center, installing the storage buildings for production purposes and enterprises, improving the sewage water treatment and water supply, the electricity and a multi purpose rocket stove as well as the insulation of buildings. Meanwhile we focus on the team building and social network with the outside community. We investigate the best practices for cleaning the asbestos and other pollution.
We are on our way.
With grateful and kindest regards,
visit our ecodorpnoordeland.nl,
Fedde Jorritsma for all of us Noordeland, Ter Apel

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • Dutch
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Activities
  • Ecological Restoration

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2019
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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9

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Location

  • Netherlands

Noordeland

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1 month ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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8 years ago

Gemeinschaftsübergreifende Elternschule 2019

Für Menschen, die in Gemeinschaft leben und sich auf gemeinsames Wachstum und eine höhere innere Stimmigkeit im Sein mit den Kindern ausrichten (wollen). Damit wir Kindern einen angemessenen Raum für ihre Entfaltung und ihr Wachstum zur Verfügung stellen können, braucht es einen Bewusstwerdungsprozess des innerlichen Erwachsenwerdens. Erst von einem erwachsenen Platz in uns können wir einen sicheren und geborgenen Beziehungsraum für unsere Kinder schaffen. Ein Bindungsraum, aus dem heraus sie die Welt erkunden und in den sie immer wieder zurückkehren können, um das Erlebte zu integrieren. Und damit ein Update von e(ä)lterlicher Begleitung entwickeln: sowohl jenseits des autoritären Paradigma von (subtilem) Liebesentzug, Druck oder Beschämung als auch jenseits von Laissezfaire und Grenzenlosigkeit. Dieses innere Erwachsenwerden ist aber kein rein individueller Prozess, sondern findet auf der gesellschaftlich kulturellen Ebene statt. Wenn wir uns auf den Weg machen wollen, bietet der gemeinschaftliche Kontext ein ideales Gefäß dafür – da wo wir uns als Eltern und Ältern unterstützen, spiegeln und gemeinsam ausrichten auf eine höhere Stimmigkeit in uns selbst und mit dem Leben. Eingeladen sind alle interessierten und engagierten Menschen, die sich in Gemeinschaft lebend mit der Frage des Kinderaufwachsens beschäftigen und Interesse an weiterem Lernen, Vernetzung, Unterstützung und gegenseitigem Austausch mit anderen Gemeinschaften zu diesem Thema haben. Ganz besonders laden wir die Menschen ein, die eine tragende Rolle in dem Thema in ihrer Gemeinschaft innehaben. Es wird 2019 zwei inhaltliche Blöcke geben, die aufeinander aufbauen. Es ist in Einzelfällen auch möglich, nur an einem der beiden Blöcke teilzunehmen. Die Blöcke finden in zwei unterschiedlichen Gemeinschaftsprojekten statt, die sich beide durch ihre relativ zentrale Lage in Deutschland auszeichnen, die beide einen starken Fokus auf dem gemeinschaft

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