Boekel Ecovillage

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Dutch
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2012

What we do

In Boekel Ecovillage we cater our needs in a very sustainable way. By doing so, we contribute solutions for climate change, environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity and exhaustion of natural resources, in close cooperation with our surroundings. If fact, Boekel Ecovillage is working on all 17 SDGs!
We have build a self-supporting village when it comes to energy, water and most of our food. It is financially supported by three levels of government, as we are their showroom and living lab. Everything is done following our ambitious vision and mission and is completely fossil-free.
When in 2019 Boekel Ecovillage applied for an EU fund, the EU sorted all 24 projects that applied on order of possible impact and Boekel Ecovillage was number 1!
Boekel Ecovillage acts as a Living Lab, a real-life test and experimentation environment for a sustainable future. Ecovillagers are users and producers, co-create innovation and foster user-driven open innovation.
In 2021 the Dutch Building sector awarded Boekel Ecovillage as the Most sustainable organisation of the Netherlands. Boekel Ecovillage also won the Public choice award and even a third sustainable building award. The LeadLink of Boekel Ecovillage is asked to be jury member of the largest sustainable building award! The Ministry of Economic Affairs appointed him as the Climate Mayor of the entire municipality of Boekel. He was also asked to participate in the core team of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water to help write the Dutch National Environmental Programme.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Activities
  • Education
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2012
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2016
  • Started living together

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  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
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  • Netherlands

Boekel Ecovillage

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10 years ago

Intentional Ecovillages and Their Role in Global Transformation – a GEN Webinar with Sabine Lichtenfels and Macaco Tamerice

Intentional Ecovillages and Their Role in Global Transformation – with Sabine Lichtenfels and Macaco Tamerice Thursday, 20 April 18:00 BST (British Summer Time) – Find your timezone here Register here and get your link to join! Ecovillages have long been places of alternative living and solutions, but what is their potential and impact beyond the village itself? Hear Sabine and Macaco tell the stories of two of the oldest and most established ecovillages: Tamera in Portugal and Damanhur in Italy. Discuss what the role of ecovillages is, can, and should be in transforming our complex contemporary reality. Born in 1954, Sabine Lichtenfels studied Theology in Germany. She is the author of many books, a freelance theologian, peace activist and co-founder of Peace Research Center Tamera, Portugal. Her spectrum of knowledge and activity comprises international peace work, cooperation with the Plan of the Healing Biotopes, community knowledge, spiritual research, a new female consciousness, reconciliation between the genders, and truth in love and eros. With her comprehensive knowledge and her radical commitment she is an ambassador for a global perspective for peace. Sabine regularly visits and supports people and projects in crisis areas, such as Colombia or Israel-Palestine. Since 2005, she has initiated and facilitated various peace pilgrimages in these countries, helping to establish the Global Campus, an international education platform for building autonomous models for the future. She was nominated as one of t

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