Hortus Cyrenaicus

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2021

What we do

From the first idea buying a “Château dans le Sud” to build an Ecovillage in the Greek Mountains, was “just a jump to the left – and then a step to the right…” End of 2021. Within a meditation session, there was suddenly a clear picture with the directive building a new “Arche Noah” for family, friends and similar minded people.
Finishing the talking and discussion round what mother earth and its children need and start implementing a vision, start doing positive actions for the nature and the people. What better place to start such kind of project than Greece, the cradle of Philosophie, Democracy and Humanitarian disciplines…
The name “Hortus Cyrenaicus” is related to Aristippos of Cyrene, a follower of Socrates who then built his own philosophical approach of “how to enjoy life”. There may have been misinterpretations that reflect on a hedonistic life style, but there could be also seen interpretations for living a “Happy Life” without existing “leadership” and unnecessary side impacts of “Civilisation” in harmony with the nature. This comes to the point: – A garden of a happy life… a place to enjoy life with family and friends in a clean and sustainable nature.
In 2025 we do have the goal to allocate residents for the 6 land plots (total about 1 ha land) who are interested to join the conception and who are ready to invest 40.000 Euro to compensate the costs of water and electricity preparations. As well as for the use of the land. These investments are scheduled to be used for expanding the territory of the Hortus Cyrenaicus for further residents in 2026 and 2027. The overall goal is to allocate 20 active residents in total taking over individual parts of the farm. Details will be agreed on individually with each resident.
We would be happy addressing this call to find potential active residents, Sponsors Donors and other supporters to bring the Hortus Cyrenaicus to an operational level, enabling us to contribute a little bit to the future of the planet.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Russian
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Land-Based Communities
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  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2021
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2022
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
3

How to join

We are finishing now the complete electricity construction with 80 KW solar energy, 55 kw batteries, thermosolar heaters and a full water supply solar driven coming from 2 own licensed water drills. We have currently space for 6 families, couples or singles taking over an own piece of land and joining the community. We are not religious nor political oriented, but we are open for music, arts and cultural activities and do look first of all on the nature and the land to be in a good condition and to plant what we do need for living.
There is potential for new members taking over live stock, grains, vegetable production, bees, fish and many more things.

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  • Greece

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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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