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1995
Founding of Global Ecovillage Network
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7-11 July 2011
Discovering the global movement and participating in GEN conference in Tamera Ecovillage
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2011
Discovery of the piece of land
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2011
Envisioning the ecovillage in several meeting
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7-11 July 2011
GEN conference Tamera
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2011
Visit to Sieben Linden
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2011
Group decides to take on sociocracy as a way of working
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2011
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Spring 2011
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2011
Co-founder follows a course on sociocracy
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2011
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2012
Rumours that the land becomes available
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Black Weekend
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2011-2012
Visioning meetings
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2012
Notification that the land would become available for sale
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16th of May 2013
Purchase of the land
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May 16th, 2013
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August 2013
First Dutch ecovillage festival
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May 2013
Purchasing the land
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August 2013
Firs public event: Dutch ecovillage festival
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30th of May 2013
Receiving the key
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16th of May 2013
Purchase of the land
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Beginning of 2013
Programme of requirements to purchase the land is published
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16th of May 2013
Outcome of the bidding
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May 2013
Collection of money for asbestos abatement by Support Foundation
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2014
Founding of Dutch Ecovillage Network
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First Dutch ecovillage member of GEN
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October, 2014
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May 2014
Submission of quality image plan
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27th of November 2014
Ecovillage submits a draft zoning plan
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30th of October 2014
Entering ecovillage is forbidden by the municipality and the gates are locked
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Hearing of co-founder
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Summer 2014
Beginning with asbestos abatement
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Ecovillage community holds preperation meeting for hearing co-founder
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November 2014
Investigation by municipality about asbestos contamination
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9th of December 2014
Permission to continue asbestos abatement
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February 2015
Ecovillage communicates that asbestos abatement is finished
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June/July 2015
The zoning plan is released for public consultation
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2016, current situation
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August 2016
Ecovillage needs to appeal a landscape directive of the provincal government regarding conserving the trees
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2011
Discovering other ecovillages
In 2011 the co-founders discovered other ecovillages and the existence of a global movement. This was an important step in setting up the local ecovillage in the Netherlands.
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6 related events
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1995
Founding of Global Ecovillage Network
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2011
Visit to Sieben Linden
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7-11 July 2011
GEN conference Tamera
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August 2013
First Dutch ecovillage festival
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2014
Founding of Dutch Ecovillage Network
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UNKNOWN
First Dutch ecovillage member of GEN
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Spring 2011
Reshifting focus from physical land to group of people
Informed by a desire to create an intentional community a visioning and group bonding process was needed rather than a focus on the physical land. In spring 2011, before the land was purchased, the focus was shifted towards the group of people doing this together.
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6 related events
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2011
Discovery of the piece of land
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7-11 July 2011
Discovering the global movement and participating in GEN conference in Tamera Ecovillage
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2012
Notification that the land would become available for sale
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2011-2012
Visioning meetings
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Black Weekend
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16th of May 2013
Purchase of the land
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2011
Implementing sociocracy
One of the first challenges eco-villages face is the process of making decisions together. After one of the co-founder coincidently got introduced to sociocracy, they implemented it as a tool for decision making based on consent.
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2 related events
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2011
Co-founder follows a course on sociocracy
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2011
Group decides to take on sociocracy as a way of working
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May 16th, 2013
Purchasing the land: receiving the key
A series of special occasions resulted in the group making a plan for the land and collecting the money to buy it. Being able to purchase the piece of land in Bergen materialized an ecovillage in theory to an ecovillage in practice.
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7 related events
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2011
Envisioning the ecovillage in several meeting
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2012
Rumours that the land becomes available
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Beginning of 2013
Programme of requirements to purchase the land is published
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May 2013
Collection of money for asbestos abatement by Support Foundation
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16th of May 2013
Outcome of the bidding
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30th of May 2013
Receiving the key
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August 2013
Firs public event: Dutch ecovillage festival
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October, 2014
Asbest conflict with municipality and closing of the gates
By purchasing the land the ecovillage agreed to abate the asbestos. During inspection by the municipality it seemed that the work done by the contractor was not legal and one co-founder was pressed with criminal charges and entering the land was prohibited to all.
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8 related events
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16th of May 2013
Purchase of the land
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Summer 2014
Beginning with asbestos abatement
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30th of October 2014
Entering ecovillage is forbidden by the municipality and the gates are locked
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November 2014
Investigation by municipality about asbestos contamination
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Ecovillage community holds preperation meeting for hearing co-founder
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Hearing of co-founder
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9th of December 2014
Permission to continue asbestos abatement
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February 2015
Ecovillage communicates that asbestos abatement is finished
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2016, current situation
Current stalemate: waiting for planning permissions
The program of requirements and zoning plan do not allow for the initial vision the ecovillage community created. It now obstructs further development in terms of construction works and attracting potential new residents putting pressure on the current community.
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5 related events
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May 2013
Purchasing the land
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May 2014
Submission of quality image plan
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27th of November 2014
Ecovillage submits a draft zoning plan
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June/July 2015
The zoning plan is released for public consultation
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August 2016
Ecovillage needs to appeal a landscape directive of the provincal government regarding conserving the trees
