Sieben Linden

About.

The Ecovillage Sieben Linden, situated in the community Beetzendorf in the Altmark – District Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, was established in 1997. It has the aim to realise collaborative and holistic sustainable lifestyles, that connect a small ecological footprint with a high quality of life. Currently one hundred adults and forty children and adolescents are living in ten straw-bale houses and about fifty well insulated construction trailers.

The cooperatively organised village covers over a hundred acres of land; thereof 84 acres of woods, which is managed sustainably. The core of the village is a half timbered ecologicaly restored farmhouse, who accommodates the community and seminar rooms. In the garden fruits and vegetables are culitvated for self-sufficiency. Composting toilets, a sewage treatmant plant and solar panel provide local energy and material cycles.