My curiosity + other communities around here…
Welcome on board @ewoudvenema and thanks to the lovely Natalia for introducing you to edgeryders.
Ourselves are in the very process of setting up a community space in Brussels (The Reef mentioned by Nat), starting small in our first year, but already looking for a bigger space in 2018. The most concrete and useful info I found on your website is this: An 11.000 sqm house gives space to everyone who has an in^terest in contributing time, skills and resources into a manifestation of unconditional sharing and co-creation. How did you get hold of the space and for how long? While The Reef is similar in the idea of sharing physical space to support each other, the model for making it sustainable and not conditional on core team members or Edgeryders as an initial (small) investor is a challenge… which is why we want to run a session on co-designing it during our Festival in the fall. Of course, this is designing by doing, as we cant afford a year of just planning. Would you be interested in joining the festival?
Some other communtity building projects by fellow edgeryders which you could find interesting:
- [urban] Cohousing in Lancaster, UK reported by @asimong to be dealing with challenges around mental wellbeing and dealing with conflicts
- At Cregg Castle in Ireland, stewarded by @Alan_Murray with a soft touch, as Alan has an emotional attachment to the place
- CAPE virtual network in-the-making, focused on personal development and self-education in a holistic way. Their outlook on the future is related to an "awakening" of sorts (inverted commas because the language reads new to me, as someone not used to spirituality).