{"id":619,"date":"2021-08-11T09:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ark.greensteps.me\/page\/?page_id=619"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:30:29","slug":"create-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ark.greensteps.me\/page\/ar\/create-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you want to practice place-based learning\u00a0and share bioregional awareness? <\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Then set up your Interest\u00a0Community<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCREATE COMMUNITY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is an Interest Community?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An Interest Community is a group of people usually numbering between 30 and 150 members which uses the ARK to seamlessly connect an indoor environment with the outdoors – with the direct objective of increasing systems awareness.\u00a0<\/p>

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A Interest Community can set any interest focus and has<\/p>

  1. learning, i.e. personal and collective growth and<\/li>
  2. sustainability, i.e. sustaining life on Earth as an additional objective; and<\/li>
  3. has taken stewardship over a commons, i.e. a defined space shared by the community.<\/li><\/ol>

    1. Sustainability as Common Ground<\/strong><\/p>

    Sustainability is the common ground that unites us. Beyond sustainability all partner communities have shared or different interests like DIY, music, literature, flow art, gardening, coding, water sports, literature, etc. It is in sustainability that we recognize planet Earth as our common home.<\/p>

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    2. Stewardship Over Commons<\/strong><\/p>

    The Green Steps ARK follows the Buurtzorg\u00a0organizational concept and structures ARK users in small teams, which take care of communities and commons, i.e. land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community. These teams are empowered by the platform, which gives them on the one hand the cutting edge of a large organization without the debilitating effects of bureaucracy. On the other hand, they are equipped with the spirit of start-ups and act in economic and legal independence. Ownership and exploitation of land and people are transformed in the term stewardship to a responsible management of human and natural resourc<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    We differentiate four types:<\/p>