What is an Interest Community?
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.
A Interest Community can set any interest focus and has
- learning, i.e. personal and collective growth and
- sustainability, i.e. sustaining life on Earth as an additional objective; and
- has taken stewardship over a commons, i.e. a defined space shared by the community.
1. Sustainability as Common Ground
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.
2. Stewardship Over Commons
The Green Steps ARK follows the Buurtzorg organizational 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
Types of Interest Communities
We differentiate four types:
- schools
- non profits
- corporate teams
- government departments
What is a Community Mentor
- somebody who engages new members in outdoor exploration
- somebody who manages community roles and the community appearance
- somebody who moderates the communication within a community
- somebody who trains a team of facilitators
- somebody who wants to qualify as a Commons Mentor
