14 December 2010

Rolfed out

Dreams

Eco village Brabant could have been fun.
The construction of a building at de Kleine Aarde should have been a good exercise.

Good vibes video by Ruben Verpalen

D!rt Productions
At first, there were plenty of volunteers and an abundance of subsidy.
The project plan described excellent concepts:
Unfortunately Sociocracy is not part of the project plan.

Reality

To me the build-and-learn project of eco village Brabant has failed.

Report by Brabant 10 TV

A Pattern Language?

To bad, I did not learn building using straw bales. Even worse, I did not see any.
Worse still: The mayor of Boxtel did not see any straw bales.
Festivities on 19 September 2010 were canceled. The mayor was unable to lay the foundation stone on 19 September 2010 on a straw bale wall.
To bad, there was not a single straw bale yet.

Progress was less than expected.

At the moment the construction process has come to a full stop.
In my mind these two messages are mutually exclusive.

What is the current status?

A Dutch radio station tried to make a positive report. It was hard as so few volunteers showed up to make convincible construction sounds.

Humor for insiders: Vincent van Heijnsbergen, with all his international building expertise, plays the role of a learner that needs assistance. And well, he learned so much in this project!

Vincent plays his role well, gives all the answers that the subsidizing body needs to hear.

So, the illusion of progress was hard to create, even on radio.
A number of members of the board stepped down.
The chairman thought things were unworkable.
The treasurer does not want to be responsible for the account books for subsidising SMOM.
Some Eco villagers still believe that all goes well.
I wish them sweet dreams.

Quiz for Eco villagers

I love quite a few Eco Villagers.
And some eco villagers are too naive for me.
Those two are not mutually exclusive.
For the ones I love and the naive ones, a free quiz.
I hope you enjoy it.
Answers are on a voluntary basis.

Subsidy





Camping in Boxtel

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Eco









Education





Trust and let go means:


Communication

My Eco Village Brabant

Henk Jan Nootenboom

About me
Lone ranger, away from the herd.

15nov2010: Cancelled my membership of Eco Village Brabant.

I have been Rolfed out. I am confident that eco life style will be a success outside Eco Village Brabant.



Project leader








semi-permanent camper at the Boxtel camping


Future of Eco Village Brabant




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