I-Seven Lips (ehunyushwe isuka kusiJalimane) yasungulwa ngo-1997 kumahektha angama-77 omhlaba wokulima namahlathi esifundeni sase-Altmark esasingaphansi kwe-East Germany. Yize umfelandawonye uphethwe ngokusemthethweni yidolobha lasePoppau (Betzendorf), abasunguli bawo bakwazile ukwakha indawo “engazimele ngaphandle kwezakhiwo ezavele zikhona”.
Umqondo wokwakha le ecovillage wavela ngo-1980 ngesikhathi sokuphikiswa kwezikhali zenuzi eGorleben, lapho kwahlelwa khona idolobhana elithi “Hüttendorf” der “Freien Republik Wendland” kulo mcimbi. Ukuba khona kwayo kwathatha izinsuku ezingama-33 kuphela, kodwa kwaphefumulela abantu abaningi ukuthi bakhe into efanayo, isikhathi eside. Imibono efanayo yaqala ukukhula ngeminyaka yawo-1970 e-US naseDenmark, okwagcina kuholele ekuveleni kwe-Global Ecovillage Network ngeminyaka yawo-1990s - izinga elisha lephupho elidala lokuphila ngokuzwana phakathi komuntu nemvelo. Kwaba ngo-1997 kuphela lapho amaphayona azinza endaweni namuhla ebizwa ngokuthi iSieben Linden. Selokhu yasungulwa, indawo yokuhlala inyuke isuka kumahektha angama-25 yaya kwangama-80 futhi isihehe abahlali abangaphezu kuka-120. Indawo yokuhlala ihlelwe ngendlela yezifunda ezincane, ezihlanganisa izindlu zotshani nobumba.
I-ecovillage ngokwayo izibeka njengesibonelo sokuthuthukiswa kwendlela yokuphila ehlukile kanye nokuziphilisa. Ngaphezu kwezici zezenhlalo nezemvelo, njengezinga eliphakeme lokuzanelisa ngaphakathi kwedolobhana kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezinto ezisimeme, umqondo "womphakathi" usenhliziyweni yephrojekthi. Izakhamizi zilandela izindlela zokuthatha izinqumo zentando yeningi, lapho umqondo obalulekile kuyisifiso sokuvumelana. Isiqubulo se-settlement: "Ubumbano Ngokuhlukahlukana".
Ngokocwaningo olwenziwa yi-University of Kassel, i-carbon dioxide etholakala ku-Sieben Linden . Imithombo yezindaba ihlale ikhuluma ngemisebenzi ye-ecovillage, elwela ukuhlangabezana ngokugcwele nezidingo zayo ngezinsiza zayo. Ukugeleza kwezivakashi zasekhaya nezangaphandle kuyisisekelo esibalulekile sezimali saleli dolobhana.
Ngaphakathi kwemiphakathi emincane, abasanda kufika bahlala ezinqoleni (eJalimane lokhu kuvunyelwe ngokusemthethweni). Ngokushesha nje lapho ithuba livela, indlu eyodwa enkulu yakhiwe ezitezi ezimbili ezine-attic encane. Ubuchwepheshe obuyinhloko bokwakha ifreyimu ene-insulation evela emabhuloki otshani. Ukuze kusetshenziswe indlu enjalo, kwakudingeka ukuqhuba izivivinyo kumapharamitha amaningi, okuhlanganisa ukumelana nomlilo kanye ne-thermal conductivity. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi womabili amapharamitha adlule izimfuneko ezisemthethweni. Ngakho, izindlu zalolu hlobo zathola imvume esemthethweni yokwakha eJalimane.
Ubudlelwano bezinto ezibonakalayo ngaphakathi kwendawo yokuhlala buyakhiwa. Ukuhlanza insimu, izingqungquthela, ukwakha, ukutshala imifino, nokunye kubaluleka ngemali. Izinga lokukhokha linqunywa umkhandlu oyisipesheli, ocelwa ukuba uhlole yonke into ngendlela enengqondo ngangokunokwenzeka.
U-Sieben Linden uyilungu elikhuthele le-GEN futhi ubambe iqhaza enanini elandayo lemisebenzi yokuhlanganyela nezinye izinhlangano kule minyaka embalwa edlule. Ngokuhlangene, la maphrojekthi abonisa ukuthi kungenzeka indlela yokuphila yemvelo ngaphandle kokuyekethisa ikhwalithi yayo esimweni somphakathi waseNtshonalanga.