Nature Community
Nature Community consists of more than 70 people, ranging in age from three to 83. They live on a six-hectare property in Upper Palatinate, Germany.
They learn together, grow together, and share our life time together—on a path of natural and authentic living. Nature Community is a living, dynamic ecosystem, shaped by diversity, shared action, and social connection.
As a learning space for new ways of living together, Nature Community keeps the space open for experimentation, change, and adaptation. They are developing toward a way of life that aligns with our nature and supports a sustainable existence in relationship with the world around us.
Their projects and events emerge where vision meets feasibility.
Within the non-profit association “Nature Community – Learning Space for Social and Ecological Transformation”, Nature Community does not demand idealized concepts; instead, we explore and practice what is truly possible today.
They understand transformation not as a fixed plan, but as a living process—one that challenges us, supports our growth, and unfolds new possibilities. Their association offers space for precisely these learning processes: with nature, with one another, and through open engagement with the challenges of our time.
Through the way they live together, Nature Community seeks to contribute to a world in which all beings can live in peace, trust, freedom, joy, and connectedness.
Along this path, they repeatedly encounter the limits of what is given—and the limits of their own capacities. One guest once put it quite plainly: “I find neither nature nor community here.”
In acknowledging their own imperfection and the world as it is, they choose to place humility alongside their vision. Nature Community wishes to understand failure, mistakes, and errors as our companions—guiding us as we grow into a future we do not yet know.
- Exploring ways of living together in harmony with nature
- Justice, equal dignity, and solidarity
- Trust, transparency, and honesty
- Shared and individual personal development
- Cooperative communication
- Self-sufficiency, permaculture, and natural cycles
- Regenerative and autonomous energy and water systems
- Commitment to a vegan lifestyle and mindful respect for animals
- Self-directed educational opportunities and the unfolding of creative potential
- Regional development and a solidarity-based economy
- Regional and international networking
- Supporting and promoting peace work
- A culture of welcome and hospitality
- Open listening and allowing one another to finish speaking
- Asking questions when something is unclear
- Accepting the otherness in one another
- Communicating openly, honestly, and authentically
- Treating each other with respect and on equal footing
- Offering mutual feedback to ensure shared understanding
- Extending trust and making positive assumptions
- Taking responsibility for one’s own thoughts and feelings
- Expressing oneself in ways that support understanding
- Seeking personal, direct contact in challenging situations
Values That Inspire and Motivate Nature Community
Freedom
The unfolding of each individual’s potential, paired with responsibility for the common good and respect for the unfolding of others.
Connectedness
A way of living together that, through acceptance and tolerance of our differences, slowly and steadily allows the potential of our diversity to emerge. A togetherness rooted in time—grown through staying present, in both good times and challenging ones.
Child-Centered Growing Up
Growing up with a high degree of freedom and self-determination, and with boundaries that are explored together with the children through direct relationship—guided by an attentive attitude oriented toward the child’s well-being.
Nature
A life that grows together with our own naturalness, rooted in the surrounding forests and connected with gardens, springs, and the living beings who share this place as home with us.
Creativity
Creative potential in its many forms of expression—from music and visual arts to creative gardening and the art of living itself. It flourishes in an environment that gives space to impulses.
Sustainability
A conscious and responsible use of resources. Encouraging self-sufficiency and minimizing our ecological footprint through environmentally aware practices such as efficient energy use, water conservation, waste reduction, upcycling, and the promotion of alternative, natural resources.
Location for the Gathering 2026 – Nature Community:
📍 Address: St.-Hubertus-Weg 1, 92539 Schönsee, Germany
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I feel at home at the Gathering with so many like minded people who are actively making the world a better place. I get inspired and feel a sense of belonging.
Participant of the Gathering 2025