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ABOUT US

A living project

In line with nature started in Belgium, in Evi's garden. There she saw how nature works: abundant, caring, everything in balance. Outside the garden she saw a society that often works the other way around. That contrast left her with one wish: to bring everything more in line with nature. How we live, how we work, how we do business.

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We're Evi and Matthias, a Belgian-Dutch couple, together for more than eight years. A few years ago we moved to the mountains of southern Spain, and In line with nature came with us. We learned a new language, learned to work dry land, and became part of the community around us. Here we can do much more of what we really have in mind.

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It's a living project: it changes as we learn what the land, the people around us and the young people who come here need.

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Evi Maes

Watching how nature grows — how it provides abundantly and cares for all life — deeply shaped my way of seeing the world.

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I believe relationships are the foundation of everything we build together. I love connecting people, initiating ideas and creating spaces where care, courage and collaboration can grow.

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Living with integrity and contributing to a new economy is a natural response once you start listening to your inner impulses.

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Matthias Arentsen

Spending more time outdoors and working with nature changed my sense of what truly matters. Life became simpler, but also richer.

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I enjoy learning new skills, building practical solutions and supporting others through technology, video and digital tools.

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For me, living in line with nature means moving with life — staying grounded, attentive and open to change.

OUR DREAM

A new economy, in line with nature

Nature is abundant and caring. Many of the structures we live in are built on scarcity, control and exploitation. We'd like to move in another direction, and we believe ordinary people can create a new economy simply by living it.

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What that means for us, day to day:

  • growing through care, cooperation and balance, the way nature does

  • simplicity: choosing what we really need

  • supporting local initiatives and people who share these values

  • choosing care over extraction

  • exchanging, sharing, giving and working together, often outside of money

  • asking one question before every decision: does this support the whole?

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WHY DONATION BASED?

Trust doesn't need a price tag

Because we believe in trust, inclusion and a different way of valuing. We believe in a new economy inspired by nature, where there is abundance for everyone. So no one gets excluded, regardless of income, background or situation.

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What we share on a donation basis, where you give what you can, or nothing at all:

  • our videos, including the Our Journey series about the land

  • the Speak-up talks and podcasts with people building a new economy

  • recordings like the natural farming lab with Kutluhan

  • our online meet-ups: the monthly Food-up for people growing their own food, and the Catch-up sessions

  • the green manure sowing calendar and the blog

 

Our books and online courses work on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a small minimum to cover what they cost to make.

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We trust that you'll value the creativity, care and love we pour into everything we do.

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