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The Bigger Picture, A before-and-after visual of Starbase18’s transformation from empty spaces and barren land to a thriving, green, and modern eco-tourism site.

The bigger picture

At the heart of our project is a simple idea: modern comfort doesn’t have to come at the expense of nature. We started with empty rooms, leaky tanks, depleted soil, and no infrastructure. Step by step, we built apartments ready for every season, renewable heating and power systems, high-speed internet, and spaces where creativity and learning can flourish.

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Our history and drive

The bigger picture

Making the decision to quit both our jobs, sell our house and give away most of our stuff was (obviously) not an easy decision. It is one thing to dream of migrating to another country but 'gut turning' to actually do it. Was it and is it an easy journey? Absolutely not! Did we maybe regret it? Not for a second! With the new skills we have learned while building the apartments and maintaining the land we feel confident to expand our skill set and are ready for the next projects. We can't wait to share with you our upcoming projects of the living systems, building new spaces and community.

For example our eco-tourism approach goes beyond offering a place to sleep. It’s about living systems: regenerating soil with grazing animals, producing our own food in market gardens and food forests, and capturing rain and sun to meet our water and energy needs. It’s about building spaces, co-working areas, maker labs, and future repair cafés where guests and locals can meet, share skills, and build ideas together.

We believe real sustainability means working with what you have, inviting others to join, and always keeping the system open for improvement. By mixing high tech, low tech, and old-fashioned cooperation, we want to show how rural places can thrive in the modern world, without losing their soul.

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Designing & implementing a social & sustainable future
At the heart of our project is a simple idea: modern comfort doesn’t have to come at the expense of nature. We believe with a paradigm shift in societal values, awareness, education and personal agency we can make a difference.
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Change through education
No random projects, but projects with a clear objective in mind and a clear vision on how they fit in the bigger picture.
modern,comfort,nature,apartments,renewable energy
Lead by example
No abstract theory but hands-on iterative experimenting will lead us to living in harmony with nature and being part of nature again.
modern, comfort, nature, apartments, ready for every season, renewable heating and power systems, high-speed internet, creativity and learning, empty rooms, leaky tanks, depleted soil, infrastructure
Designing & implementing a social & sustainable future
At the heart of our project is a simple idea: modern comfort doesn’t have to come at the expense of nature. We believe with a paradigm shift in societal values, awareness, education and personal agency we can make a difference.
nature, modern comfort, renewable energy, sustainable living, apartments
Change through education
No random projects, but projects with a clear objective in mind and a clear vision on how they fit in the bigger picture.
modern,comfort,nature,apartments,renewable energy
Lead by example
No abstract theory but hands-on iterative experimenting will lead us to living in harmony with nature and being part of nature again.
  





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