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Planet Earth,
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Carried between
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in the Floating Arches
of our Galaxy,

Woven by the
Fabric of Time,
Space and Love
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Fused with
Sizzling Vibrations
in a
Vast Starry Cobalt.

 

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This is us.

A Letter

OUR MISSION

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A Letter from a Citizen

Dear reader,

 

Who Are We?
We are citizens with the aim of organizing ourselves in a movement. The objective is the creation of a hectare plan, and the establishment of The Earth Hectare Grid on Earth, whereby important systems of value are guaranteed.

What Is The Earth Hectare Grid?
The Earth Hectare Grid is an imaginary vast global pattern, in which parcels of land are embedded. Each parcel has the size of about 2.5 acres, which is one hectare. Those acres (ac) or hectares (ha) are managed by families. They can be small scale farmers too.

Hexagonal Pattern
Ideally the Earth Hectare Grid as a planetary grid is open and free to everyone who wants to live freely on the land. Because freedom is for every family on Earth. This website advocates a hexagonal pattern as the frame of the grid. The reason why is because this pattern is the most efficient at maximizing land use.

And there are more reasons to chose for this pattern which are explained further below on this page, and more in detail on this site. It is ment to set an easy example and structure, but other shapes might freely be chosen as well, because everyone has the freedom to do so, and it’ll support creativity and abundance in living systems.

The Size for All
The surface area of every hectare itself however, is acknowledged as the size for all.

The founder of the Earth Hectare Grid has created a unified hectare size and shape for both the metric and imperial system. This way, all hectare plots of land are equal in size all over the world. Second, the lay-out for the plots can be easily measured and made, while the surface area is most effectivly used.

What Are Hectares Villages?
Hectares-Villages are villages of which their surfaces are divided into hectares. Every village consists of a maximum of 150 hectares. They are managed by families who adhere to specific regulations.

For instance, the families live freely on the land, with succession, and they do not have to pay any tax on the land. They must however respect and protect all systems of value on our planet, also for future generations.

Second, every single hectare or 2.5 acres of land must have a surrounding green ‘living’ fence consisting of trees an shrubs. A quarter of the surface area must consist of forest, and there must be a body of water. Acres and hectares established this way can also be a part of nature reserves.

Third, the families that live on those acres & hectares must profit themselves of their labour on it. For more information, see in the menu ‘Village’.

The Origin
The Russian author Vladimir Megre initiated the idea of managing hectares by families and their succesors. His books have inspired a large number of people world wide. They are translated in more than 23 languages. Millions of copies have been sold.

Gratitude And Respect
This movement is founded with gratitude and respect to his work. The major guidelines prescibed in these books, will be implemented in our policies. It is not an obligation however to have read his books in order to manage a hectare of land succesfully. This is because every human being has the right to live on the land, and equally thrive on this planet. Thats why it is fair that every family has an equal amount of land to manage.

Calculations
Calculations have been made that for the current population on Earth, there are 2 hectares or 5 acres of agricultural land available per person!
So if all current families on this planet would embark each on living on a hectare of land, there still would be even a lot of space left over for a growing population with future families.

Why We’re Here
In order to get organised well, there need to be contemplation. Therefore we created this website to find out if there are more people like us who would want to work with these ideas. We’ll also use it as a source of information, and to create awareness.

Founder
The founder of this website is the Dutch Margreet Otto. She realized that we all have to get a little bit out of our comfort zone in order to co-create our beautiful habitable planet into a wonderful and luscious place to be. But none of us can do this alone.
Therefore, shall we try TOGETHER?

Margreet Otto


Our Mission

ORGANISATION

The aim of our movement is the creation of a hectare plan and the establishment of the hectare grid on Earth, whereby important systems of value are guaranteed. This is for all the peoples of the Earth, to live free on the land. It’ll provide us with water, food, shelter and inheritable goods for our posterity, including fertile soil and a restored natural habitat.

HEXAGON

The word ‘hexagon’ stems from Greek language, ‘hexa’ is six and ‘gonos’ means angle. Indeed, every hexagon has six equal angles, and six sides that are the same length.

If math isn’t your thing, hexagons are like squares, but instead of four, with six angles. Its shape is flexible, all geometry fits into it, such as a circle, triangle and rectangle.

PATTERN

When a hectare of land has the shape of a hexagon, it can be used as a building block for a pattern or grid.

When all hexagonal hectares are connected, a hexagonal grid emerges.

Hexagons are often visible in nature as geometrical shape. Think of the honeycomb for example!

HECTARE GRID

A hexagonal grid can also be created by drawing circles. Hectares of land can thus be arranged in a circular pattern. Such a pattern is called ‘Flower Of Life’. Every ‘flower’ in this pattern is constructed with seven circles. The first circle is drawn in the middle, with six circles surrounding it as petals. The overlapping lines point to the corners of an underlying hexagonal grid.

WATER

Another example of hexagonal shapes in nature: Water (H2O) has a crystalline formation of eight Oxygen atoms and eight Hydrogen atoms which connect in a tetrahedral shape. Seen from an arbitrary angle in the middle, a hexagonal structure becomes visible! Also, when in a frozen state, water structures itself in a double layered hexagonal shape.

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ON A VAST SCALE

The idea to embed hectares in a hexagonal pattern comes from the late Dutch Lex Veelo (1945-2012). (Shared with permisson from his wife Anmarie Veelo).

All in all, a flower of life structure, such as that of the honeycomb, is very flexible. Interestingly, the honeycomb does not only present the flower of life structure, but is also derived from flowers (!).

This structure is also best suited to bend around a spherical object, due to its geometry. (See Beehive with round surface, photo Alex Wild).
And on a vast scale, this could be our planet!

Just imagine, seen from the plane, this geometry enlarged, with embedded hectares in a circular pattern, looks much better in comparison to the so-known agricultural patchwork of irregular rectangles. Do you agree?

NATURE’S WISDOM

Speaking of honeycomb, let’s look further at the bees for example. They are important for they contribute largely to the pollination of our food. Without them pollinating, we would have very little to eat. And unfornatedly, the species has become under threat. So it might be good to know a little more about them.

NATURAL HONEYCOMBS

As most of us know, bees produce beeswax derived from flowers and blossoms. When the honeycombs are build naturally by themselves -trees being their favorite residencies-, the edges of the combs usually have a rounded surface. These look different from the straight, preformed honeycombs made by man, which many beekeepers use.

BEE GUARDIANS

There are now also bee-guardians, people who strive to create an optimal natural environment for the bees, so they can thrive!
This includes planting lots of the bee’s favorite flowers and fruit trees, -basically restoring their natural habitats-, and constructing more natural beehyves. Some of those are created in such a way that the bees can build the honeycombs theirselves.

The Earth Hectare Grid…

What Is It For?

ECOSYSTEM RESTAURATION

The Earth Hectare Grid will stimulate the fastest ecosystem restoration on a global scale, which will lead to natural symbiosis of all sentient beings, and bring prosperity for human kind and our beautiful planet as a whole.

Joi De Vivre

HECTARE PLAN

It isn’t stated that all life on Earth has to live in just one particular structure. It might be fortunate though, to have it all connected somehow. And this is wat the Hectare plan involves, an organized attempt to bring our cultivation and society to the next level. Like if we were to create a paradise on Earth.

SYSTEMS OF VALUE

With natural symbiosis there’s also a balance between important factors in society, such as a balanced economical system, abundant nature, free education and healthcare, and the inclusion of sustainable technical equipment for all kind of purposes, such as our communication and travel systems.

Equal Rights

Registering Your Wish

REGISTRATION

If a foundation is to be established, one of its goals would be for people to be able to register their wish to live on a hectare of land. They are provided with an (online) map of their country where such ground is available. They will also get a folder with documentation, and a simple map with which they can design their plan for the ground.

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ABOUT

For more about us and contact, please click on learn more. Or read the next sections or menu for the corresponding pages on: Small Scale Farming, Energy, Animals and Blog Page.

FARMING

Natural organic farming, nature inclusive agricultue, permaculture, all of these types of farming respect nature and work in accordance with it. But can anyone set up such ecosystem?

ENERGY

With the lay-out of a hectare grid, we’ve also contemplated on the renewal of an energy system. Only the future will tell what will be the most beneficial outcome!

ANIMALS

It is not only us humans who have the right to live freely on the land. Animals have the same rights, but could we be the ones to guard and protect them when necessary?