Milomo Isanu ndi iwiri (yotanthauziridwa kuchokera ku Chijeremani) idakhazikitsidwa mu 1997 pa mahekitala 77 a malo aulimi ndi nkhalango m'chigawo cha Altmark chomwe kale chinali East Germany. Ngakhale kuti mgwirizanowu ndi wa tawuni ya Poppau (Betzendorf), omwe adayambitsa adakwanitsa kumanga malo "odziyimira pawokha pazomwe zidalipo kale".
Lingaliro lopanga ecovillage iyi lidayamba mu 1980 panthawi yolimbana ndi zida za nyukiliya ku Gorleben, komwe mudzi wa "Hüttendorf" der "Freien Republik Wendland" udakhazikitsidwa pamwambowu. Kukhalapo kwake kunatenga masiku 33 okha, koma kudalimbikitsa anthu angapo kuti apange zofanana, kwa nthawi yayitali. Malingaliro ofananawo adayamba kukula m'zaka za m'ma 1970 ku US ndi Denmark, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Global Ecovillage Network ituluke mu 1990s - gawo latsopano la maloto akale okhala mogwirizana pakati pa munthu ndi chilengedwe. Munali kokha mu 1997 pamene apainiyawo anakhazikika m’dera limene lerolino limatchedwa Sieben Linden. Chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa kwake, malo okhalamo awonjezeka kuchoka pa mahekitala 25 mpaka 80 ndipo akopa anthu opitilira 120. Malo ogona amakonzedwa mwa mawonekedwe a madera ang'onoang'ono, okhala ndi udzu ndi nyumba zadongo.
Ecovillage palokha imadziyika yokha ngati chitsanzo cha chitukuko cha moyo wina komanso wodzidalira. Kuphatikiza pazachikhalidwe komanso zachilengedwe, monga kudzidalira kwakukulu m'mudzimo komanso kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zokhazikika, lingaliro la "gulu" lili pamtima pa ntchitoyi. Anthu okhalamo amatsatira njira zopangira zisankho zademokalase, momwe lingaliro lofunikira ndilofuna kuvomerezana. Mwambi wa kukonzanso: "Umodzi mu Zosiyanasiyana".
Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa yunivesite ya Kassel, mpweya woipa wa Sieben Linden ndi . Mawayilesi ofalitsa nkhani nthawi zonse amafotokoza zochitika za ecovillage, yomwe imayesetsa kukwaniritsa zosowa zake ndi zinthu zake. Kuyenda kwa alendo apakhomo ndi akunja ndi gawo lalikulu lazachuma lamudzi.
M'midzi yaying'ono, obwera kumene amakhala m'ngolo (ku Germany izi ndizololedwa). Mwayi ukangopezeka, nyumba imodzi yayikulu imamangidwa pansanjika ziwiri ndi kachipinda kakang'ono. Tekinoloje yayikulu yomanga ndi chimango chokhala ndi insulation kuchokera ku midadada ya udzu. Kuyika nyumba yotereyi kuti igwire ntchito, kunali koyenera kuyesedwa pazigawo zambiri, kuphatikizapo kukana moto ndi matenthedwe matenthedwe. Ndizosangalatsa kuti magawo onsewa adapitilira zofunikira zovomerezeka. Choncho, nyumba zamtunduwu zinalandira chilolezo cha boma kuti amange ku Germany.
Mgwirizano wazinthu mkati mwa kukhazikikako umapangidwa. Kuyeretsa gawo, masemina, kumanga, kulima ndiwo zamasamba, ndi zina zotero ndizofunika ndalama. Mulingo wamalipiro umatsimikiziridwa ndi khonsolo yapadera, yomwe imayitanidwa kuti iwunike zonse moyenera momwe zingathere.
Sieben Linden ndi membala wokangalika wa GEN ndipo wakhala akugwira nawo ntchito zochulukirapo ndi mabungwe ena m'zaka zingapo zapitazi. Pamodzi, mapulojekitiwa akuwonetsa kuthekera kwa moyo wachilengedwe popanda kusokoneza chikhalidwe chake m'maiko aku Western.