24 May 2026 4 min read Basecamp Updates

VIDEO UPDATE #7 🌏🌱 We Found The Land—And it Will Never Be Ours

We found it, walked it, listened to it—and now we’ll happily never own it.

In 2025, we found 11 hectares of burned land, scorched by that year’s Summer fires. On April 30th of this year, we signed a promissory contract to purchase it.

Our goal: to turn scarred ground into an abundant demonstration site and living classroom.

Why are we doing this?

For one, we want to disrupt the ‘normalisation’ of drought-fire-flood spirals by demonstrating how small-scale restoration can ripple outward—regionally, nationally, and even continentally.

Second, we want to co-create healthy, joyful, and powerful ways of living and working, and set an example. Not by trying to be perfect, but by working to be true.

So we’re partnering with nature to revive water cycles, grow abundant ecosystems, and build socio-economic resilience.

In this update:

planting the first tree, plus an answer to the question, ‘Why buy land if you don’t want to own it?’

↡ Video (3:30 min)
↡ Freeing Land
↡ Learn More / Get Involved

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↡ About freeing Land
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🌄 Freeing Land

Our founding charter states we will only temporarily hold real estate we acquire, transferring it as soon as possible to a not-for-profit aligned with our principles. This ensures two things:

Freedom from market dynamics and speculation. Miracle Project’s lands and (future) buildings cannot be treated as things to be exploited or sold for financial profit.
Mission-aligned use and stewardship. Instead of possessing real estate, we care for it.

Why?

We’ve come to find the idea of owning parts of the Earth and selling them to each other rather odd (and that’s putting it mildly). The Earth shouldn’t belong to anyone; it should be cared for.

By acquiring real estate and placing it under a foundation that keeps it off the market, we ensure it won’t fall prey to greedy hands when we’re gone.

And that it won’t fall prey to our greediness.

In Homer’s story The Odyssey, Odysseus learned of the Sirens whose songs had lured many a captain to their doom. Wanting to hear what all the fuss was about, he had himself bound to the mast and his crew plug their ears with wax. All the captains before him had been sure they’d resist; none of them did.

Odysseus accepted his vulnerability, protected himself and his crew, and sailed past unscathed, fully able to enjoy the beauty of the Sirens’ call. Win-win.

I once heard someone say, ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’ I don’t consider myself enlightened, and I’ve come to see we need solid structures — not limiting, but empowering — that help us be the change we wish to see.

Making the land belong to itself is one structure designed to help us navigate the challenges we will inevitably meet.

We will continue sharing updates on our faring and learning, so if this inspires you, ↡ Learn More / Get Involved.

💫 Learn More / Get Involved

About Miracle Mountain:
Find photos, the dream, current steps, and ways to get involved, here on MiracleProject.earth.

About freeing this land:

The agreed sales price is €100,000 (€111,000 with fees)—exactly €1 per square metre.
We have until mid-October to raise the funds.
If you feel called to help free this land, you can contribute via our donation page, by getting in touch with us, or (if you haven’t already), by subscribing below to receive word when we launch the public crowdfunder.

About ecological, economic, and social stewardship
Learn more about our why and how of freeing money and property by exploring:

❤️ Thank you MaatschapWij.nu
One of the Netherlands’ only good-news-only platforms for a greener, healthier and more connected society, promoting our mission and sponsoring part of our video work. » MaatschapWij.nu

🪇 Music used: Byzantine Knights by SashaBranislav Markovic