My name is Joan
I’m building an Ark
on the Zero line.

Why?
I needed hope, and to know what I could do
So?
I created this to restore your hope, so you might build your own Ark. It’s a survival kit of sorts for the crises of our time.
What is it?
It starts with a voyage, a Pilgrimage, along the Zero line.
That line runs through the landscape of the Netherlands.
What’s special about the Netherlands?
It’s an artificial landscape, the way it has been manipulated changed the landscape and without modern technology (pumps and dykes) half of it disappears under water. The Zero line runs through the middle of the country signifying the natural coastline if that happens. It is an IMPACT line.
What’s an IMPACT line?
This is a place and time to review, renew and act from an integrated place.
This pilgrimage is a blue print to contemplate the tempering with nature. You make up your own mind. Review the reality for yourself. Listen to the history (audios), be inspired by science backed yet spiritually wholesome information to live in a good way with nature and ourselves. All the information about the future can be applied anywhere. (see below)

ARK
The story of the Ark of Noah has 2 sides that I’ve borrowed:
The man had a dream and took action to ensure survival of the diversity of life. A physical act in time of great danger.
The other aspect was his faith in god, a lot of people had to have faith in the same story, effectively changing their minds from the mundane to a mission that set them apart from the rest.

This Ark?
A big Act to save the biodiversity needed to sustain nature as the foundation of our own lives, all while sea levels rise and no actionable plan seems available for regular people to tackle the crises at hand.
An Act of faith that trusts nature beyond any religious, political or cultural doctrine. Enough of us want harmony and balance, this idea is a way to connect in a meaningful way that releases us from doom narratives, restoring sanity and an opportunity to connect to inspiring useful ways to be in this time of great change.‍ ‍

Situation in 2020: “What can be done to solve the many crises I see?” Answers came:

John Liu who founded the Ecosystem Restoration Communities called this “the Great Work of Our Time”; foundational knowledge from permaculture collected from decades of evidence, set to upscale to everyone.
Li An Phoa founded the Drinkable Rivers Foundation to remember our source and the simple wisdom in caring for water. She teaches and connects citizens to systems that progress us toward this dream that when implemented provides for all creatures, all life.
And Mary Reynold pioneers the Building of ARKs; Acts of Regenerative Kindness; oases for native plants that become hot spots for nature revival, and the revival of human hearts.

And there are many more answers.
On the page 'Pilgrimage’ you can check the plan.

  • The Zero line is a line of impact. It was created unwittingly by hundreds of years of manipulation of the landscape of the Netherlands. Today it may serve to remember and respond with elegant solutions that are in harmony with nature.

    NB: use the information to create your own pilgrimage in your land, create your own Line of Impact. Listen to your land and let it inspire you. We all belong to land, it’s sane to be religious about it.

  • Walking, doing, collaborating.

    Get involved in the practical ‘doing’ side of the pilgrimage. Check out the ‘plan’ and connect.
    The rational side of this project is about the physical deeds that impact nature and sustain our place in it.

  • Using the technology of sound and the voice we are coming together to channel information, to remember and enliven the landscape.

    This will happen in specific
    locations.

    You are invited to join if you are able to use your voice in this way or want to learn or experience it.

    This is not to thwart any other spiritual way for healing, instead, let’s celebrate diversity and connect to create a strong and colorful tapestry in which there is space for all who come in a good way.

  • I am walking to lay down the route of the zero line in 2026.
    During this time I call in collaborators to build this together.
    If you are interested in this, check out the plan on the ‘Pilgrimage’ page and contact me.

    For years I felt too insecure to believe I had it in me to do this, it doesn’t matter who you are, everyone can participate with an open mind and heart and some courage and curiosity. There is space for you and many hands and hearts are needed to birth this Ark.

  • Nehelennia ia the latin name of a goddess revered in this territory thousands of years ago.
    Her image (in my evolving understanding) is about embodiment.

    She is often depicted standing with one foot in water or in a boat, and the other on land. She carries a basket of apples (abundance, fertility, life force) and a dog in her company (her animal instinct)

    The alchemy of this image is in the bringing together of the elements, the outer life of action, the inner life of feeling and intuition, the primal instincts, and finally, growing into the state where one extends benefit and generosity to all life.

    Another way I see her is as the one that represents the sum of healthy relationships between all living and non-living entities in the land, including humans.

    To be in her service is to serve all life in this territory and to endeavor to hear and act upon the best interests of her health.

    This Pilgrimage is in honor of Her. Motherland. As all land is motherland.