0.00 Start interview with the founders of Starbase18
0.22 Why did you decide to move to Portugal?
2.02 Why this specific property?
3.48 Details of the land
4.33 Starbase18 as an educational project
6.30 Tiny house eco-village
8.03 Current key projects (subset)
10.07 Current forest fires in Portugal
10.40 Fire prevention measures we have taken
13.03 Advice for newcomers’ in central Portugal
16.55 How to collaborate and/or join us
17.06 How to get in touch with us

Our first update after 11 months in Portugal. End of August 2021 our family of 5 left the Netherlands to move to the interior of Portugal. In the mountains of the Serra da Estrela we found a new home with 4.5ha of land. We have been extremely busy with projects and our latest baby boy, so sorry for the late update. Currently we are in the middle of a heat wave and a lot of forest fires are going on, very stressful. We tell you what we did to prepare us for this and what we would have done differently. Do you want to know more in depth about our fire prevention or other activities, please leave a comment. If you have advice yourself, also leave a comment.

If you are interested in our project and you’d like to collaborate as an individual, family, business or a school/university, contact us at:
frank@starbase18.com
janneke@starbase18.com
Or join our Telegram group here:

We are usually looking for volunteers 🙂 ask us what we currently looking for or follow our socials.

Thank you & stay safe!,
Frank, Janneke and kids

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