Lebe bakwai (wanda aka fassara daga Jamusanci) an kafa shi a cikin 1997 akan kadada 77 na ƙasar noma da dazuzzuka a yankin Altmark na tsohuwar Jamus ta Gabas. Kodayake haɗin gwiwar mallakar garin Poppau ne (Betzendorf), waɗanda suka kafa ta sun yi nasarar gina matsuguni "mai zaman kansa na tsarin da aka rigaya ya kasance".
Tunanin samar da wannan muhalli ya taso ne a cikin 1980 a lokacin da ake yaki da makaman nukiliya a Gorleben, inda aka shirya kauyen "Hüttendorf" der "Freien Republik Wendland" a wannan lokacin. Kasancewarsa ya ɗauki kwanaki 33 kawai, amma ya ƙarfafa mutane da yawa don ƙirƙirar wani abu makamancin haka, na tsawon lokaci. Irin wannan ra'ayoyi sun fara tasowa a cikin 1970s a cikin Amurka da Denmark, wanda a ƙarshe ya haifar da bullar Cibiyar Sadarwar Ecovillage ta Duniya a cikin 1990s - sabon matakin tsohon mafarki na rayuwa cikin jituwa tsakanin mutum da yanayi. A shekara ta 1997 ne majagaba suka zauna a ƙasar da ake kira Sieben Linden a yau. Tun lokacin da aka kafa yankin, yankin ya karu daga kadada 25 zuwa 80 kuma ya jawo hankalin mazauna fiye da 120. An shirya masauki a cikin ƙananan gundumomi, wanda ya ƙunshi bambaro da gidajen yumbu.
Mahaifa da kansa ya sanya kansa a matsayin misali na ci gaban madadin rayuwa mai dogaro da kai. Baya ga al'amuran zamantakewa da muhalli, irin su babban matakin dogaro da kai a cikin ƙauyen da kuma amfani da kayan aiki masu dorewa, ra'ayin "al'umma" yana cikin zuciyar aikin. Mazauna suna bin hanyoyin yanke shawara na dimokuradiyya, wanda babban ra'ayi shine sha'awar yarjejeniya. Taken sulhu: "Unity in Diversity".
A cewar wani binciken da Jami'ar Kassel ta yi, sinadarin carbon dioxide na Sieben Linden shine . Kafofin watsa labarai akai-akai suna ɗaukar ayyukan muhalli, wanda ke ƙoƙarin cika bukatunsa da albarkatunsa. Gudun yawon bude ido na gida da na kasashen waje wani muhimmin tushe ne na kudi na kauyen.
A cikin ƙananan al'ummomi, sababbi suna zaune a cikin keken keke (a cikin Jamus an yarda da wannan a hukumance). Da zarar dama ta samu, an gina wani katon gida a benaye biyu tare da karamin soro. Babban fasahar gini shine firam tare da rufi daga tubalan bambaro. Don sanya irin wannan gidan a cikin aiki, ya zama dole don gudanar da gwaje-gwaje a kan sigogi da yawa, ciki har da juriya na wuta da haɓakar thermal. Yana da ban sha'awa cewa duka sigogin sun wuce abubuwan da ake buƙata na hukuma. Don haka, gidaje irin wannan sun sami izini a hukumance don ginawa a Jamus.
An gina dangantakar kayan aiki a cikin sulhu. Tsaftace yanki, tarurrukan karawa juna sani, gini, noman kayan lambu, da sauransu suna da daraja a cikin kuɗi. Majalissar musamman ta ƙayyade matakin biyan kuɗi, wanda ake kira don kimanta duk abin da ya dace daidai da yadda zai yiwu.
Sieben Linden memba ne mai aiki na GEN kuma ya shiga cikin yawan ayyukan haɗin gwiwa tare da wasu kungiyoyi a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Tare, waɗannan ayyukan suna nuna yuwuwar hanyar rayuwa ta muhalli ba tare da lalata ingancinta ba a cikin yanayin al'ummar Yammacin Turai.