Vorby

Welcome to Vorby. As a new resident of Vorby, we want to make sure you feel like you belong no matter how long you stay.

We want you to connect with the neighborhood, the local area, and the common bond. We encourage you to contribute to our community by sharing exactly what you feel for.

To help you settle in, we have compiled a comprehensive collection of resources that would have been of great use to us if we were coming to Vorby for the first time. This includes a map highlighting key historic sites, community centers, amenities, and cultural offerings. We have also made suggestions for experiences that might be a good starting point for you.

The internationally known restaurant is worth a visit – not only for its acclaimed cuisine but also for the innovative seafood and agriculture run from the farm.

Well-being is a shared responsibility, not just the responsibility of the individual.

In Vorby, we believe that well-being is not the sole responsibility of the individual but is a shared responsibility that we all share. Our core principles guide our approach to well-being, care, and relationships and underscore our commitment to act when we see signs of dissatisfaction.

Relationship skills are essential to ensuring that all children and young people have positive and healthy relationships with others. Ultimately, this makes them feel safe and enhances their well-being.

We have moved away from a narrow focus on learning, testing, and grades and instead emphasize the broader goal of promoting well-being and caring. This includes building strong relationship skills crucial for children’s personal and social development.

In Vorby, we welcome many communities, both the natural environment and the digital universe. We value physical absence but recognize that technology expands opportunities to participate in other communities beyond physical boundaries. At the same time, we experience more tranquility and immersion, which the digital universe supports. Fundamental to our way of life is having more time for our relationships and experiencing less time pressure, acceleration, and stress.

The family can be more than a closed unit bound solely by biological ties and ideas of twosomeness.

Being a family today is much more flexible, adaptable, and collective. Tasks and duties associated with family life can now be shared with others in the community: Our ‘we’ has expanded.

We are all connected. We can all be something to each other. This means we can use our lived experiences for each other and no longer rely solely on paid work. Instead, we can draw from the richness of lived experiences, such as the joy of birth, the strength of resistance, the pain of parting, or grief, and make you a resource that others can bring into play. Whether it’s an aunt, uncle, friend, neighbor, or even someone we meet at the bank, we can choose our own family. They are a precious resource with whom you can exchange experiences.

In practice, we have become much more trusting and fallible.

We are no longer just one entity connected to another entity (one-to-one). Today we are united in many more ways (many to many), which allows us to work and live differently.

We encounter communities in multigenerational homes and communal kitchens, and today’s family is a living testimony that accompanies us in different stages of life.

School and education have opened up, and we now participate in various learning communities. We can learn in a wide range of places beyond the confines of the traditional classroom.

A significant part of teaching occurs outside the school, primarily through concrete projects and hands-on community engagement. Free time and leisure are crucial parts of the learning experience.

The education system has moved away from a one-size-fits-all model that gave equal education access but required everyone to follow the same pace and path. Instead, we encounter a more flexible educational model focusing on individual learning paths. It’s no longer linear, and students can study at their own pace, take breaks or intensify their studies. Dropping out is no longer an option, as taking a winding path is accepted and encouraged. There is more room for reflection and less pressure to rush the process.

Our education system is designed to help students develop their skills rather than reach a predetermined goal. It’s the process and experience of learning that holds the actual value. Most importantly, we all practice and become capable of asking new questions and applying what we learn.

Flexibility and expanding what is considered normal create opportunities for us to thrive in diverse learning communities. The goal is not for everyone to finish at the same time but for everyone to have access to education and equal opportunities. This promotes better well-being for us all.

The emphasis in society is on creating structures that promote well-being rather than treating distress.

This means focusing economic resources on preventive measures, ensuring well-being, fostering strong communities, and reducing inequality rather than providing symptomatic treatments.

As a result, far fewer specialized professionals such as psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists, and social workers spend all their time assessing, documenting, diagnosing, and treating mental distress than in the past. Everyone is responsible for ensuring everyone’s needs are met and that everyone is doing well in the community. The focus is on creating supportive environments where daily life happens on the ground. Preventive work has been collectively recognized and systematized.

In Vorby, our community values and celebrates diversity and recognizes the unique qualities that each individual brings in. We use the Comfort Zone Barometer tool to help us navigate our comfort zones while learning or collaborating. This tool visualizes where each of us stands concerning our comfort zone and helps us identify areas where we need help or support. It also encourages us to step outside our comfort zone and take on new challenges. By bringing awareness to each other, we increase our empathy, ultimately making the Barometer a valuable tool for building a stronger and more supportive community.