Effective Date: April 19, 2026 | Last Updated: May 22, 2026
ARA is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed for regenerative communities such as eco-villages, co-ops, intentional communities, land trusts, and similar groups. The Platform provides tools for task and project management (Gardens and Seeds), governance (Council and Proposals), shared documents (Library and Scrolls), event coordination (Gatherings), shared resource inventory (The Shed), financial tracking (The Ledger), peer-to-peer exchange (Exchange and Listings), rotation scheduling (Rhythm), and community federation (Mycelium).
ARA is offered in multiple subscription tiers (currently: Seedling, Village, and Ecosystem), each providing different capacity limits as described on our Pricing page. Feature availability may change over time. We will provide reasonable notice of material changes to features included in paid tiers.
If you are using ARA on behalf of an organisation (such as an eco-village, co-op, intentional community, or association), you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.
You must be at least 16 years of age to create an ARA account. If you are between 16 and 18, you represent that you have obtained parental or guardian consent to use the Service. Users under 16 may not create accounts.
When registering, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You must notify us immediately at legal@arbosfolk.com if you believe your account has been compromised.
ARA offers a free tier ("Seedling", up to 5 members) and paid subscription tiers ("Village" up to 25 members and "Ecosystem" for larger communities). Current pricing is published on our Pricing page. All prices exclude applicable taxes unless otherwise stated.
Paid subscriptions are billed in advance on a monthly or annual basis, depending on the billing cycle you select. Payment is processed by our payment provider, Stripe, Inc. Arbos Folk does not directly store your credit card or bank account details. All payment data is handled by Stripe in accordance with their Privacy Policy and PCI-DSS compliance standards.
Paid subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing cycle unless cancelled before the renewal date. You will be charged the then-current rate for your tier and billing cycle. We will notify you of any price increases at least 30 days before they take effect.
If a payment fails, we will attempt to process it again within 7 days. If payment continues to fail, we may downgrade your Sanctuary to the Seedling tier after providing reasonable notice. If your Sanctuary exceeds Seedling capacity (more than 5 members) at the time of downgrade, the Sanctuary enters a dormant state in which non-owner members lose access until the owner upgrades or reduces membership. You remain responsible for any outstanding amounts.
We may offer free trial periods for paid tiers. At the end of a trial, your Sanctuary reverts to its previous tier unless you actively subscribe to a paid plan. You will not be charged automatically at the end of a trial unless you have explicitly opted into a paid subscription.
Communities with limited financial means may apply for our Community Access Fund, which provides a 25% lifetime discount on the Village or Hamlet tier for qualifying Sanctuaries. Grant terms are described on the program page.
As part of our open beta, we offer an "Early Cultivator" discount (also referred to as the "early-bird" discount) of 25% off the recurring price of any paid subscription tier to Users who create an ARA account before August 1, 2026 ("the Eligibility Date"). The discount is applied at checkout via a Stripe coupon associated with your account and persists across renewals, tier changes, and any future price increases for as long as you maintain an active paid subscription.
Forfeiture on cancellation
Non-combinability. The Early Cultivator discount cannot be stacked with, applied alongside, or combined with the Community Access Fund grant described in Section 3.5, or with any other promotional discount, coupon, or grant we may offer from time to time. If you qualify for more than one discount, only the single most favourable discount will be applied to your subscription.
We reserve the right to discontinue offering the Early Cultivator discount to new sign-ups at any time after the Eligibility Date. Users who qualified before the Eligibility Date and who maintain a continuous paid subscription will continue to receive the discount under the terms set out above.
If you are a consumer within the European Union, you have the right to withdraw from your subscription within 14 days of purchase without giving any reason, in accordance with the EU Consumer Rights Directive (Directive 2011/83/EU) as implemented by Danish law (Forbrugeraftaleloven).
To exercise this right, you must inform us of your decision by sending a clear statement to legal@arbosfolk.com within the 14-day period. You may use the following model withdrawal form, but it is not obligatory:
To: Arbos Folk, Byhøjvænget 17, 8380 Trige, Denmark / legal@arbosfolk.com
I hereby give notice that I withdraw from my contract for the provision of the ARA [Village/Ecosystem] subscription, ordered on [date].
Name: [Your name]
Address: [Your address]
Date: [Date]
Signature (if sent by post): [Signature]
Upon valid withdrawal, we will reimburse all payments received from you within 14 days using the same means of payment you used for the initial transaction, unless you expressly agree otherwise.
Waiver of withdrawal right. If you request that the Service begin immediately during the withdrawal period and you acknowledge that you will lose your right of withdrawal once the Service has been fully performed, we may ask for your explicit consent before providing immediate access. If you provide such consent, you acknowledge that you lose the right of withdrawal once the digital service has been provided in full during the withdrawal period.
You may cancel your paid subscription at any time through Settings within the ARA application, or by contacting us at legal@arbosfolk.com. Cancellation is effective at the end of your current billing period. You retain access to paid features until then.
Beyond the 14-day withdrawal right described in Section 4, we do not offer partial refunds for unused portions of a billing cycle. If you cancel mid-cycle, you continue to have access to paid features for the remainder of the period you have already paid for.
If you believe you have been charged in error, contact legal@arbosfolk.com within 30 days of the charge. We will review and correct any verified billing errors.
When a paid subscription ends (whether by cancellation, non-payment, or trial expiration), your Sanctuary reverts to the Seedling tier. Features exclusive to your previous tier become inaccessible, and capacity limits apply (see Section 3.4 for the dormant-state behaviour). Your data is retained as described in our Privacy Policy. You may re-subscribe at any time to regain access.
You retain full ownership of all content you create, upload, or submit to ARA ("User Content"), including but not limited to Scrolls, Seeds, Council proposals, Ledger entries, Resource records, Exchange listings, and profile information.
By uploading User Content to ARA, you grant Arbos Folk a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to store, process, display, reproduce, and distribute your User Content solely for the purpose of operating and providing the Service. This licence includes the right to create backups, serve content to authorised members of your Sanctuary, and display content you have made public (such as published Scrolls accessible via /p/:scrollId).
This licence terminates when you delete the content or close your account, except where the content has been shared with others (for example, a Scroll you co-authored, a public Scroll cached by search engines) or where retention is required by law.
The ARA platform, including its software, design, branding, logos, documentation, and all related intellectual property, is owned by Arbos Folk and protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. These Terms do not grant you any right, title, or interest in ARA's intellectual property beyond the limited right to use the Service as described herein.
The ARA Exchange is a feature that allows members to publish offers, requests, and bulk-buy proposals within their Sanctuary or, where federation is enabled, across connected Sanctuaries. Arbos Folk acts as an intermediary. We host and facilitate the listing and discovery process but are not the seller, buyer, or guarantor of any Exchange transaction. Responsibility for the accuracy, legality, and fulfilment of Exchange listings rests with the member who published them.
By publishing on the Exchange, you represent that you own or have all necessary rights to what you offer and that the listing does not violate any law or third party's rights. You are responsible for delivering on your listing and for resolving any disputes with other members.
Items, services, or bulk purchases received through the Exchange are provided by the listing member, not by Arbos Folk. We make no warranties about quality, condition, or fitness for purpose.
Disputes between members on the Exchange should be resolved directly. Arbos Folk may assist in mediation at its discretion but is not obligated to do so. We reserve the right to remove listings and suspend accounts that violate these Terms.
ARA allows members to publish individual Scrolls (documents) to a public URL at /p/:scrollId. By publishing a Scroll publicly, you explicitly consent to making its content and your display name accessible to anyone with the URL, including non-ARA users and search engines.
You can unpublish a Scroll at any time through the editor. However, cached copies may persist briefly in search engines or CDN nodes outside our direct control. Once unpublished from ARA, no new visitors will be able to access the Scroll through our service.
If you are the owner or a designated steward of a Sanctuary, you are responsible for your Sanctuary's use of the Platform, including:
For the purposes of the GDPR, the Sanctuary is the data controller for its member data, and Arbos Folk is the data processor acting on the Sanctuary's behalf. The relationship is governed by our Data Processing Agreement, available on request from legal@arbosfolk.com.
ARA provides the Council (voting and proposals), the Ledger (financial and contribution tracking), and other tools that may be used to facilitate community decisions and accountability. Arbos Folk is not a party to these decisions and is not responsible for their outcomes.
If your community votes to evict a member, redistribute resources, change bylaws, or take any other action through tools provided by ARA, the legal and social consequences of that decision rest with the community itself. Arbos Folk is the canvas, not the artist. We strongly recommend that Sanctuaries consult local legal counsel to ensure that their internal processes and any binding agreements among members are valid under their applicable jurisdiction.
You agree not to use ARA to:
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section, with or without prior notice depending on the severity of the violation.
In accordance with the EU Data Act (Regulation 2023/2854) and GDPR Article 20, you have the right to export your data from ARA in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. This includes your personal profile data, Sanctuary membership records, Seeds, Ledger entries, and any content you have created.
Sanctuary stewards can export Seeds, Ledger entries, and Resource inventories as CSV from the Settings page. Personal data export requests can be made by contacting legal@arbosfolk.com. We will fulfil export requests within 30 days.
You may close your account at any time through Settings or by contacting us. Upon account closure, your paid subscription (if any) will be cancelled, and your data will be handled as described in our Privacy Policy.
We may suspend or terminate your account if you materially breach these Terms, if required by law, or if your use of the Platform poses a risk to other members or to the integrity of the Service. Where practicable, we will provide at least 14 days' notice before termination, unless the breach is severe enough to warrant immediate action (for example, illegal activity, serious safety concerns).
Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. We will retain your data for a reasonable period (as described in our Privacy Policy) to allow you to request an export. After the retention period, your data will be permanently deleted, except where retention is required by law.
We strive to maintain high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted access to ARA. The Service may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or circumstances beyond our control. ARA is currently in open beta, and you acknowledge that some features may be incomplete or subject to change.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Arbos Folk's total aggregate liability to you for any claims arising from or related to these Terms or your use of ARA shall not exceed the total amount of fees you paid to Arbos Folk during the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or EUR 100, whichever is greater.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Arbos Folk shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, business opportunities, goodwill, or any losses arising from community decisions or Exchange transactions made using the Platform, regardless of whether we were advised of the possibility of such damages.
Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable EU or Danish law, including liability for gross negligence or wilful misconduct, liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or statutory consumer rights under the EU Digital Content Directive (Directive 2019/770) and the Danish Consumer Contracts Act.
ARA is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Arbos Folk disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
However, in accordance with the EU Digital Content Directive (Directive 2019/770), if you are an EU consumer, the Service must conform to the contract (that is, function as described in these Terms and on our website) for the duration of your subscription. If it does not, you are entitled to the remedies provided by applicable consumer protection law, including bringing the Service into conformity, receiving a proportionate price reduction, or terminating the contract.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Arbos Folk, its officers, directors, and employees from and against any third-party claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from: (a) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms; (b) User Content you submit; (c) your violation of any applicable law or third-party rights; or (d) your Sanctuary's processing of member data in violation of applicable data protection laws.
This indemnification obligation does not apply to the extent that the claim arises from Arbos Folk's own negligence, wilful misconduct, or breach of these Terms.
We encourage you to contact us at legal@arbosfolk.com to resolve any dispute informally before initiating formal proceedings. We will make a good-faith effort to resolve your concern within 30 days.
If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, it shall be submitted to the courts of Denmark, specifically the City Court of Aarhus (Retten i Aarhus), unless mandatory EU consumer protection rules require otherwise.
If you are an EU consumer, you may also use the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Denmark. If you are an EU consumer, you also retain the protection of any mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence that cannot be overridden by contract.
We may update these Terms from time to time. For material changes, we will provide at least 30 days' notice via email or an in-app notification before the changes take effect. Your continued use of ARA after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree with the changes, you may cancel your subscription and close your account before the effective date.
Arbos Folk shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations under these Terms where such delay or failure results from circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, war, terrorism, pandemics, government actions, internet outages, or third-party service provider failures.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable while preserving its original intent.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any applicable Data Processing Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and Arbos Folk regarding your use of ARA. They supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, proposals, or representations, whether written or oral.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us:
Entity
Arbos Folk
CVR 46278895
Address
Byhøjvænget 17
8380 Trige, Denmark
Responsible person
Leif Pettersen
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