What we’re about
Hello! Glad you’ve found your way here :)
This is a space for people interested in starting or living in intentional communities, ecovillages and co-housing projects in Spain.
What are these things?
Eurotopia, the Directory of Communities and Ecovillages in Europe uses these definitions:
COMMUNITY: An intentional community is a group of people who live together intentionally in order to pursue further goals apart from the mere living together (possibly material goals). They try to give up part of their individual freedom in order to manage/design some personal aspects of life collectively. Ways to accomplish this might especially be collective decision making processes, but also collective ways of working, a cooperative/collective economy, a common agreement regarding the education of children or other.
ECOVILLAGE (usually also intentional COMMUNITY): People in ecovillages intentionally live together in a community or in several communities (see above). They strive for designing a common structure and a common culture of living which fulfils a major part of the most important needs of those people at that place, all in a sustainable way. The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) lists the following aspects to be integral for ecovillages: Social aspects, ecology, economy, ideology.
SETTLEMENT/CO-HOUSING PROJECT (can be, but doesn’t have to be intentional COMMUNITY also): Members of an (ecological) settlement or of a co-housing project life in their own houses or flats or under similar conditions . They share a common infrastructure for supply/maintenance and consciously pursue qualities like close neighbourhood, mutual support or care. Collectively run social facilities might be part of the project. Housing projects might strive to integrate people with special needs or of different generations. Individual ways of living are of no common concern.
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We plan to host some online (and eventually in-person) events to “network”/ get to know each other, share our thoughts/dreams/wishes/concerns about living in this way and generally just connect.
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We are Jacoba (🇨🇦) and Dani (🇪🇸🇩🇪) and interested in starting a community in southern Spain.
Passionate about connecting with others, finding a way to live in community, slow(er) life.
We're not experts, just inspired to meet those with a similar dream.
Feel free to send a message to say hi!