Ecoisleta is a sustainable initiative started by a Canarian family. With our work, we hope to generate a positive impact in our neighborhood.
«You will find a family eager to meet new people but also to help them understand our culture and heritage, we love cooking, having dinners, or hiking in the nearby volcanoes»
Before anything else, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jonatan, and I am the person writing these words…
Who are we?
We are Rita, Jonatan, Liam, and Mia, a Canarian family from La Isleta, trying to build a sustainable community in the neighborhood where we live.
Just like our ancestors, we are Canarians, born in Gran Canaria.
More than 30 years together
We met while studying at the La Isleta High School, here in our neighborhood, back in the crazy ’90s, when we were 17 and 16 years old.
We’ve been together for more than 30 years, time flies.
We’ve lived through everything, good things and not-so-good things. We’ve worked separately, and now we work almost side by side. We love each other, otherwise, it would be complicated to stay together for so long…
If there’s one thing I’m sure of, it’s that we wouldn’t have achieved anything without Rita. She is the true head behind what we do…
She has something called intuition, and I can only Thank God for having met her…
What drives us
We love meeting people, having dinner, cooking, learning, and listening.
We’re not trying to do something big or important, we’re looking for meaning in our lives.
We’d like to build something our children can be proud of, we want to work for a sustainable future.
If you decide to become part of our community, you’ll realize that we live a very simple life, that we love nature, and that we are passionate about our identity.
EcoStore and EcoColiving
In 2014, we opened a small organic store in our neighborhood, and nine years later, our sustainable Coliving.
Rita runs and works in the store, and at the Coliving you will find me, Jonatan. As you can see, we work almost together…
Jonatan takes care of the Coliving maintenance, facilitates the community, manages bookings, and writes on the EcoIsleta blog.
Our commitment to the neighborhood of La Isleta
In 2008, we began getting involved in different social, environmental, and community initiatives in the La Isleta neighborhood of Las Palmas.
After years of collaborating with associations and projects, we understood that the sustainability of the neighborhood was our greatest challenge.
This is what led us to open our organic store in 2014.
A year after opening the store, we bought the house where the Coliving is located, not by chance, as we had spent more than 12 years working to protect these old houses.
History of the EcoIsleta community
We believe that La Isleta is a place to discover and preserve. Here, you can enjoy healthy experiences in a privileged environment to live an EcoLife sustainably.
We invite you to read the story of our community, the obstacles we encountered along the way, and why we started EcoIsleta Sustainable Community…
