Ecoisleta is a sustainable initiative launched by, Rita, Jonatan, and their son Liam and daughter Mia, a Canary Islands family.
We hope this initiative will generate a positive impact on 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»
Who are we?
For me this is the most complicated page to write, I consider myself a very shy person, who avoids photos, I have always thought that my story, my life is of no interest to anyone…
Uupsss… I didn’t introduce myself, my name is Jonatan and I am one of the owners of EcoIsleta along with my wife Rita…
Like our ancestors, I am a Canarian, born in Gran Canaria, just like Rita, just like our children…
More than 30 years together…
We met when we were studying at the La Isleta High School, here in our neighborhood, in the crazy 90s, when we were 17 and 16 years old, we have been together for more than 30 years, as time flies.
We have experienced everything, good things and not so good, we have worked separately and now we work almost together, we love each other, otherwise, it would be difficult to be together for so long…
If there is one thing that is clear to me, it´s that none of what we have achieved would have been achieved without Rita, she is the true head of what we do, she approves any absurd and crazy idea that I have, she puts things in their place… she has something called Intuition, I can only thank God for having known her…
Ecotienda and EcoColiving…
In 2014 we opened a small ecological store in our neighborhood and 9 years later our sustainable Coliving.
Rita runs and works in the store and at Coliving you will find me, Jonatan, as you can see we work almost together…
I try to do a little bit of everything, I love repairing things or building something, so I usually walk around the house to see if there is something broken and to be able to use my tools…
I also facilitate the community, and manage reservations and I am passionate about writing the EcoIsleta blog, some things are not worth reading, poor quality marketing, which I prefer not to reread, but I am trying to improve, and I have created our #Community Diary…
What moves us?
We love meeting people, dining, cooking, learning, and listening, we are not trying to do something big or important, we are looking for meaning in our lives, we want to do something that our children will be proud of, we want to work for a sustainable future.
If you decide to be part of our community, you will realize that we lead a very simple life, that we like nature, and we are passionate about our identity.
EcoIsleta is us and we are EcoIsleta…
Our engagement with the neighborhood
We began to get involved in different social, environmental, and neighborhood initiatives in the La Isleta neighborhood in Las Palmas in 2008.
After years of collaboration with many different projects and NGOs, we realized that working for a sustainable neighborhood was the main challenge for our local community.
Because of this, we decided to open a small organic shop in 2014, very close to the Coliving, where you can find us during the week.
Coliving
One year after opening the shop we bought an old house, and we have been working to protect these houses for the last 12 years.
– We invite you to read the story of our community, the obstacles we found on our way, and why we started this community… EcoIsleta Community story
We believe La Isleta is a place to discover, live healthy experiences, and preserve in a privileged environment to enjoy Ecolife in a sustainable way.
– We live and we are from the La Isleta neighborhood, where our Eco Coliving is located.
