Winter has been very sunny in our city. On our Coliving Chill Out in Las Palmas, sunbathing is an option during breaks, before a new call, or after hours in front of the computer…
The smell of fresh coffee or some nice cooking is all over the kitchen, it´s so inspiring to work in an open sunny space, where conversations pop up so easily…
We are a small community, we like to be an intimate space, where members can know each other and start a good relationship…
Flexibility
Our terrace, chill-out, and kitchen are the heart of our community, in the last few months colivers have changed or moved tables and sofas twice in the common area…
They can do it because the space needs to fit their needs…
Community members have different needs and likes, the community terrace can be as flexible as possible to help them enjoy the experience of our coliving…
In an incredible conversation with Cornelia one of our community members, she shares with me something about living in our community.
She said… “we are used to being treated as customers, and being said what to do”
But in EcoIsleta we promote creativity, colivers can suggest activities, move anything from one place to another, and improve something they think is not working well, takes time to get used to it…
Many activities in EcoIsleta are suggestions of community members, we don’t have a close schedule of activities, we prefer to listen to the members and see what they want to do…
Our main goal now is to find ways to let new community members know they can be creative and suggest anything, as fast as they are welcome…
Intimacy and privacy
Most of our members have never been in a Coliving before, for some of them is an experience that could be complicated to handle, not everybody is used to dealing with people from 5 different countries at the same time…
Talking with another coliver about the community, he explained that sometimes living with 7 people from all around the world could be overwhelming, with different cultures, traditions, and personal peculiarities…
Some members feel they need to stay alone for some time and kind of take a break from the community, in our house with two floors and individual rooms that´s always a possibility…
When we do dinners and other events, more than 30 people can join, and we know some colivers need time to get used to it…
Movies
We watched another movie, this time a documentary about veganism, Vegan Alert this was a suggestion of Ivar a Swedish coliver who was interested in watching and talking about this topic…
These topics are very important for our community, after the movie we talked about veganism with 3 neighbors who also came to watch and talk…
The debate was quite good and we wonder how to get this vegan topic to schools in the neighborhood…
We already watch on the terrace the Architect a movie about the housing crisis…
Eco-Jam Session
For the first time, and thanks to Cornelia’s suggestion we had a Jam session, we loved it… some colivers sing very well, I was impressed…
We have to thank Cornelia for being so smile-fun-open, sharing-helpful, and always suggesting for our community in the last few months… we are so lucky to share our lives with these amazing people…
Plants
Also with the help of Cornelia we went to a local plant nursery where we got some local plants for our terrace… she is excellent with plants and they are growing very fast.
We also used our compost, made with the worms we have in the vermicomposter…
Sunsets
Love these sunsets in La Puntilla… we are in the city but surrounded by beauty…
