Why did we write this guide?
Every year, many new members join our community who have never experienced coliving before.
This page aims to help you understand how a coliver can easily integrate into our community.
In a coliving you are not a customer paying for a service. You shouldn’t come just to consume a space.
What is Coliving?
For us, coliving is a community.
That means a place where we care for each other, support one another, and keep communication flowing. We have values we live by to coexist together.
We value eating together, good conversations on the terrace, and spontaneous collaborations.
Initial Questions… Ask yourself
Considering that we are a community, you should ask yourself a few questions before deciding to join our coliving…
Do I want to participate in the activities proposed by the community?
Do I want to collaborate with the other people I’m going to live with?
Do I want to spend time with other members of the community?
These questions are essential to know whether you will integrate into the community…
Think about them carefully, and if you don’t feel you have the energy to get involved and participate, that’s okay… Maybe it’s not the right time to book yet, maybe you should wait a little longer…
How to know if EcoIsleta is for you
Our community is for you if you share our values and principles…
Here we explain some of the basic principles that should guide your participation during your stay in our community…
Generosity
It is essential for the community and your integration.
Generosity in sharing your knowledge, generosity in sharing a glass of wine, generosity in listening to another member’s problems even when you have your own struggles…
Contribute
How can I support the community?
How can we enjoy that delicious food from your country that only you know how to make?
A community works when we all contribute. It’s not about small gestures…
Listening
In the world we live in, listening is a forgotten human quality.
But in a community, listening is almost more important than asserting your ideas… Listening with empathy, listening to help…
Transparent, fluid, and honest communication begins with active and attentive listening.
Be Humble
In a world where we all try to be the richest and most powerful people, humility has a hard time finding a place.
But without humility, no community can be built. Humility to accept and not judge…
Humility to respect diversity, and especially to accept the possible “uncomfortable” habits of someone who comes from a continent and culture totally different from yours.
Participate
Participation turns members into protagonists, not spectators or consumers of experiences. By participating, you become part of the community; otherwise, you become an observer.
Participate in dinners, conversations, share breakfast, or a simple cup of tea…
What does community bring to you?
Friendships
Connecting with travelers from around the world to talk about your dreams, travel together, and share experiences…
Happiness
More than 90% of our members say in our exit satisfaction survey that they are happier after living in our coliving…
Balance
Being surrounded by creative, open-minded, and generous people makes it possible to bring out the best of ourselves.
And What about the Coliving?
On the other hand, at EcoIsleta, we have the obligation to fulfill our commitment.
- Common and private spaces in perfect condition.
- Facilitating meetings and moments of connection.
- Ensuring the enforcement of clear community rules.
The community cannot exist if colivers spend their energy in arguments because basic services are not working, or in conflicts because nobody enforces the rules of coexistence…
EcoIsleta must do its part, and the coliver must do theirs so that the sense of community can exist…
If this resonates with you, our community might be an option worth considering for your next adventure in the Canary Islands…
