{"id":1935,"date":"2023-03-28T13:42:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoisleta.com\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:53:03","slug":"coliving-community-ecoisleta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecoisleta.com\/en\/coliving-community-ecoisleta\/","title":{"rendered":"EcoIsleta Coliving Community story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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EcoIsleta Coliving Community in Las Palmas was founded by a family from Gran Canaria, Rita, Jonatan, daughter Mia, and son Liam<\/a>. We are from and live in the La Isleta neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Community commitment to the neighborhood started in 2008, when we launched a blog called ConoceLaIsleta<\/a> about the history and present of La Isleta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since that moment, we have been participating in various organizations, activities, and associations with diverse purposes, but always in La Isleta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Organic Shop<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After years of activism, in 2014, in the middle of the crisis, we opened an organic shop 100 mt from our EcoIsleta Coliving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that point, we already knew that we had to focus on the future of our neighborhood, and we had to focus on the sustainability of La Isleta.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EcoIsleta Coliving Community in Las Palmas<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One year after opening the shop, still in the middle of an economic crisis, we bought an old house that we saw when taking a box of fruit to a neighbor’s house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had been working for the protection of our traditional houses for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal was to renovate the house in 6 months, but we worked for 3 years on the renovation<\/strong><\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ran out of money twice,<\/span> and because we wanted to keep many old parts of the house, problems appeared every second\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We did the job ourselves, we built furniture and worked in welding, electricity, plumbing, painting, and design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything in the house was built by hand, except mattresses, home appliances, and chairs.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want people to understand the importance of Las Palmas Port’s old workers’ houses because these houses talk about our community, solidarity, and overcoming adversities, in a time when people help each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Purpose<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The purpose behind the shop and the Coliving is to help the neighborhood face the new era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shop works in the field of the local economy, eating without destroying our countryside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Coliving wants to be a place to connect the knowledge of the remote workers with the problems of our economy and society, also an example of a Zero Waste house<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our purpose is to build a community<\/a> of people who help each other<\/strong><\/span> to transform our neighborhood into a sustainable place.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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