Aldea Cuatro Aguas

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Spanish
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2015

What we do

The first family that migrated from the city 15 years ago and got to Cocorná, an autochthonous and beautiful village located in the middle of the Andes Mountains in Colombia, arrived from the calling of the mountain in search of new meaning and purpose of life. Along with the countryside neighbours, they built an Eco-hotel and later, they destined part of the land for a community and an Ancestral School. The community grew wider as more families arrived and we started buying land within the same mountain guided by our common mission as guardians of nature and protectors of the seed of life. We are around 10 neo-rural families and “La Aldea” is a one-hectare cell part of this wider community where we protect around 70 hectares of native wild forest and 25 hectares of regenerated land as we co-create a “life-based” educative alternative for ourselves, our families, neighbours, and people who are longing to recognize their higher purpose by learning and remembering our ancestral and spiritual origins. Several indigenous leaders accompany our process as they also come and settle with us to keep learning, co-creating, and merging the wisdom of both worlds through pedagogic processes that unite the countryside and the town converging in the foundation of a Transition Town.
We live in gratitude and peace, together gracefully enjoying the celebration of life.
“La Aldea” is the name of the main headquarters of the Multiversidad Mastay, envisioned to colour the land with student residencies, an animal farm, a cultural house, a central “Maloka” temple, edible gardens and timber forest, perennial food gardens, lots of art and communitarian education processes.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • Spanish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2015
  • Started living together

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How to join

Once people arrive, they are invited to live with us either running one of our courses, as volunteers or as temporary residents with previous agreements. After a period of getting to know each other, our connection and also the embrace from the mountain is vital for people to make the decision to either buy their own land or merge with one of the projects and lands already established.
It’s a “come, relate and co-create” invitation :)

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Aldea Cuatro Aguas

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NextGENOA EDE

Introduction The Next Generation of the Global Ecovillage Network of Oceania and Asia (NextGENOA) is a growing network of young people of the Ecovillage and Sustainability movement within the Oceania and Asia region. These groups of young people have been active in their local areas, among their friends, family and other young people, to raise awareness about environmental issues & to come up with eco-solutions. These young people aim to inspire others to become part of growing tribe of people who are committed and actively engaged in the healing process of the earth and creating a sustainable future. In November, 2014, NextGENOA had its first regional gathering in India where representatives from the different countries of the Oceania & Asia region were present. During these 5 days gathering NextGENOA looked into how to create a stronger NextGENOA network and empower the sustainability movement of young people in Asia & Oceania. At this gathering NextGENOA representatives met and shared their experiences and visions of their countries. From there, it became clear that to strengthen the network further NextGENOA needs to have a more intensive gathering combined with an intensive educational program that will deeply bond the NextGENOA youth together and where the youth will experience living their shared values together in a community setting. The Ecovillage Design Education (EDE – Gaia Education) is an educational program that has proven to be very effective in providing the knowledge and pathways of a holistic way of living towards a sustainable future. Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) programs create transformation in people at all levels & these EDE’s have been successfully held throughout the world. NextGENOA EDE The NextGENOA EDE will be an holistic educational program that will bring NextGENOA young leaders from the Oceania and Asia region together at one place to meet and share with each other at the mental, heart, practical and spirit level.

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