Finca Sagrada is a multigenerational community in Ecuador’s Vilcabamba valley, centered on child-led development and ecological restoration. We practice natural building with adobe and local materials, develop permaculture food systems, and participate in the adjacent Kuntur Wachana reforestation initiative.
Our community organizes around the wellbeing of all members and especially children, and the health of land. Our culture of Being creates a focus on presence and experience vs accomplishments and objectives.
Daily life integrates hands-on work, collective decision-making, and learning through direct experience. Children grow with freedom to explore and develop surrounded by nature and multiple caring adults.
We welcome aligned visitors interested in experiencing community life and/or contributing work. We are currently exploring structures for new members as we transition toward collective ownership. Contact us to discuss possibilities.
Adjacent to our community land, the Kuntur Wachana project is restoring 235 hectares of degraded Andean dry forest mountain terrain. Through partnership with Árbol con Razón Foundation, over 20,000 native trees have been planted with 80% survival rates. The project aims to regenerate cloud forest ecosystems, protect watersheds, and create wildlife corridors.
Finca Sagrada is a nature based, multigenerational learning center where people can reconnect to self, community and nature through heartfelt thinking.
Current Focus: Natural building with local materials, regenerative agriculture and food forests, child-centered living and learning, developing governance structures for collective land stewardship, active participation in mountain reforestation, personal and community transformation opportunities.
If a person wishes to join our community we ask them to stay in the community for three to six months. If there is mutual resonance, there is a community conversation to discuss membership.
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The whole membership decides collectively.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Regular fees: $500-800
Labor: Encouraged or suggested
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Waterfront access, Internet
All animals need to be a good fit on the farm, just like the people.
Moderate climate with distinct seasonal changes
Includes deciduous and mixed forest types
Examples: Eastern North American Forests, European Broadleaf Forests
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
interaction while maintaining independence.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
Communities centered around shared land stewardship, sustainable agriculture, or connection to specific natural environments.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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