Cozy rural house with garden and blossoming trees in spring.

Familia Feliz (GER1)

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2010

What we do

Familia Feliz is a decentralized living community with shared economy. Decentralized means those people live together who want to do so. The community does not dictate where a member should live or that all members have to live in one place at all times. Instead, it is part of the concept of Familia Feliz to live in different countries and different places. We start in Spain and Germany as these are the countries we already live and call our homes. Our community life is based on a shared economy, decisions by consensus, veto for each and solidarity with each member. We respect and develop private property and focus on life in peace and freedom.
Familia Feliz is organized in units. A unit can be a working unit like “bio garden” or a company run by members, as well as a a home unit, a group of members living in one house.

Our Mission

One main mission is to create a contemporary version of community structure, which implies sustainability, international exchange (we speak Spanish, English, German, French) and socio-cultural projects. The focus also is on establishing ways of self-supply (bio garden, chicken, fruit farming).

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Coliving
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • Sustainability practices
  • Permaculture design
  • Activities
  • Experiences
  • Networking

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2010
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2012
  • Started living together

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  • 3 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
3

How to join

1. info day
2. 2 workshops (we do NOT take money for workshop, only for accommodation!!).
3. volunteer/candidate year
4. final decision among all members (plenum)

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Choose the country and apply for a visit via www.familiafeliz.eu.

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Decision-making process

  • Full Consensus

Everyone must agree before moving forward.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

Additional economic information

Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
The main economic principle of our community can be described as “making gifts”. Every member offers power, money and ressources to make contributions. But they decide for themselves on every single occasion how much they can or are willing to contribute or donate. So there is no rule to exchange this for that, no comparison in value of any gift between members. And there is no “right to take” or “fee to contribute”.

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately all meals

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Community activities and engagement

  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Organization, Resource, or Network

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure
  • Substance use is prohibited in the community

Gender composition

  • Majority cis (over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Coliving

    Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
    kitchens, dining, and social areas.

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

  • Commune

    Communal living with shared resources, property, and often income or work responsibilities

Sustainability approach

  • Permaculture design

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Land area size
    7 hectares

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Location

  • North-Rhine-Westfalia, Germany

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