Aroha Village

When I arrived in Cebu in 2005, I never intended to be there for more than 6 months.  Actually, after hearing my grandmother's warnings about cousins who had gone to the Philippines in the 70s and woke up daily with tarantulas in their beds and foreigners being sold into sexual slavery, I was pretty sure that I wouldn't even last one month.

Though we are pretty drawn to land deals in Costa Rica, we are still open to suggestions from potential members with ideas of other places to set up shop.  In particular, I am wide open to the possibility of starting the community in the Philippines.  Cebu especially captured my heart when I lived there a few years ago and the thought of returning for good is truly appealing.

It all became real today.

After two years of wishing, hoping, dreaming, planning and talking and talking and talking...  Today is the day I really felt the full impact of the move that we are making.

I mean, this is REALLY happening!

Our goal is to follow the basic principles of Permaculture to establish a 100% off-the-grid, zero-waste community. We shall provide home/community schooling options for those who are interested and shall trade goods and resources with the local community.

Welcome to Aroha Village Permaculture Community!

We are looking to form a core group of 7+ founders to establish a sustainable Permaculture community in Costa Rica (open to other locales).

THE COMMUNITY
Aroha Village is [to be] located on 22+ pristine tropical acres conducive to year-round organic food crop production. The main focus of the community in this early stage will be forming the Core Collective, pooling financial resources and acquiring land. From there, our focus will shift to developing (stewardship of) the land through organic gardening, food forestry, earth building, alternative energy and other Permaculture methods.