Designing a Regenerative Future
Alegría Village is an ecological neighborhood in the hills of San Mateo, Costa Rica.
Grow Your Own Food
We all share an organic permaculture farm in the center of our community.
Our food comes from the land where we live.
Drink from the Land
Alegría is next to the crystal clear Rio Machuca.
Our water comes from natural springs on the property and an abundant underground river.
Nurture a Love of Learning
We are dedicated to hands-on, self-guided education for our children.
We support an incredible international school just down the road.
Honor Our Elders
It’s time we rethink the way we care for our elders. At Alegria, our parents and grandparents are celebrated, integrated, and supported.
Protect Our Ecosystem
As we build our community, Alegría is reforesting our 70-hectare property, protecting our natural environment, waterways, and wildlife habitats.
Live in Joy Now
Together let’s slow down, savor the present, and enjoy the richness and quality of being alive.
Join Our Family
Come visit us at Alegría Village and find out how you can become a neighbor in our community.
Nestled on 70 hectares of fertile farmland, Alegría includes extensive permaculture food forests with thousands of fruit trees, edible community gardens, and reforestation along the creeks.
Learn More on a Webinar!
Since travel and events are restricted during this time, we are hosting weekly webinars to share more about Alegría Village and meet future neighbors from around the world! If you are considering a life at Alegría, this is the perfect place to start.
We are Earth Stewards
We are pollinators, planters, protectors, committed to living a lifestyle that heals not hurts the natural ecosystem around us.
We take care of each other
We are good neighbors, we are good friends. Together we support our children, our elders, our mothers, our fathers. We are an interconnected, interdependent community, looking out for the health and happiness of the collective village.
We are each a part of the whole
We all share a vision for a thriving regenerative future and each of us, with our diverse skills, backgrounds and contributions, are integral to the realization of this dream. The way forward is inclusive, collaborative, just, evolutionary, revolutionary. And we all show up for the revolution.
We are Peaceful Warriors in service to the Planet
We radically question everything and design and implement better solutions for a thriving world. We are activists, aiming to inspire small changes, governmental changes, global changes. It is our privilege to ask, how can we offer support to our human, animal and plant relations? We are here on this planet to serve.
