• Designing a Regenerative Future

    Alegría Village is an ecological neighborhood in the hills of San Mateo, Costa Rica.

  • Live in Community

    Surround yourself with neighbors who share your values.

  • Co-creating Our Dream

    Together we get to design the future we want to live in.

  • 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 Source

    Alegría is next to the crystal clear Río Machuca. Our water comes from natural springs on the property and an abundant underground river.

  • Nurture a Love of Learning

    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 Alegría, our parents and grandparents are celebrated, integrated, and supported.

  • Protect Our Ecosystem

    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 of being alive.

  • Join Our Family

    Come visit us at Alegría Village and find out how you can become a neighbor in our community.

 Alegría Village is an international community in San Mateo, Costa Rica dedicated to best practices in regenerative living and design.

Nestled on 70 hectares of peaceful hillside, Alegría is a thriving neighborhood where we are devoted to living in harmony with our natural ecosystem.

We grow our own food, plant thousands of fruit trees, and protect and reforest the land we are honored to call home.

VISIT FOR A TOUR

If you are considering a life at Alegría, come experience the magic for yourself!


Our Community Values


EARTH CARE

We are Earth Stewards

We are pollinators, planters, protectors, committed to living a lifestyle that heals not hurts the natural ecosystem around us.

PEOPLE CARE

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.

FAIR SHARE

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.

FUTURE CARE

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.


Our Location - San Mateo de Alajuela, Costa Rica