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Casita Verde

Situated in a beautiful valley near the village of San Jose in Ibiza, La Casita Verde (the Little Green House) is a model ecological centre that is operated by volunteers and open to the public on Sundays. Here you can see in a direct and amusing form that a more sustainable way of life is within reach of every one of us. Come and visit us!
For help in arriving, click here for a map (PDF download).


Some unique features of La Casita Verde are:

• Resource conservation in action
• Buildings made from recycled materials like bottles, aluminium cans and wood
• Alternative living spaces like a tree house, a bottle house and a cal oven house
• The everyday use of alternative energy like solar and wind power
• Recycling and compost making
• Cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs
• Studies on healthy food production and consumption
• Student education program
  

Casita Verde exists as an educational tool for demonstrating alternative lifestyle techniques.

La Casita Verde operates with the hard work of its coordinator Chris Dews together with a growing team of professionals and volunteers. It is supported by the Madrid based 'Foundation for the Future', as well by donations received during weekly activities and events held there.

Volunteers have come to La Casita Verde from all over the world. Since its foundation in 1993, La Casita Verde has hosted over one hundred and fifty volunteers from more than twenty different countries. Presently the centre offers year round Eco-ability courses to interested students via the Centre for Cultural Interchange (www.cci-exchange.com). Every Autumn, it also hosts Exchange Students from Earth University in Costa Rica.

Some current work projects include:

• Maintaining and improving the facilities
• Building a larger rain-water collecting system
• Improving alternative energy systems
• Compiling and presenting information on healthy cooking, organic gardening, recycling, self-healing, natural medicines and ecological awareness
• Developing a variety of natural products from locally available materials, like musical instruments, jewellery, art, crafts, skin care and health food
• Upgrading and improving internet and media presence including the production of a DVD and further music projects
  

Visiting Casita Verde

La Casita Verde is open all year round. Visitors are welcome every Sunday, from 14.00 - 18.00, every Thursday for a day of working in the 'Campo', together with other greenheart volunteers, enjoying a delicious communal lunch and sharing current eco information.  Other visits to the centre can be made by appointment either calling on 971 187353 or by emailing mail@greenheart.info. Click here for a map (PDF download)

Every Sunday at Casita Verde, you can experience the following activities:

• An opportunity to experience vegetarian cooking and healthy food production
• Tasting and learning how to make fresh juices and infusions from local products including aloe vera and Carob
• Visit the new artesan market and find all kinds of beautifully made treasures from Ibiza
  
• Follow a one-and-a-half hour tour of the Casita Verde centre with plenty of hands on eco information
  
• Enjoy a variety of acoustic and chilled music sessions
  
• Try 'natural beauty' skin and bodycare preparations using home-grown aloe vera and other natural products from Ibiza
  
• Enjoy the children's play area
• Have a relaxing afternoon in the Ibiza countryside
  

For more specific information about our programmed activities, or to arrange group visits on a Sunday or on another day of the week (always by appointment), please contact us.

La Casita Verde Gallery

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