​Vision
To be a community-managed learning center focused on regenerative living principles and practice. 

 

Mission

To promote environmental and human consciousness in support of a more sustainable future.
 

Guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Inner Development Goals (IDGs), we aim to serve as a living model of regenerative living, implementing sustainable systems for food, energy, and water management while restoring ecosystems and cultivating responsible stewardship of natural resources. By nurturing both practical action and inner development, we aim to contribute to a thriving future for people and planet.

 

Values

The community at Sol y Valle prioritizes the following values: 

​​​​​🧡 Love

Love is the essence of all our other values. To us it means the following:​
 

• Support for the community: We do what is needed for each member and for our collective to thrive.

• Generosity: The more generous we are, the more value we create.

• Solidarity: We laugh and cry together, helping one another and supporting those who need it most.

• Self-respect: We must be proud of our own journey if we are to genuinely love others.

• Respect for others: We recognize both our similarities and our differences, and we embrace them.

• Goodwill: We understand that mistakes happen through human error, not malicious intent.

• Equity: We strive to be fair, impartial, and inclusive in our decisions and actions.
   

🌱 Sustainability

All our actions are guided by the pillars of sustainability:
 

• Environmental consciousness: Healthy ecosystems are the biggest gift we can give future generations. We educate ourselves, the community and guests about the importance of protecting environments.

• Commitment: Sustainability cannot be achieved in the short term, it is a life-long commitment.

• Responsibility: Caring for the environment is only achieved when we take personal responsibility.

• Innovation: The capacity to create, improve and adapt is essential for creating harmony and being sustainable.

🌺Wellbeing

Animals, plant and human health are all important:
 

• Fauna deserve a healthy environment that allows them to survive in equilibrium: Some of our harvests go to the wildlife, and we are fine with that. We strive to add biodiversity to the space and never eliminate any species (‘pests’ and ‘weeds’ still play an important role). 

• Flora deserves to grow in the conditions it enjoys: We avoid the use of petro-chemicals and feed the earth with unused organic materials, closing the loop. 

• Humans deserve to thrive physically, emotionally and spiritually: For physical wellbeing, we nurture our bodies with colorful, nutritious organic food. Our gym is the farm and all the manual labor involved. We express ourselves through dance and movement, practice yoga/meditation, and play music around bonfires to warm the soul.

🤝 Sharing

We are happy to share our culture, knowledge, skills, ideas and dreams with each other and our guests. Through this exchange we earn intellectual, social, experiential, cultural, and spiritual capital.

💬 Communication

We practice compassionate communication which entails active listening and giving all our attention to the present. It is not judging but accepting a person’s perception of reality in the moment, putting ourselves into the shoes of others and feeling empathy. It is practicing peace and non-violence while not imposing ideas onto others. In our communication we are honest, respectful and transparent.