Coliving laboratory it’s an experience only for August. We will explore connections of the coliving community with the space and the farm, with the wider community and with the territory. Join us if you are interested in exploring how to be effective in having a social impact at different scale. We will introduce you to permaculture principles and basic design tools, we will guide you through workshops of participated design till the realization and testing of contructions and as well events.
Read on to learn more about the planning and the details. We need your creativity and enthusiasm as well as your experience as a coliver would be a plus!
And this is a unique opportunity to enjoy a special cooperation between two coliving projects, Agaia and Tertulia, to make the laboratory more rich integrating ideas, tools, experience, passion of two projects sharing the same values!
This coliving month at Tertulia is extra special: we will run a laboratory dedicated to shape the culture of the coliving community in Tertulia and strengthen local connections. We invite you to join us for a coliving month to explore the concept of integrating communities and enabling intercultural exchange together. Throughout the experience we empower you to bring your ideas to life and experience different roles and responsibilities in a group.
To achieve this, we provide a framework concept of workshops, open sessions and projects to choose from. Within, we will experiment together with you and the group of colivers, the Tertulia network and the local community, focusing on these questions:
For the laboratory Tertulia collaborates with AGAIA Coliving. We partnered to join our experiences running coliving projects in Italy to bring social innovation to life. Tertulia and AGAIA share a lot of similar values and a common mission around nature connectedness, strengthening rural areas, bringing digital communities to rural Italy, promote sustainable, regenerative & conscious living and a strong community-focus. We share our passions for community building and want to use the potential of this collaboration in order to strengthen community relationships in Mugello.
Become an active part in shaping the community and the rural future of Mugello. From vision to reality: Are you looking for an opportunity to get your hands dirty and be part of a project throughout the different phases from ideation, design, construction, testing and celebrating the result? We invite you to take some time away from your laptop to actually work on something tangible and impactful. Whether you chose to get involved in the permaculture garden on the farm, work in the forest terrace, plan the garden party together with the local community or involve yourself in cooking shared dinners. There are plenty of opportunities to experience different roles in community and self-efficiency in new areas of your life.
After a brief introduction to permaculture ethics and principles we will explore how Tertulia project is designed, from model to details, both for the farming and the coliving activity. We will share about syntropic agriculture principles in agroforestry systems for chickens, gardening, chestnut forest.
In August we will build a terrace into the canopy of two trees facing the Forest. It will be a unique space for work, meditate, spend time on a tree with a breathtaking view. You will be involved in designing the user experience and than build the outcomes while we will take care of the main structure and the safety aspects.
We would like to organize an event open to all the neighbours and wider community in the small village of Paterno. You will be involved in the process and at the same time you will enjoy the event participating and connecting to the other people invited.
We will design and realize an intervention to empower a local project on the territory running a place where people can bring objects, furniture, second hand tools to be offered to other people, avoiding to produce waste.
As we will be living and working together in community, many different skills can be developed throughout this month. Besides acquiring practical skills based on the projects you chose to involve yourself in, you will gain experience that will help you far beyond the coliving experience. For example development of your creative side, ability to develop ideas, execute them and measure & evaluate the results, team work, conflict management, to organize yourself in projects and teams.
We are looking for motivated and inspired people who are willing to contribute and create positive change in the coliving and the local environment. We welcome curious minds who want to think outside the box. Here you have the opportunity to experience and act upon your ideas of social innovation.
We welcome people with all talents and passions. We believe in the potential of diverse groups. Whether you enjoy physical work or gardening, you are a storyteller or content creator – or you are especially creative or communicative, there will be many opportunities for you to bring in what you already know, strengthen your skills in those areas or explore something completely new. None of the skills mentioned are required, but we appreciate an interest to learn and explore.
You are a great fit, if you can free up some capacity during the week and on the weekends to get involved in the different projects and participate in the workshops. Please note, that we always encourage you to take space for yourself and none of the social activities we offer are mandatory. But you will get most out of the program if you actively engage.
The Coliving laboratory will be open to a maximum of 12 people. The Coliving daily routine will continue as is so feel free to check on the website and learn about the Coliving life. We will hold regular weekly community meeting to share the frame of the activities and to integrate proposals from you for whatever you will like to enjoy and propose. There will be free time for exploring the neighborhood, go hiking and visiting waterfalls, cooking delicious shared dinners as well as go to local restaurants… In addition, we provide a framework of workshops, open sessions and projects to choose from during your stay at Tertulia in August.
The Coliving laboratory will be all over the month of August 2024 from 1 to 31
Sunday, August 4 (11:00 am)
◦ General introduction to laboratory & community building
◦ Intro to permaculture (as a tool), facilitation and design & Tertulia
Welcome party August 4, 18:00
◦ Short community meeting on Monday (18:30)
◦ Project workshops: 1,5 hours on Tuesday, Thursday & Friday at 18:00
◦ Forest terrace: build between 7-18
◦ Design a social event: 19-24
◦ Impact on local territory: 26-29
Closing workshop: Friday 30 afternoon
On the weekend we will do trips, hikes & go to local events, open brunch, open potluck or apericena
The cost for the accommodation and workshops of the Coliving Laboratory is:
Food is not included: we will plan dinners together and have breakfast and lunches by our own according to personal schedules or activities.
The minimum stay is one month
Places are limited: to reserve a place please fill the booking form with indication of your preferred accommodation. We will send you the booking request to be confirmed.
July 10th 2024 is the deadline for booking.
Please make your reservation as soon as you can to let us have time to plan the coliving experience.
If you want to join last minute it will be possible upon availability and organization.
