When new meets old, it’s gold.
by João Inácio
When in mid-2012 a friend of mine forwarded me an email regarding a call out for social entrepreneurs I wasn’t nearly ready for what would happen a few months later.
At that time, I had just begun to develop a social project that had started in 2011 and was looking for inspiration to move forward with the project.
While reading the Casa Netural’s call for social entrepreneurs I came to realize that it could be the experience I was looking for all along – to be able to work and live in a local community, drink the wisdom of social beings that breathe nature and rural experiences.
Casa Netural came unexpected, but quickly filled my heart with comfort. For a week, I lived and breathed the same food, schedules, lifestyle and habits of Andrea (the founder of Casa Netural) and all people that collaborate to make this project a reality.
Co-living and co-working takes sharing to a different level, and that brings to the experience a lot that would be lost otherwise. (more…)