Casita Verde is an experiential centre for the study and application of sustainable living techniques. It is the headquarters and flagship project of Greenheart Ibiza. Here Chris Dews, centre director, gives an overview of Casita Verde.

The main venue is a rented farm property, or finca, with sea views and many traditional features of Ibicenco landscape (see video). Working with volunteers since 1996, the original farm has been gradually transformed from a small country dwelling on 5.5 hectares of land into a fully-functional and modern ecological education facility, with a growing number of supporters from all over the world.

Throughout its years of development, the centre has been more or less self-funded with revenue from the weekly open-day event and student visits, plus private donations from our closest friends and supporters, including regular and invaluable financial help from the Madrid-based NGO, Foundation for the Future, operated by Emanuel Kuntzelman and Laura Rose, our Greenheart International partners in Chicago, USA, with whom we’ve been working on various fronts since 2001.

Casita Verde continues to be filmed, photographed and documented by an ever-increasing variety of local, national and international news and media representatives. However, in order to receive permission to film or photograph the centre, please get in touch before arriving.

The centre is open every Sunday for a fundraising and showcase event “Sundays @ Casita Verde” demonstrating to visitors how a more sustainable way of life is within reach of every one of us, and helping to support and maintain the principal project and its crew at Casita Verde.

We are open every Sunday of the year from 2pm-7pm. If you need help to find us, please see the map and the location details here.

Latest Photos

To see a gallery of photos of the centre,  please visit the below link for a continually updated album, which shows the whole place as it develops over time.

Click here to see the latest photos in the Google Photo Album.

Unique features of Casita Verde

• 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 preparation and consumption
• Student education program

Ongoing 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- empowerment, 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 an interactive guide to the centre, and music projects