Where can I find a directory of vegan communities in Ecuador?

I’m currently eating a mostly raw vegan diet, and I’m trying to transition to more of a fruitarian diet. But living in Northern Europe, the fruit options here are very limited. I’ve learned about a few vegan communities in Ecuador that I’d like to visit, but information about them is sparse.

I’m going on a trip to South America soon to visit Ecuador. I’ve tried googling for “vegan ecuador,” but most of the results are just about restaurants. I don’t care much for capitalism, eating at a restaurant, or “eco-tourism” (veganism isn’t a diet!). I am looking to learn about vegan projects in Ecuador, possibly joining a vegan intentional community there.

But first, to plan my trip, I’d like to get a list of all the vegan intentional communities in Ecuador.

Are there any lists of actual vegan communities in Ecuador?

  • BaalInvokerA
    3·
    2 months ago

    Buddy, we are a Brazilian server and I don’t think there a people from Ecuador here. They are of course welcome, but I don’t think they will join here.

    Differently from Europe, countries in South America are huge do not integrate with each other as easily. For example, France has an area of 551.500 km² and it’s smaller than Minas Gerais, a state in Brazil, with 586.528 km² of area. We do not commute to another countries often within our continent.

    Also, Brazil is a portuguese speaking country and all the other countries in South and Central America speak spanish. That’s another barrier that separate even more Brazil from other countries in the same continent.

    So I don’t think you’ll find your answer here

  • illustrious_fruit@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Eco-Libre’s website has a map of vegan intentional communities in Ecuador:

    photo of a map with a bunch of green points on it
    map source

    The map shows 11 communities: 7 strictly-vegan plus 4 vegetarian (or mostly-vegetarian) communities. Some of them are clustered together, so it’s hard to see without zooming-in, but the link above has an interactive map and lists all the communities with links to their websites for more info.

    Most of them are located in the Amazon and are focused on reforestation or conservation of some kind. Many are raw vegan or high-raw or fruit-based (much of the volunteer work appears to be dedicated to growing fruit tree forests).