The visit to solihemar

After getting over an exhausting 2 days of traveling, jetlagg and some R&R we went to visit the self sustained eco-village, Solihemar (meaning House of the Sun, please correct if wrong). But first we had to get 19 people over to the village, using only 2 small 5 seating cars in two trips. When we arrived to the little village we fell out of the cars and walked up to the auditorium building to learn some background information on the history of Solihemar. We toured the village and saw all of the activities the residents could do: a herbal work shop, a wood work shop, candle making, weaving, ceramics and artwork. Solihemar is a symbol of harmonious living; it is an ideal comunity to be a part of, with its sod roofs for insulation, its environmental awareness, not to mention its disabled and undisabled integrated comunity. The residents can live in appartments, rented houses, nursing home for the elderly only, or for people whose needs are greater in a house dedicated to them. The school Chautauqua can take back some of the activities Solihemar has while providing an eco-friendly lifestyle. Solihemar highlights the strengths of the disabled by their jobs and making them feel important to the community.