Is a cooperative summer possible in the Baix Llobregat? – Athenaeum

With the arrival of summer, tourism becomes another year into the protagonist. More mobility, more consumption, more leisure activities … and also more questions about what model we want to foster as a society. In a territory like the Baix Llobregat-with beach, mountain, historical heritage, agricultural richness and a great urban and cultural diversity-is it pertinent to ask: is there room for a transformative, rooted and cooperative tourism?

Not only is the answer: there are already initiatives that show it.

From mass tourism to sense tourism

The hegemonic tourist model has long been questioned by its environmental, social and work effects. Massification of natural spaces, precariousness of work, accelerated consumerism and loss of local identity. In the face of this scenario, more and more people are looking for forms of tourism that respect the territory, value people and have a positive impact.

It is in this context that co -operatives and social and solidarity economics offer a real alternative: experiences of proximity, just, sustainable and connected to the community.

What can the cooperative summer offer in the Baix Llobregat?

• Tourism of proximity and culturalwith routes and visits that value the historical, architectural and natural heritage of the region.
• Educational or leisure activities Organized by cooperatives in the socio -cultural sector, which promote inclusive, participatory and critical spaces.
• Conscious and local consumptionwith the possibility of buying from agroecological cooperatives, doing activities in rural environments or discovering gastronomic proposals with values.
• Creative workshops, trainings and experiences Promoted by ESS entities, which turn free time into a learning opportunity and connection with other realities.

A territory with potential for their own model

The Baix Llobregat has a network of cooperatives and community initiatives that, from different fields, can contribute to redefining tourism as we understand it.
It is necessary to strengthen these alternatives, make them known and generate bonds between public, social and cooperative agents to grow them.

And if we used the summer to rethink how we move, how do we consume and how we share time?

From the Ateneu Cooperativa del Baix Llobregat we encourage you to discover the territory with other eyes: betting on initiatives with values, sustainable and that contribute to a fairer and more rooted economy.

Another summer – and another tourism – is possible. And start here, next to the house.