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This accommodation was designed and created by the Cultural Association in an abandoned medieval village to preserve it and bring it back to life. A community of 20 lives there, and residents have their regular meals together at the guesthouse. Daily life is ecologically mindful, respectful of nature, people and the environment.
The aim of our ecovillage is to restore the medieval village and make it a permanent cultural centre and the house of a community. Both aims have been reached.
Our best ecological practices are:
- Restoration of the buildings respecting the original historical character and using locally available material (stones) and ecologically friendly materials (natural lime, cork, sustainable timber)
- Use of low-temperature heating and solar panels
- Use of permaculture and organic agriculture methods in farming (olive and fruit trees, gardens)
- Recycling of all food scraps for animal food (chickens and goats) or composting
- Recycling of paper, wood, plastic, glass through the town’s collections system
- Overall reduction in consumption, use of barter and exchange, informal car pooling scheme
We are also directly involved in the Ventimiglia Active Citizens Group, we are founders of the Cultural Association “Sanremo City of Peace and Human Rights”, and members of the Sanremo Peace Tent. In terms of internal social practices, we created our own cooperative company that manages the guesthouse and presently employs 5 residents, 4 of which are women. Both the cooperative and the community meet regularly and make decisions by consensus.
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