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Sustainable, responsible & ecological tourism

The symbol of the pumpkin is not

some new logo for a trendy new

ecological  organization.

This vegetable is very generous, not

 like the many ecological and

tourist organizations preaching much

and doing little by themselves for

ecology except feeding on the back of

 doers. Well, parasitism is part of

nature too.

 

We all have in mind those Tuscany hills

with a few cypresses along a dirt road.

Unfortunately for farmers such character-

istics mean more work and less income.

The local communities as well as the EC

try to sustain and help diversifying the

resources  of farmers in those places to

maintain the rural community and with it

the countryside.

 

Agriturism is one of the side income meant only for farmers. That doesn’t mean all agriturism structures are sustainable, responsible & ecological,  far from it, and Italy is not the kingdom of ecology.

In our own small world we have tried to act as unobtrusively as possible, taking into consideration both ecology and efficiency as far as our purse could indulge. The restructuring of the lodge was made by:  insulating floors, walls, roofs and windows . You will say it’s no big deal and you are right for where you come from , but here it’s already a start. To heat all of the agriturismo,  we  chose a very efficient central heater for wood. Why so ? Well, the reasons are obvious as we’ve got lots of forests of chestnut wood that are unkempt . Just collecting the dry trunks and cutting the ill ones  put us through  winter and we have already collected all the necessary logs for the next one. There is still more to come as some neighbours are offering us to go and tidy up their own woods. Pity we couldn't do it before as chestnut wood makes sparks when burning. Some people have started considering the matter with interest and already two  of them have a central wood heater too.

Now we are trying to find a way to produce  power as well with that central heater using a Stirling engine. If we succeed  and can afford it, the thing  will surely ring a bell in many farms. To  produce ethanol  or bio-diesel would be better  but the State is short-sighted with fat money.

 

Of course we  do other things, such as grow organic fruit and vegetables, bamboos, bonsais  and so on but that has little relevance to the subject.

 

Are we sustainable, are you responsible, is that ecological tourism ?

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