L'Antica Torre

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About the Community

  • Forming
  • Rural

What we do

We live in a off-grid land of 2 hectars in Puglia, halfway between Bari and Matera, seeking a vegetarian families, couple (preferred) or a veg established single (considered), who are/is paying attention to animal rights, geopolitics, climate disruption, and the collapse of industrial civ, and yearning to be free of the “matrix” to share our homestead. Only Vegetarians/vegans.

We are offering a nice place to live, a wealth of practical experience, knowledge and skills in a diversity of fields, ecocentrism, dog/horse/goats behavior, Nature-based lifestyle out of sync with the system, and a shared ownership in our established 2-hectars rural homestead on the beautiful Murgia of south Italy, where our goal is to become self-sufficient and more resilient.

Once an ancient lookout tower, our property is now fully equipped with solar PV, potable water, rain water catchment & well water, wood heat, a growing orchard, wood lot & growing food forest, fenced pasture, large vegetable garden, greenhouses, poultry and goats, horse, and soon with bees.

We seek partners who are healthy, physically fit (able to help with strenuous physical work for several hours), mature and free of addictions (including “smart” phones & commercial TV), and non-smoking. No illegal drugs, minimal alcohol, have prior experience with–or willing and able to learn and adopt–a simple, self-reliant lifestyle, capable of making a long-term commitment, willing to merge your resources with ours, passionate about learning (academic as well as hands-on), and aware that life on Earth is now most likely measured in years rather than decades.

It’s a very good place to face whatever comes next. If you’re looking for such a place to share with like-minded folks, we’re looking for you. We are grateful to all who consider our offer and respond.

Our Vision

We are investing our time, our energy and our lives, in creating a small vegetarian ecovillage in southern Italy.
We are looking for vegetarians / vegans interested in a woofing experience in our small Permaculture center.
You will find us halfway between Bari (30 minutes by car) and Matera (40 minutes by car). In exchange for 4 hours of your time, we offer an experience in close contact with Nature, the Earth, our small nursery laboratory, the care of fruit trees in the foodforest area, the synergistic vegetable garden, the social life of goats, sheep, hens, ducks and of course our horse; a healthy cuisine in harmony with the vegetarian lifestyle and with the goodness of the extra virgin olive oil we produce; a place where you can sleep and rest in respect of yours and our privacy, and an unlimited amount of beautiful sunsets among the olive trees.
We are also looking for other couples and families (always vegetarian), who want to invest and participate in our vegetarian ecovillage project to be carried out in this land full of energy, beautiful ideas and advantageous prices.

Our Mission

We are investing our time, our energy and our lives, in creating a small vegetarian ecovillage in southern Italy.
We are looking for vegetarians / vegans interested in a woofing experience in our small Permaculture center.
You will find us halfway between Bari (30 minutes by car) and Matera (40 minutes by car). In exchange for 4 hours of your time, we offer an experience in close contact with Nature, the Earth, our small nursery laboratory, the care of fruit trees in the foodforest area, the synergistic vegetable garden, the social life of goats, sheep, hens, ducks and of course our horse; a healthy cuisine in harmony with the vegetarian lifestyle and with the goodness of the extra virgin olive oil we produce; a place where you can sleep and rest in respect of yours and our privacy, and an unlimited amount of beautiful sunsets among the olive trees.
We are also looking for other couples and families (always vegetarian), who want to invest and participate in our vegetarian ecovillage project to be carried out in this land full of energy, beautiful ideas and advantageous prices.

  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Activities
  • Education
  • Others
  • 6 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
6

Basic expectations or agreements for members

if someone would like to visit our comunity, please send us an email or call us to take a date

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Governance structure

  • Founder/Leader-led

Primary authority rests with the community’s founder(s) or designated leader(s).

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation

Additional economic information

Join fee: Yes (amount not specified)
Monthly fees/dues: Yes (amount not specified)
Labor required: Yes

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool

Frequency of communal meals

  • About once a week

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Religions
  • Buddhist
  • Native
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Self-produced energy

  • 33 - 66%

Energy sources used

  • Wind
  • Photovoltaic Solar
  • Biomass (from wood or other organic materials)

Self-produced food

  • 33 - 66%
  • Land area size
    2 hectares

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Location

  • Bari, Italy

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