Ecovillagio Upacchi

About us

The Cooperativa Upacchi was founded in March 1990. The ecological village of Upacchi which is in its initial stages is located in the province of Arezzo in Central Italy. It consists of two formerly deserted hamlets with a total of 16 dwelling units and is surrounded by approx. 120 hectares of land, 80 hectares of which are wood. The land is owned by the agricultural cooperative of Upacchi to which all inhabitants of the ecological village belong. More than half of the houses have already been restored. German and Italian families or singles are living there. Some of the house are still for sale.

The main activities of the village inhabitants are handicraft (carpenter's workshops, clay work, electric installations), agriculture (as main occupation for one couple only), therapy and lessons (ouside the village). After the restoration of the houses the construction of which is biologically oriented and completion of the infrastructures (water pipe, plant clarification basin, electricity, telephone) the next objectives are the re-cultivation of the deserted agricultural areas and the creation of new jobs in the ecological and cultural domains of the village.

We offer overnight accommodations. After prior agreement, we can give expert advice to other net participants, give a lecture and communicate up-to-date specialist information and contacts in the field of biological building /ecological villages.