Ecovillage Networks
GEN (the Global Ecovillage Network, www.gen.ecovillage.org) is a worldwide information and education service, providing advice to ecovillages and communities, and those interested in their aims. Founded in 1995, it now numbers thousands of members and promotes the ecovillage model and ecotourism to both national and international bodies.
From 1999 to 2003 the main office of the European ecovillage network (GEN-Europe, www.gen-europe.org) was located in Italy at Torri Superiore, and one of the three GEN IS (GEN Information Services) hubs is currently active here. Torri also functions as the legal headquarters of the GEN.
As well as playing a large role in the development of the global network of ecovillages, Torri Superiore is a founding member of the RIVE (Rete Italiana Villaggi Ecologici, www.ecovillaggi.it), which unites and represents the most relevant Italian ecological communities.
Torri is also a founding member of the Italian Permaculture Academy (www.permacultura.it). For many years we housed the Academy’s secretariat, and we study and apply permaculture principles in the continuing development of our ecovillage project.
