Tribewanted

Well spotted Sir TK    These guys are 3 mins down the road from me. Alessio is a real star and also has a hilarious band which does lively, risque and comic gigs for parties etc. He has also been noticed by one of the big Amercican film studios for his film making so he is very accomplished. The house has a proper recording studio and the odd pop group come over and use it. He ran a restaurant too for a while and that was different too as he would feed and drink you without keeping the score and then relieve you of exactly €20 a head.  If he's going all eco I'd better show him round my zero-cost installation here. Thanks for pointing him out.

I came across this from a recruitment email sent to me from "Tribewanted". Some may remember a few years ago a young chap set up a self-sustaining commune on an isolated island near Fiji. There was a television documentary at the time when he seemed to be in some difficulties, financially and otherwise. It seems though, that they have succeeded, as they have another commune going in Sierra Leone and are now trying Italy - which seems somewhat out of context with the first two, as it is a bit of a tree-hugging setup as far as I can tell. Tribewanted's mission statement is "to build sustainable communities in amazing places that benefit locals and visiting members; inspiring positive change within and far beyond the village". From what you describe, it rather looks as though your enterprising man in Monestevole may have his eye on the main chance in latching on to it! Terry

Sounds really good, but my eco-input consists of easing the throttle back to improve my boat's petrol consumption to as much as 4 mpg . I'm not sure Tribewanted were aware of this when they suggested I join their commune! TK