In Ecobnb, you can find every eco-friendly accommodationfrom tree houses to sustainable hotels, from “alberghi diffusi” in ancient Italian villages to igloos among the ice, from organic farmhouses surrounded by nature to zero-emission mountain huts. |  |
Our Mission and Our StoryEcobnb is an adventure undertaken to change the way we travel, to connect and highlight the opportunities of responsible tourism — respectful of the environment, the economy, and local communities. “It all began when, during a university conference in Potenza, I was searching online for a sustainable place to stay, but I couldn’t find any. From that impossible search, the idea was born: to make sustainable tourism accessible to everyone. That’s how Ecobnb was created.” — Simone Riccardi … [continue reading our story in Italian] | |
Our Commitment to SustainabilityWe promote responsible, low-impact tourism, stays in eco-sustainable accommodations, organic food, environmentally-friendly itineraries, non-polluting transportation, and the rediscovery of authentic and nearby places. By traveling with Ecobnb, you save water, reduce waste and CO2 emissions — the equivalent of saving trees! Our website is also sustainable: 0% CO2 emissions and 100% Clean Energy. Ecobnb’s servers are powered entirely by locally produced renewable energy (Hetzner Online). A zero-kilometer choice, just like our journeys. |
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The Ecobnb Team
Simone
Social entrepreneur, founder of Ecobnb, the meeting place between responsible travelers and accommodations investing in a better future. He holds a PhD with a thesis on online cities, was a Fulbright BEST fellow at UCLA, California, where he studied business management and entrepreneurship. Founder of a solidarity purchasing group (GAStronauti di Parma) and president of the cultural association “Le Città Invisibili” of Parma, he has collaborated with various social and volunteer associations.
Favorite quote: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (Lao-Tzû)
Silvia
Architect with a passion for travel. She holds a PhD and has several years of experience in urban planning and teaching. After the birth of her second child, she founded ViaggiVerdi – Ecobnb, an adventure undertaken to change the way we travel, making it more respectful of the environment, places, and people. Thanks to the Spinner2013 research program, she moved to California for a year, where she studied User Experience Design at UCLA. She coordinated the European project EcoDots, dedicated to the development of sustainable tourism in Europe.
Favorite quote: Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. (Confucius)
Chiara
Passionate about sustainability, slow travel and communication, she writes for Ecobnb telling stories about authentic places where nature is the true protagonist. After graduating in Cognitive Sciences in the mountains of Trentino, she dedicated herself to communication and responsible tourism. For more than ten years she has been curating the content of Ecobnb’s blog, with an attentive eye on the environment and the emotions that places can evoke. Today she also manages customer service, supporting hosts and travelers of the community. She lives on a small island in Sardinia.
Favorite quote: Facing the sea, happiness is a simple idea. (Jean-Claude Izzo)
Pietro
His greatest passion is the mountains, which he experiences in all forms: from trail running to mountaineering, to climbing. Every outing is an opportunity for him to reconnect with nature, with deep respect for the environment and its balance. He manages the technical side of the platform, combining digital skills and sustainability values to contribute to more responsible tourism.
Favorite quote: The mountain teaches that every step has a meaning. (Mauro Corona)
Carla
For her, traveling is like breathing: a natural necessity. But the more she travels, the more she realizes how fragile this planet is. So she decided to reverse course and devote herself entirely to protecting our Earth, “borrowed from our children”. When she is not traveling, she sets roots in a forest 15 km from Parma, in an eco-house where she lives with her family and works on her projects: journalism (she has been a member of the register since 1991), elladigital.it (online and offline press office), social media manager, Ecobnb and other green ideas.
Dream: that eco-sustainable travel becomes a consolidated habit, as recycling paper is today.
Partners and Funding
Cover photo: Eco-Hospitality Essenza, Sardinia, Italy