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Eco community "Lakbe"
 Location: Caucasus, Georgia, Kakheti region, Gurjaani district, south highland of Tsiv-Gombori Edge, 90 km. from Tbilisi, 75 km. from Tbilisi airport, 6 km. from Gurjaani. The centre of the Lakbe chine is an adjacent territory of Lakbe aqueduct and Arashenda community. It comprises the following villages: Arashenda, Ziari, Kodalo, Darchieti, Pkhoveli, Cheremi, Melaani, Chalaubani, Naniani, Jimiti, Kachreti.
The eco community includes villages, families and farmers of Lakbe chine that are interested in stable ecological development.
Lakbe eco community is located in the medium mountain zone, 600-900 meters over the sea level. There are good conditions here for the development of fruit and vegetable growing, medicative plants, cattle-farming, fishing, hunting. It is necessary to form a small plant (meat, milk, fruit processing one). Lakbe eco community can become an important zone for the production of ecologically pure products.
Lakbe eco community has been formed as a base centre at the initiative of the centre of ecological-communal movement of the Caucasus. A programme has been developed. According to it a the completely new educational, healthy life, stable economic movement is being established. A centre of regional (Caucasus) significance is formed. It will become basic for the development of the above mentioned movement.
A community of stable development was created in Lakbe.
Different organisations will implement their projects here. The projects concentrated in one place will separately and independently cause changes in the existing cognition and culture of the society. People will be influenced by different projects and included in this or that activity; they will receive interesting information, knowledge, experience.
The following will be performed in accordance with the programme:
-The general plan of the eco community will be developed;
-Workshops of wood, ceramics and iron will be formed that will make it possible for the eco community to perform construction and repair works, prepare necessary inventory, arrange agriculture with the help of volunteers;
-Eco community's library will be created;
-A video studio will be formed - a cycle of TV broadcast on eco community's activities and Caucasian eco villages will be created.
-The existing buildings will be modernised. Three conference halls for 50-100 men, 150-room hotels and summer tourist camp for 100 men will be arranged;
-Healthy resort zones will be formed. They will include medicative baths for 20 persons, berth cottages (sleeping cottages) for 35 persons, etc.
-A sport and cultural zone (theatron for 500 persons, football, volleyball, basketball and golf fields, tenniscourts, swimming-pools, beaches) will be formed;
-A many-profile theoretic and practical economy will be arranged. It will include glass-house culture, orchard, kitchen garden, poultry farm, animal sheds, testing grounds for medicative plants).
-15 eco houses will be built. They will be built in accordance with traditional architectural forms and modern standards of eco houses.
-Agricultural product processing factories will be formed;
-Eco and agro tour programmes will be developed.
The programme provides for the creation of sample eco villages on the basis of village Pkhoveli.
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Eco community "Kakheti"
 Location:
Georgia, Kakheti region, Comprises Alasani Valley farmers & activemembers of eco-movement.
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Eco community "Belakani"
 Location:
Azerbaijan Republic, north-western province, 200 km from Baku, 160 km from Tbilisi. Is Situated on the Valley of river Alasani. Climate is subtropical. Natural condition gives posbibities for the development of sustainably agriculture. now the program of Belakani eco-community is being collaborated. more photos
Pkhoveli
 Location:
Georgia, Kakheti region, Gurjaani district, south highland of Tsiv-Gombori edge, 95 km. from Tbilisi, 7 km. from Gurjaani. It forms part of Arashenda administrative community and Lakbe eco community.
The village is located in the chine of river Lakbe. In its natural resources Pkhoveli is one of the most beautiful villages of Kakheti region.
Despite the good natural conditions and great potential for the agriculture, there was not much population in the village. The recovery of the village has begun only in the last ten years. Nowadays, 10 yards live here permanently. There are 70 yards with most of its inhabitants living in Gurjaani region. Many of them intend to come back provided there are necessary living conditions.
The village is rich in plough-lands and pastures. It is surrounded by woods.
Despite the fact that there are many springs in the nearby, the village does not have drinking water. The most important task is to supply water to it.
The village does not have electricity problem as central electric power arterial road passes in the nearby. Telephonisation is necessary.
Roads are in need of repair.
The adjacent area of the village has oil. The oil does not have industrial significance and thus is left undeveloped. It is necessary to arrange purificatory device with the aim of environmental protection.
Pkhoveli is rich in resort and recreational resources. It has mineral water and medicative dirt as in Akhtala. The lake has an interesting perspective. Its surface area is 15 hectares. The village can become an important centre of holiday and healthy resorts.
It has all pre-conditions for the development of eco and agro tourism.
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Tori
 Is located in the southwest of Georgia, in the resort zone of Borjomi-Bakuriani), 1600 m above the sea level, at about 15km from the famous resort Bakuriani.
Tori was the residence of Samzkhe-Javakheti rulers in the middle centuries. Afterwards it lost the function of administrative center and though the rulers have reserved their title –Toreli, it became the resort place for the Russian Kings and their families. In 1945 the residents were forced to settle down in the plain, their houses were destroyed that they couldn’t return back.
All these years the people tried hard to return to their native places and only 3 years ago 12 families got the permission. The photos represent the very moments when the first houses were built in Tori. As no agriculture worked here for the last half of the century, it’s obvious that chemicals couldn’t be used. Vast plains and subtropical climate gives opportunities for creating medical plant economy. There are good conditions for cattle breeding.
Beautiful landscape that is not touched even by the researchers, ancient buildings located in dark woods, unique flora and fauna are remarkable bases for tourism development. more photos
Shatili
 Shatili community is located in Georgia, in the mountain area that is called Beyond Khevsureti. It’s at 1400 m above the sea level, at 160 km from Tbilisi.
Shatili is a masterpiece of the medieval century town building. One can feel the indivisibility of the architectural planning methods and social organizing of the castle-village.
The architects and restorers began their first expedition in Shatili in 1967. Some years were spent on studying and projecting. The restoration started in 1972. Projecting ‘New Shatili’ was going on simultaneously. In 1970 Shatili was declared a reserve and in 1979 a branch of the Georgian Museum. In 1999 the Georgian Cultural Heritage Foundation considered it the first rate priority. The concept of Shatili development was elaborated that pays much attention to the restoration of the region together with its social-economic development and the participation of the community in it.
The residents of Shatili reserved their traditions on the plain – in 2000 ‘Pekhoni’ - a community organization of tower-owners - was established. It participates in the restoration process. These activities will continue on self-financing principle.
The people here are christians but the service consists of some idolatry rituals. The region has a different, unique ‘ethnographic and cultural micro-climate’ because of its location, unique architectural buildings, and non-touched environment that gives possibilities for its further development.
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Chargali
Location
East Georgia, historical region Pshavi, Dusheti destrict, 80 km. from Tbilisi. It is located in the edge of the Central Caucasus, 1200 meters over the sea level. The main branch of agriculture is cattle-farming. Here cows, sheep, poultry are bred. Chargali is a village in the mountains. The highlands are covered with plough-lands and pastures. The road should be repaired and infrastructure should be arranged.
Chargali is first of all famous as a place of birth of Vaja Pshaveli, the greatest Georgian humanist and poet, founder of ecological cognition and moral. Even hundred years ago he wrete in his fiction that man is a part of nature and that man should not treat the nature as a consumer and exploiter because breach in interdependence harmony would produce undesirable effects. He also devoted wonderful works to the relations of communities and person. He viewed Caucasus as one common house where feud and contradiction should be overcome. He learned communal law and handed down to us wonderful works on ethnographic existence. As not many Vaja Phavela's works were translated into foreign languages, the world knows little of his doctrine that would never lose its value.
It is desirable to make eco-camp and summer school in Chargali so that the young generation would learn Vaja Phavela's works well. It is a direct way of learning ecological morale by teenagers. The effect will be more strengthened by the wonderful natural environment where these works were written.
Futieti
 Location
West Georgia, region Racha, Ambrolauri district, 315 km. from Tbilisi, 105 km. from Kutaisi, 15 km. from Ambrolauri. 1300 meters over the sea level.
1175 hectares are registered in Futieti, of which adjacent lands are 28.90 hectares, grasslands in Khikhamta -175 hectares, plough lands - 74 hectares, pastures - 292 hectares, wood - 671 hectares, etc.
The main branch of agriculture is cattle-farming. cows, pigs, horses, sheep, poultry are bred. Goats were bred in recent past.
In agricultural branches corn, potatoes, cabbage are developed; barley, wheat, pea were grown in the past.
In the 50-s up to 80 yards lived in the village, in the 60-s the number reduced to 50, in the 70-s only 4 old people lived in the village. There are 70 houses in the village. The population started to return to the region in the last ten years. Now 14 yards live permanently there. In summer people come to the rest of the houses for holiday. They are from families that moved from the village.
Until the 60-s there were 20 mills in the village. Now only one functions. The village is rich in springs. There is a small river there inhabited by a trout. There is greenwood around the village (in the surroundings). It is inhabited by bear, wolf, trot, roe-buck, fox, marten, hare. Black cock inhabits Khikhamta. Bilberry, berry, etc is grown in the village (in the surroundings). Many alpine medicative plants grow here.
The village is protected from winds and it is has dry climate. The earth is covered with snow from December to April. There are many unknown caves in the surroundings. The village is ecologically pure. Here ecologically clean pure products are produced.
In history Futieti represented a main road point.
There is a good perspective here for the development of eco, agro, adventure and hunting tourism. Those who love mountain climbing and gliding will find impressive places here.
The local population is cordial and hospitable. The village needs inner water network, mini water-power plant, communication means, road recovery, etc. more photos
Roshka
 Location
East Georgia, region Khevsureti, Dusheti district, 80 km. from Tbilisi is located in the edge of the Central Caucasus, 1900 meters over the sea level. 10 yards permanently live in the village.
Cattle-farming is a main branch of the agriculture. Cows, sheep, poultry are bred. Each habitant has 10-15 cows. Roshka's drawn butter is well-known. It is necessary to found a small milk-processing plant here that would make it possible to produce standard ecological products. There is an interesting perspective for the growing of alpine medicative plants.
Roshka is a typical alpine village. The highlands are covered with plough-lands and pastures. Primitive methods are used in farming.
The problem for the village is ants in arable lands. The road needs restoring in some places. A bridge has to be laid over the river in the village.
There is a river in the village where a small water-power plant can be formed. Eco and mountainous tourism can be arranged in Roshka. Caucasian aurochs and mountainous turkey inhabit the mountains. more photos
Akhalsopeli
Location
West Georgia, region Racha, Ambrolauri district, 301 km. from Tbilisi, adjacent territory of Ambrolauri.
630-650 meters over the sea level.
The village has its own plough-lands, wood, arable fields, vineyards, pastures. It is rich in springs. A small river flows here.
Cattle-farming, gardening, viticulture is developed in the village. The village has one electric mill and one water mill.
Telephone, electric lines and water-supply are in need of rehabilitation. Roads should be repaired. There are no cultural objects, and the village youth visits cultural events in Ambrolauri.
The surnames of the people living in the village are as follows: Kemoklidze, Fenjikidze, Chelidze, Kevanishvili, Tevzadze. There is a communal place in the centre of the village. There are many historical monuments in the surroundings of the village.
The following sorts of grapes are grown in Akhalsofeli: "Aleksandrouli", "Mujuretuli". The famous wine "Khvanchkara" is made of them. There are good conditions here for the development of nutlets, fruit-growing and apiculture. This region is famous for the production of Racha ham. Chemical fertilisers are not used here. The territory of Akhalsofeli is favourable for the development of agro and eco tourism
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