Agriculture and Sustainable Tourism for the Consolidation of Peace in Colombia

Abstract

Nowadays different organizations carry on international cooperation programs to boost relationships with the most disadvantaged parts of the world. These projects allow people and countries to work together for a common aim. They also allow improving knowledge in different fields, sharing information and favouring a mutual exchange between the involved parts. This paper describes a cooperation program carried on between Italy and Colombia. It reports a small part of this experience related to sustainable architecture, the use of natural building materials and vernacular architecture in Colombia. The aim is both to give some theoretical information concerning these themes and to describe the experimental part of this project. It reports the understanding of the population of these issues and the perception of their traditional architecture.