All women of the cooperative rural N'Fed Agni, wrapped in the elegance of their costumes, with their dark eyes made even deeper blacks traits of kajal, were a circle of hands, stones, nuts, argan, colorful veils has dragged us into their lives with a quiet and welcoming embrace of looks. 
Just arrived to the headquarters of M & D, the NGO with which we started, we knew Nourdine, born in a small Berber village dell'Antiatlante Moroccan. And 'our guide was valuable in those days of walking. And 'he who accompanied us to Agni N'Fed, not far from Taliouine, to view the first project with our choice of travel had helped finance. Nourdine we saw no tourists, but travelers. 
Why we walked on foot, we had a mule for some luggage, water and a few oranges bought at the village bequeathed suk behind. Made tea lighting small fires in the shelter of a rock in a desert of gray and ocher when it seemed that the goats can burn only stones to survive. 
When we see a kasbah, with its green terraces of almond and olive trees, we knew when we arrived, the women would continue to work in the fields, to carry bundles of grass for the animals and the children they would smile from afar. So we were really "travelers" because the daily life of the village seemed to flow undisturbed by our presence. The evening Nourdine asked a family to host for the night and someone there gave way cushions and carpets on the floor of the same color of the goats.
Nourdine told us that the Berbers of Morocco open their homes to anyone who knocks on their door in friendship. When a break in the shade of a marabout orange peel, place the peel in sight for the flocks that sooner or later would come in the wake of a nomadic shepherd. He did so with a grace of sharing that I have seen in the gestures of many Berbers in those days. 
Living with the villagers is a privilege made possible by the Responsible Tourism. This style of travel that seeks to curb far as possible the often devastating effects of mass tourism, focusing instead on criteria of social equity and respect for cultural and environmental, may, of course, ability to adapt to conditions of life very simple. But travelers looking for authenticity in their experience of solidarity and consider the crucial meeting with a mediator for us as Nourdine with host communities (NGOs, village communities, farmers' associations, etc...) 
in responsible tourism, in addition, much of the revenue goes directly to fund development projects in the areas visited and the knowledge of these projects is an integral part of the journey. And then, in return, a solidarity trip continues ... carrying water in the camps, providing income to women, preserving traditional crops, combating illiteracy rural areas, but most of all on-site forming the actors aware of sustainable development. 
Argan oil Argan
(Argan spinosa) is a very old tree endemic to southwest Morocco where the fruits of small knobs of intense yellow color, we get a valuable oil. Moroccan argan forests have been classified by UNESCO "Biosphere Reserve" and in 2001, Slow Food. The argan oil is at the center of village life in this area: the leaves and pulp of the berries are food for goats that climb on top of the branches and women derive from the nuts for centuries, through an extremely acute working with stones and small mills, an oil used for cosmetic purposes that food (in this case the seeds are toasted.) 
Argan oil has exceptional antioxidant properties, softening, moisturizing and soothing properties and is rich in vitamin E. With argan oil and almond prepares the amlou who along with bread and tea is offered in the Berber villages as a sign of welcome.
( E'lifestyle , A. III, No. 9, pp. 60-63)
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