bio-construction toilet

bio-construction toilet

Receiving school groups for our eco-pedagogic projects and hosting different events here at MAARA, there was an urgent necessity to build an outdoor toilet. So, we started to plan and design by putting down some important points: it should be built in bioconstruction...
raised organic garden

raised organic garden

What would be an ecological project without its own organic garden? Permaculture aims to give more than one purpose to things, so this garden was supposed to become more than just a place to feed us with its delicious and healthy veggies. It should be something...
Ecological sewage system

Ecological sewage system

In rural areas in Brazil there are no public sewage systems and it is very common that sewage and waste water is either dumped into rivers or into one open septic tank (basically a hole in the ground) which leads to soil and water contamination.  We at MAARA...
Natural Swimming Pool

Natural Swimming Pool

what can be more beautiful than a natural swimming pool in the middle of the yard. When we came to this farm, there was already an old pool, covered with blue tiles and made the conventional way hence needed heavy chemicals to keep the water clean. Obviously, having a...