Projects
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...
eco-education
One of the pillars of permaculture is community and social engagement and thus the basis for a new project that we started here at MAARA. We deeply believe that supporting children from early childhood to develop a sensitive, compassionate and cooperative relationship...
bio-construction
A new task and challenge for us is the upcoming bioconstruction project. First idea was to build something special and unusual in a style of a hobbit house, partly covered by soil and plants, and integrated into the hillside. But having these stunning views...
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
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...
Agroforest
Agroforestry is a system of land use in which harvestable trees or shrubs are grown among or around crops or on pastureland, imitating the structural principles of a forest. Like this, agroforest as a system improves the productivity of the land, strengthens...
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...