“The experience was wonderful and I hope I was able to spread the message of recycling and give a second chance to wastes with a useful household product. People were glad for the opportunity to learn another way of recycling attending my workshops. Eventually, they will, in turn, teach to more and more people and the word will spread.” -Tom …
Theoretical Soap-making workshop at GEA (Granja ecologica autosuficiente), Colombia
Theoretical workshop on soap-making (Taller teorico de Jabon) The workshop took place on the 17th of May 2017 at the homestead “Estrella de Belen”. The residents are planning to create a complete sustainable ecologique farm and offer hostel service in the future. The place is a piece of marvelous landscape in the middle of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in …
Paramo Permacultura Colombia Soap-making Workshop
On the 1st of May 2017, I organized a soap-making workshop with the association “Paramo Permacultura Colombia” in Paipa (Colombia). We used recycled oil from the cooking of typical colombian “arepas”(flat bread) and caustic soda. Angela and Gregory, the permaculture teachers of the association, are used to live a DIY life and they were very eager to learn the procedure …
Ecowashing in Arcoiris Ecoaldea
Arcoiris (Rainbow in Spanish) is an ecovillage located between the city of Iquitos and Nauta (Peru’), right in the middle of the peruvian Amazon jungle. The ecovillage relies, for the water provisions (drinking, washing, bathing …), only on the small river on the side of the main hut. For plate washing they don’t use any soap, which would then end …
Workshop in Eutopia Ecocentro
The workshop took place on Saturday, 26th November 2016, at the Eutopia Ecocentro, in Reque (Chiclayo, Perú). The place is a wonderful ecovillage with the main mission to develop sustainable lifestyle (agriculture, farming, resource sharing) in balance with nature. Eco-Soap making was perfectly fitting into that environment. The main ingredients were wasted fats (chicken fats) and caustic soda. Eventually we …
Possible plan
Peru for at least 1+ months –> Ecuador some months (not defined yet) –> Colombia (not defined yet) detour few more stops? perhaps!