It was six in the morning on our second day. With our work clothes on: a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and flip-flops, our first mission was to make a no-dig vegetable garden , re-using and re-cycling everything we needed. As the soil was sandy and infertile, we prepared a wooden [...]

One of the idealizers of Piracanga, Gabriel Loomans, explains that the alternative building constructions make use of materials sourced from the area. One of these materials is the piaçava fibres coming from palms used to fabricate the roofs.  Making these decisions has also given uniformity to the look of the community.  Another [...]

It is spring in Brazil. We are in Bahia, Northeast. It is hot here, very hot. We have been traveling for the past two days after leaving São Paulo with four rucksacks between the two of us. Besides clothes and a lot of expectations, we brought along the necessary equipment to be [...]