Hydrological Consulting in Las Majadillas
Cortijo Las Majadillas, a farm with a regenerative vision 600 hectares.A farmhouse.Hundreds of cork oak trees.60 cows of various breeds.5 horses.2 streams, 1 river, 2 springs.One small reservoir and one larger one.About 1,000 mm of annual rainfall.Several geological faults.Three generations of livestock management.Constant hunting activity.Gully erosion, waterlogged areas, and parched areas.Livestock mortality due to drought.Insufficient […]
Hydrological landscape design
WATER IS LIFE The carrying capacity of an ecosystem is the relationship between the availability of available resources and the number of living organisms that can take advantage of them. Although the evaluation of this “Carrying Capacity” is considered “multifactorial”, at the base of every food chain and of every resource availability is… Water. The […]
Gifts for World WATER Day
Water comes from the sky, from the ground…or by truck. March 22nd is World WATER Day. This same week, the UN is also meeting in New York to discuss the topic, in order to accelerate the Water Agenda and be able to cover SDG6. In 2022 we have experienced the hottest summer since 1950 according […]
A #SIRAR for a Municipal Shelter
Traveling around the peninsula again… This time we traveled to Extremadura to design and build a Comprehensive Wastewater Reuse System—a #SIRAR—for a municipal shelter. The SIRAR will be able to manage wastewater for about 30 people, providing a wide variety of ecosystem services such as irrigation for productive areas, forest growth, shade (which is so […]
A SIRAR in Vallalta
A Case Study: Wastewater Reuse in Vallalta Esther, Félix, and Biel live in a beautiful stone-and-wood house on the slopes of Montnegre. The soil is granitic sandstone, and their water supply comes from a well that isn’t very abundant. They’d been dealing with a wastewater problem for years but hadn’t been able to find a […]
Sembrares 2021 on May 2, 3, and 4
We’d like to share this workshop with you, which we’ve been preparing with the Sembrares team to celebrate International Permaculture Day.
This year, we wanted to introduce permaculture to a wider audience.
New Comprehensive Wastewater Reuse System (SIRAR) for a Single-Family Home in the Mountains
Appropriate technology is technology that users themselves can take ownership of—technology that supports their lives.
In this case, we have developed a new Comprehensive Wastewater Reuse System (SIRAR) for a single-family home in the mountains.
Three Cases, Three Permaculture-Based Solutions
This week, three cases, three elements, three contexts that are completely different from one another—and we’re responding to them all. From Terramans and La Casa Integral , we apply the principles of permaculture to every new project that comes our way. Some are large and complex; others are modest and simple. But in all of […]