Nature has woken up: spring flowers have come and gone, trees have blossomed and the garden is a jungle once again. April was a month […]
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Tag: Sustainability
Update: The month of January
One by one we all returned from our Christmas holidays and resumed life in Shipka. January was a month of new energy and motivation, as […]
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Sustainability Journal – Kombucha (fermented tea)
What is Kombucha? It is a fermented tea (black, green tea or white tea i.e. Camellia sinensis) drink that works as probiotic, which means that […]
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Update: The month of May
Byala Reka (White River) Preparing to come back to normality, after the big restrictions about “the thing”, we decided to do some outdoor activities in […]
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The Zero-Waste Book is there!
After months of gathering expierence, trying out new recipes and putting all the information together in one single document, it is finally done: The Open […]
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Sustainability Journal – Homemade yeast (“Sourdough”)
We already said we started to make our own bread because here in Shipka we don’t have a bakery and the bread is covered by […]
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Sustainability Journal – Dry toilet
Compost toilets are a low cost, chemical free method for dealing with solid waste. The dry toilet eliminates waste, avoids to use the flush, recycles […]
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Sustainability Journal – Greenhouse with old windows
This is the first post in the Sustainability Journal that will share some of the measures we take to have a sustainable and zero waste […]
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