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All our cabins are constructed of wood and royal palms for the roofs while the use of cement is limited to the floor and some wall. The royal palm roofs are cool and very resistant to rain ( 1 ). Every 4 / 5 years should be changed by making new and the old palms are used as mulch (organic cover) around the plants . In parts of masonry cement is used with the stones found on the farm (zero miles), with glass bottles and even plastic bottles to recycle them .
There are 2 large communal spaces, a kitchen and the zone of mango so we can socialize and meet new people.
All bathrooms are compost toilet and we use the excrement to make the fertilizer that we give to plants, by a process that lasts 6 months.We have been criticized especially by very comfortable guests because the bathrooms are far away (20 meters at most) from the houses but we have thought so because having compost toilet near the house is not very hygienic.I'd like to add that to be ecologist and to have all the comforts is a nonsense, so we prefer to work with ordinary people that adapts to live in contact with nature, giving up some comforts typical of developed countries like the bathroom in the room.
To pee there are few urinals because in this way we divide the urine from the compost toilet (the urine is not good for the compost) and we use it as fertilizer ( link ) . Showers and kitchens recycle water through the constructed wetlands helping to preserve this precious liquid ( link ) .
The Mirador (a tower to see the volcano Concepcion and the Japanese showers (showers only surrounded by plants ) are now 2 attractions very popular with our visitors.
