RANCHO MARGOT – Costa Rica
In 2014, during our trip to Costa Rica, we visited this amazing Permaculture Farm where we found many inspiring ideas for our...
SWASTI eco cottage
The Swasti “Eco Cottages & Restaurant” is a sustainable eco-lodge located in Ubud, in the island of Bali. The owners are French...
GREEN SCHOOL in Bali
During our trip to Bali we visited this amazing school immersed in the jungle near Ubud, close to the river Ayung and...
PACHA MAMA
When we travelled to Costa Rica we went toward the Pacific coast looking for Pachamama, a place for growing your self-awareness and...
PER – Park for Renewable Energy
PER is the result of a couple’s desire to put into practice the huge amount of theories that they had been studying...
Happy degrowth and self-production: a desirable choice
by Lucia Cuffaro, vice president of the Italian Happy Degrowth Movement. “Growth, development and social progress. Does the GDP measure everything?”,...
La Fattoria dell’Autosufficienza: a permaculture farm and agritourism in Italy
In 2009 we decided to purchase 68 hectares of land in the Apennines, on the edge of the National Park of the...
EARTHSHIP: self-sufficient living at La Fattoria dell’Autosufficienza – Italy
Beside being the primary element for farming activities, synergistic vegetable gardens, animals and the Farm’s life in general, the earth is also...
Biointensive gardening at La Fattoria dell’Autosufficienza
Since 2016 at La Fattoria dell’Autosufficienza we have cultivated vegetables for the agritourism, direct sales and the Macrolibrarsi Store in Cesena, by...
Permaculture: where are we in Italy
By Elena Parmiggiani Many are the small and big organisations that apply and communicate this method and the values that it shares....
Why does Macrolibrarsi invest in local economy and self-sufficiency?
What we buy and where we buy it can make a large-scale impact; therefore, we chose to support ethical and local projects...
An ever-living fire
How we designed and built the original storage heating stove at La Fattoria dell’Autosufficienza “It’s warm even when it’s turned off”. This...