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CASA TLACUACHE
bringing our land to life,
and life to our land through
art, ecology & leyendas
un proyecto de
Ricardo Alberto Ramirez Garcia-Rojas y
Marcelo Alejandro Ramirez Garcia-Rojas
Waste /wāst/
(verb): use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
(noun): material that is not wanted.
(cause): lack of creativity and effort on the part of humans to participate in the established ecological cycle of nutrients of Earth.
(solution): ally with Earth's natural decomposers to develop creative processes for bringing value to products that were once considered "waste."
/examples of solution systems/
Biodigestors employ bacteria to turn human shit into methane gas that can fire a stove and generate electricity
Vermicomposting employs earthworms to cycle food waste nutrients so that they can become bioavaiable to plants once more. In the US, of all food produced, 40% is discarded as "waste"
Earthships are build with a system of "biotechture" that employ plants as filters in the home's internal water cycling as well as incorporates recycled materials like discarded tires and bottles into the construction.
/our bread and butter/
(mycobrick): wood composite made from discarded saw dust and bonded with fungal mycelium (vegetative state of mushrooms)
(eco-mosquito control): cultivating soil fungal entimopathogens for use as an ecological control for mosquitoes in their larval, pupal, and adult stage.
(native clay isolation): isolating clay from native environments for use in pottery and construction
(actvism): empowering the local community by transferring and employing knowledge in the most fun way possible
(excursions): the best way of connecting someone with the nature around them is taking them by the hand, walking into the jungle, and showing them the treasures to be found
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