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We work in partnership with the local community by setting up a cooperative for environmental education activities, to educate the community about the need for conservation and the benefits of preserving the local habitat. We have set up a group for responsible tourism in the Carpina Valley, encouraging guests to visit local communities and get involved and encouraging guests to visit and use local facilities and attractions. We have also transformed our organic farm in a teaching farm.
In our farm the 75 acres of crops are grown according to organic farming methods. The wood management (50 acres forest trees and 90 acres coppices) is based on natural forestry and the domestic animals stay wild for several months.
In our business we use energy saving measures such as insulating houses and using high efficiency rating fridges and freezers, long-life/low-energy bulbs and small kettles to decrease water and power useage. We conserve water by using low flush toilets and low flow taps and low pressure showers. We ask guests to reuse towels and sheets more than once. We also recycle glass, metal, paper and plastic. We feed food scraps to our animals (chickens, pigs, goats, sheep and horses) and we compost our organic waste on a compost heap. We use the internet to cut down on paper-based advertising and we print leaflets and brochures on recycled paper.
We used traditional building methods with locally available materials and local craftsmen/builders. We grow our own fruit and veg (and animals) and the food we don't produce we buy organic, as well as, locally and seasonally available produce.
We've purchased locally produced wooden furniture (such as beds and wardrobes for the rooms, tables and chairs for the rooms and the restaurant), iron-crafts and ceramics (for the clubhouses). We employ only local people which is 1 man for the farm, 2 ladies as waitress and chambermaid.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
