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Barter Day with the Community | Learn more about this HopSolution by watching the video above. | |
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Donate part of the turnover to a collective | Part of Yokam's turnover, when it is important enough, is donated to a group of women (in Senegal, it is often women who are in charge, specially... | |
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Rewards for the best students | At Yokam, it is unthinkable to develop tourism if it doesn't benefit to local populations. One of the good practices they have implemented... | |
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The traveling books | When we go on vacation, we sometimes take a book with us (or even several books), that we often finish before the end of the holidays. Sometimes... | |
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Library open to all | A library... Some facilities have a reading corner, with books that sometimes can travel. Others even have a library. In La Source aux Lamantins,... | |
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Stool with a horse saddle | A horse saddle for a stool Here is an original way to make a stool! At the Ecolodge de Simal, in Senegal, stools are made in wood and the... | |
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Cultural events for all | Learn more about this HopSolution by watching the video above. | |
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Forest hiking trails | Learn more about this HopSolution by watching the video above. | |
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Trombe wall for passive solar heating | Learn more about this HopSolution by watching the video above. | |
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Biodigester | What is a Biodigestion system? A biodigester transforms organic waste (kitchen or garden, for example) into soil conditioner on one side and... | |
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Creation of an educative center or a school | Tourism can be a great regular source of income to create and administrate a school or an educative center in the most isolated areas of a country.... | |
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Eco-workshops for children | For example, in the village of Colonia Carlos Pelegrini (north of Argentina, in the Ibera natural reserve), the children have only 4h of school... | |
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Feeding birds | Why feeding the birds? Due to human activity, available food and nesting areas may decline. Moreover, winter is a difficult period for birds... | |
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Vermicomposting | Value your organic waste and obtain quickly a quality compost! Felipe, HopHost La Minga (Colombia), explained us how vermicomposting works: “Here is... | |
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Windows / Walls out of recycled bottles | Learn more about this HopSolution by watching the video above with Black Sheep Inn Ecolodge in Ecuador. | |
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Delay grass cutting | Refuge zones: less grass cut, nature preserved Late grass cutting or green space management is not the absence of lawn mowers but an adjustment... | |
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Re-using rainwater | Collection of rainwater is usually used for the outdoors (watering…). However, did you know that we could reuse it through the sanitary facilities? The i... | |
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Rammed earth / adobe construction | What are the benefits of rammed earth construction? It is the oldest building material of the world, and it is almost forgotten ! Buildings... | |
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Condensing boiler | The condensing boiler can reduce gas consumption up to 35%. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides from combustion of natural gas, fuel oil or propane,... | |
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LED Lighting | Prefer LED lighting! LED bulbs are 5 times more expensive than low-energy light bulbs. However, they last 4 times longer: a LEF bulb will last ... | |