A mama carrying water home
The indoor compost toilet (grey and black water being recycled)
Going self-sustainable!
Troy and Kobus joking around the fireYesterday was the birthday of Kobus (one of the 3 guys who live at the house where I stayed when I first arrived). They made a nice fire and bought some very freshly caught shads (type of fish – very delicious!) from 2 local fishermen. Troy also made some yummy crispy amagwinyas (the vetkoek) and we had a good time around the fire talking about various topics like the cycles of the moon and how you start realizing when you live so closely to nature, just how much God loves us and how perfectly He made everything. Awesome!
This morning I took a drive with the 3 guys to Umdumbi, just about half an hour from Coffee Bay. There‘s a wonderful backpackers and some people who have been doing some really amazing work amongst the community, doing everything they can to create jobs and promote education amongst the community and people who visit the area.
They are promoting total self-sustainability through practicing a very effective permaculture lifestyle. (Permaculture is an ecological design system for sustainability in all aspects of human endeavor. It teaches us how to build natural homes, grow our own food, restore diminished landscapes and ecosystems, catch rainwater, build communities and much more.)
Check this out for more info - www.mdumbi.co.za and also www.transcape.org Very inspiring stuff! We all have a lot to learn!
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