Thinking our relation to the environment...
How short is your shower? 🚿💧 Every litre counts!
#sustainabletourism #bbcamping #waterconsumption #savewater #raiseawareness
2022
“Nature is our biggest ally and greatest inspiration” -David Attenborough
2022, Nature
“Nature is our biggest ally and greatest inspiration”
-David Attenborough
Rainwater is collected from our roofs, filtered, and stored. It is used to compensate for the evaporation losses in our pond and pool. With the shortage of rain this year, and the extreme dry weather conditions, our stored 70 000 l are running short. With everyone´s effort, we hope to keep the systems running until it rains again. Save the water, to enjoy it. Consider the others that come after you.
#Alentejo, #bbcamping, #sustainabletourism, #onewithnature, #drought
Let yourself be inspired.
“Think locally, and then you have the courage to act globally. If you only think globally to start with, you won't have the energy to act.” – Jane Goodall
#Alentejo, #bbcamping, #sustainabletourism, #onewithnature
The Egyptian mongoose is active during daylight and lets itself be seen, fleetingly. How it got to the Iberian Peninsula is still a question… Traditionally, it was thought to have been introduced in the 8th century following the Muslim invasion. However, a natural colonisation during the Pleistocene across a land bridge is also likely. Either way, its presence is nowadays widespread. They enjoy basking in the morning sun. They are a social species and live in family groups or pairs, defending a territory together.
Did you know that the Egyptian mongoose was "Pharaoh's Cat" and considered a holy animal, housed in temples? They are depicted in Egyptian paintings from 300 B.C. and their deceptiveness was highly respected...
(More at: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41900-Herpestes-ichneumon)
#Alentejo, #bbcamping, #sustainabletourism,
#biodiversity,
#mongoose
The badger, with unmistakable wide dark stripes interrupted by white fields along the upper and lateral parts of the neck… It eats roots, fruits, mushrooms, amphibians and reptiles. They are fantastic diggers, making burrows with multiple chambers and entrances where they live in families. Active at night only, they sleep during the day in one of several setts.
(more in Portuguese at https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/855297-Meles-meles)
#Alentejo, #bbcamping, #sustainabletourism, #biodiversity, #badger
Water is life
#lockdown2021, day 44
"Every sunset is an opportunity to reset"
- Richie Norton
#lockdown2021, day 41
Soundscape
Natural rural soundscape
(sound on)
#lockdown2021, day 33
Bubulcus & Bolotas is nature tourism strongly founded on sustainability (RNET 5188) We believe in nature and we believe in sustainability.
