Agenda Fête du cactus à Can Decreix - Cactus feast - festa del cactus !!! Nous vous invitons à la première fête du cactus à Cactus à Can Decreix, Cerbère, les 6-7-8 septembre 2019!!!Us convidem a la primera festa de cactus a Cactus a Can Decreix, Cerbère,
Information Menu de la fête du cactus Can Decreix (samedi 7 septembre 2019)Petit déjeuner(Dé)croissants de Cactus adoucis à la crème de poires épineuses.Flocons d’avoine bio saisis au sucre de cactus sur le poêle économe.Raisines
How to? Mixing the compost It is a good idea to mix the compost regularly as it is supposed to be an aerobic process (with oxygen). For this we have this great tool, like a big bottle opener.
Making horse chestnut soap. Faire du savon de marrons. Making plant soap is not very difficult, it is about letting horse chestnuts boil in a pot in a solar oven during a day so that all the saponins are extracted. But the
How to? Making cactus coffee You need a solar oven. You take cactus fruits, and you put the whole fruits in the mixer, yes with spines, they get filtered. Do not mix too much, you do not want
low-tech system Yes it is possible to change (salt) habits There is an strong evidence that level of salt (NaCl) consumption are too high. For example, many people die of heart strokes because of too high level of salt, there are many other
How to? What do we do with waste in Can Decreix? We do not bring toxic products, we do not bring anything in Can Decreix we would not be able to reuse.Then the first thing is to reuse, we rinse on the spot
Frugal innovation Black Pots or pans do not need to be "degreased" Why would we degrease pans, cast iron pots, polluting water, using detergents destroying anti-adhesive properties? they need to have a special treatment several times at low temperature (in a solar oven or in
How to? Preventing water pollution while washing dishes is possible We want to irrigate with greywater, but we do not want to pollute, for this we cannot use strong detergent which would affect the soil and the fertility (sodium soap itself is a
Frugal innovation The pedal washing machine Thanks a lot to Kornelia to arrange this video showing with images the little low-tech system around the pedal washing machine. It evolves every day, simplifying and getting more beautiful everyday thanks to
Frugal innovation Vidéo de Can Decreix Corporation !! Ca y est la vidéo tant attendue de Can Decreix Corporation est enfin publiée. Une argumentation à couper le souffle, pour tous ceux et celles qui pensaient que la décroissance ne permet pas
cultivation Planting the forbidden vines. We are now planting vines that resist sicknesses: here the variety Isabelle, forbidden in France during many year, because it does not have the right taste: the grapes taste like rasberries! And possibly
cultivation Semi-spontaneous cultivation We replanted lavateras today, an amazing plant, an enormous tall salad, perfect to cook too. It grows by itself in harsh conditions.
Cooking with sun and stove Fantastic weather these days, perfect to cook millet and potatoes. A bit less than 2 times the volume of water and we get the millet perfectly cooked in the solar oven. It never
Choucroute time As a lot of cabbage has been recuperated, this is choucroute time. Using one of the most ecological conservation method: lacto- fermentation, which should not be confused with salt or vinegar methods
What do we do in Can Decreix? What are key practices of Can Decreix, which make it a special place? Let us mention a few.We actually cook with solar ovens in summer. They do not stay in decorationStoves in
Be ready to change your way of life “THE American way of life is not up for negotiation” was saying the elder George Bush in 1992. In Can Decreix, it is different: "THE Can Decreix way of life IS up for
Information A blog for Can Decreix Can Decreix the house of degrowth, in Cerbère. We will share with you ideas, discoveries around degrowth in practice. Degrowth in practice is not only an enumeration of techniques, but a way of
