LOW TECH
USEFUL ACCESSIBLE SUSTAINABLE
Some easy-to-make household product recipes
Economical and eco-responsible
Laundry:
Heat 1.5l of water
Add and leave to dissolve while stirring 50gr of Marseille soap flakes .
In another container containing 0.5l of water, add 2 tablespoons of baking soda and one of soda crystals .
Dilute then pour everything into the first container containing hot water and diluted soap.
Mix everything together and pour it into a bottle.
If desired, add a few drops of oil essential(5 to 10)
Let stand overnight before using.
Be careful mixing concentrate! (1 capful is enough).
Dishwashing liquid:
Heat 400ml of water
Add and let dissolve by stirring 15gr of Marseille soap or 2 tablespoons of black soap.
In another container, add a tablespoon of baking soda , a soda crystals
and one of white vinegar .
Dilute and pour everything into the first container containing hot water and diluted soap.
Mix everything together and pour it into a bottle.
Add if you wish a few drops of essential oil (5 to 10).
Multi-purpose cleaner:
Heat 900ml of water
Add and let dissolve while stirring 40gr of Marseille soap.
Off the heat, once the mixture is lukewarm, add 100ml of 70% alcohol and about forty drops of essential oil.
Mix everything together and pour it into a sprayer.
NB: essential oils are precious, can be irritating and have an impact on aquatic ecosystems, so they are optional. Prefer organic and produced in France.
An incredible hydraulic system still operational
The puquios or "water sources" in dialect, ancient underground aqueduct systems from the pre-Columbian era located in Nazca, Peru.
These spiral wells have the function of collecting the winds of the region to bring up water from the water tables when they rush underground.
By the force of the wind, the water trapped by the spiral causes a current.
Of the 36 puquios discovered, most are still functional. Underground canals built between 400-600 AD to collect groundwater and transport it to the surface for irrigation of fields. The Nazcas a people of farmers with colossal knowledge in geology and engineering command admiration
