Rancho Mastatal

Sustainable building practices. What does that mean exactly? I recently found out when I accompanied my friend to go visit Rancho Mastatal- a sustainable farm where her boyfriend is doing an internship. We swam in the river, hiked on the 600 acres of rainforest, ate yummy vegetarian food, hung out in the hammocks and got a chance to learn about all of the cool things they are doing at the farm.
Rancho Mastatal builds and teaches cob and bamboo building. Cob is similar to adobe, but holds up better in the wet rainforest that is Costa Rica. The ranch also uses composting toilets, a wood burning stove to bake all of its bread products, and included classrooms, cool bedrooms and gardens. It was beautiful and inspiring to see people that are dedicated to and living their vision- a simple, rewarding life that works in tandem with the natural environment.

photos all taken my emily zionts