Consumerism is a major curse of our time: many people say they are against it, very few manage to do things differently and truly live an environmental friendly lifestyle. While it is not the aim of our community to save the environment, we do facilitate a lifestyle that is much more environmentally friendly than mainstream […]
How to make an off-grid water system
Last winter in Penadexo…
The art of libertarian procrastination
The film Idiocracy has aged from a lighthearted comedy to a cult-classic. Originally it was not meant as a serious social criticism on our times. It merely took one tiny development and amplified it in order to create a plot: namely that more intelligent people tend to postpone having children to the point that many […]
Santito Festival 2024: a success story
Back in March, we had no running water, no working toilets, no functioning bathrooms. Four months later we hosted 20 people on site and received another +/- 50 people for our first festival in honour of our patron saint Titus Brandsma. A priest dedicated our source, we found a bagpipe band at the last minute, […]
Festival de Santito
And there we have it: the official poster for the first edition of our Santito Festival! It is written in the local language, so to clarify: it’s July 27th starting at six in the afternoon. We will dedicate our water source to Saint Titus Brandsma and do so in style.
New Free Commune member and Youtube episode
On May 11 Gabriela was born, weighing 3,8 kilos and healthy as can be! She shall surely appear soon in one of our videos, but for the moment both mama and baby need to recover from birth.
First festival in Penadexo
On 27 July, we hold our first celebration in Penadexo in honour of our patron saint Titus Brandsma. In Spanish, Titus becomes Tito, which is also the diminutive for any word. Thus we get the catchy name of Festival de Santito: little saint festival.
Farming in an abandoned village, does it make sense?
As farmers are protesting all over Europe because they can no longer make a decent living, is there any future for farming? Let alone farming in a Spanish mountain village on marginal lands? The answer might surprise you.
