If we survive the next few weeks and are not consumed by fire, we will host another party at Penadexo Free Commune. This time to celebrate the end of summer. Write it down in your agendas, call/dm your friends: the date is Saturday August 30th.
Our second festival: a great leap forward
First of let me start by saying updates on our website, Substack and Youtube channel have gotten sparse lately. The real world is taking precedence over virtual activities, both for work and leisure. We are extremely busy at building our community and have gatherings almost every evening! During summer many potential residents, friends and family […]
Santito 2025 only one week left!
Agricultural plan for Penadexo
Self sufficiency is a popular idea, but for obvious reasons, no one can become completely self sufficient. We cannot produce our own metal tools, let alone computers, and therefore have to trade surplus and/or have a secondary source of income in order to buy such items. What we want to achieve is to produce most […]
Entrepreneurial opportunities and jobs in rural Galicia
In today’s connected world, all you need to generate income is a good internet connection plus an online presence and you are good to go. However not everyone likes to work behind a computer. The following list contains (agricultural) resources in and around our village that can provide a livelihood as an entrepreneur or employee.
How freedom can resolve consumerism
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
Follow us on the journey of building a water system that works
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, […]