ZERO WASTE

During this mobility we learned about sustainable ways of reducing the use of single used plastic in our homes.  We got the chance to make a wax wrapper out of bee wax and cloth. Wax Wrappers are used to contain food while, for example travelling or just storing it. These wrappers can reduce our use of plastic and it's more eco frendly. When we made the wax wrappers, we took cloth and put it in a frying pan filled with melted wax at around 60 degrees Celsius. Then we took the wax wrappers and let them dry, followed by crumpling it to make it easier to bend. Using my own homemade wax wrapper has been a positive experience. It is easy to use and keeps food fresh longer. Although it made my hands and fridge greasy every time I used it. It didn’t feel sanitary to use it as a wrapper direct on food.     The wax wrapper can replace plastic wrap, which is a common one time use product. Plastic wrap is often used and gets thrown away directly after, by using a beeswax wrapper ins...

Wieliczka Salt Mines are Patrimony of Humanity because of their importance through the centuries in providing wealth to the region where they are located in Poland. Visiting is a must as the mines are really beautiful and pretty an impressive experience to the visitor, who must go down about 400 steps to reach the corridors which can be visited. It's just a small portion of the full mine, where they still work today. Here is an interview between the two of us (students) where we talk about our experience in the mines and, below, you can also see a few photographs. Enjoy! CLICK to watch the short video. CLICK to see the photo gallery.

This was another activity that we enjoyed a lot as many of us had never knitted anything. We were shown what to do by a few Polish students and teachers who were really good at it and we learnt quite easily. In small groups, we started our designs using this sustainable material (jute in this case) and were amazed at what we got by the end of the activity.   Here is a presentation where we explain the activity with a few pictures as well as we describe the materials a bit more. Have a look at it, you won't be disappointed. CLICK HERE to see.

In this activity, we learnt how to make a beeswax wrap which will help us store food in a sustainable healthy natural way. The only precaution you have to take when preparing this material is closing the windows because as wax is exactly that, wax in pure state, it attracts other bees in the vicinity and they may hurt you!   This was an interesting activity as we learnt about a natural product which can help us reduce the use of plastic and we were working in international teams, which allowed us to communicate in English with our European mates.                                           A Polish teacher is cutting the wax to melt it. We brought the materials we made home and we are using them with good results. CLICK HERE to see all the process.

We have chosen this title for our post because, after visiting, we think it is a really hard experience, but, at the same time, in our opinion, it should be visited as you experience in reality what all people who were taken to concentration camps could have felt. The places, both Auschwitz and Birkenau, make you shiver from head to toes. The conditions the prisoners used to live in were inhumane and one wonders how it is possible that situation could have happened. It is a reminder of cruelty of human kind which should not be repeated ever. So, if you are a sensitive person get prepared for the visit because, probably, you will cry. Anyway, as a homage to those who were prisoners and died in the camps, we recommend the visit. CLICK HERE to see our experience in the camps.

As we ususally do, we visited the Radio Voz station to talk about our experience in Poland during our mobility last October 2024.    We had many different details to talk about so we had to go there twice. We wish to thank Radio Voz and Isidoro Valerio for their invitations to his programme: Ferrolanos viajeros por el mundo. We are sorry! The interviews are in Spanish. CLICK HERE for the 1st programme. CLICK HERE for the second programme.