Eco building

Across Africa, you will come across lots of eco lodges. Eco lodges do not have any certification that makes them eco lodges, but they all have one thing in common.

Eco building

Eco building has been adopted differently between each country, but the concept is the same. Examples of eco building are:

1. Eco toilets
2. Eco cottages (with my fat dad)
   
3. Eco dorms
4. Eco showers

How to build an eco cottage

Materials:

1. Volcanic soils
2. Wood
3. Wooden planks
4. Grass
5. Glass jars
6. Mud
7. Cement
8. Volcanic rocks
9. Pebbles from the streams
10. Water
11. Metal rods
12. Solar panels
13. Shower
14. Mirror
15. Bicycle chains
16. Animal skins
17. Toilet
18. Bin
19. Rope
20. Glue
21. Mattress
22. Pillow
23. Sheet
24. Tap
25. Sink
26. Lights

This might seem like it is not an eco cottage, but it is: the numbers match above.

1. The government gives them a free permit as Kilimanjaro has plenty of it.
2. It is an invasive species, and it drinks 50L a day and needs to be cut down; therefore they are paid for cutting them to build.
3. It is wood that was for furniture but was damaged and would have been burnt so they get it for free.
4. It is not grass -- it is the rice husk, so farmers pay them to use it as it would have to be burnt otherwise.
5. They are the glass jars that the lodge uses so it comes free.
6. It is mud that has gotten on the road so the government pays them to remove it.
7. This comes at a cost as people need cement.
8. Free permit there is no shortage on Kilimanjaro.
9. The locals dig them up from the water in rivers but are quite cheap.
10. In Africa, you mix your own cement.
11. These are cheap but necessary.
12. These work perfectly when you have an African sun.
13. This is necessary.
14. This comes at the normal cost.
15. Old ones are not too useful and make good decorations.
16. If you are a butcher you have lots of them extra.
17. This is also necessary.
18. A bin is useful if you have rubbish.
19. Even if it is an eco cottage people want nice bathrooms.
20. Damaged wood is often too weak to have a nail in it.
21. People like a comfy bed.
22. People like a comfy bed.
23. People like a comfy bed.
24. This is necessary
25. This is necessary
26. Even in Africa, not every day is sunny.

I think this type of building is really cool, and I am surprised how much eco building there is in Africa. Some eco lodges are:

• Mushroom Farm
• Mayoka village
• usisya beach lodge 
• mountain bikes house
• mufasa eco lodge