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March 2025

Yellow water flag

2025-03-01T14:16:49+00:00

The yellow water flag is one of the plants found in many biological pools, but it goes unnoticed for much of the year. The plant sits there with its green, sword-shaped leaves, almost looking like broadleaf grass, and doesn't attract much attention. However, there is a time of year, in spring, when the yellow [...]

Yellow water flag2025-03-01T14:16:49+00:00

February 2025

Annual cleaning

2025-02-01T14:53:31+00:00

We are already in February and at least in southern Portugal it is not long before starting the swimming season. Thus, it is high time to prepare the biological pool for bathing in Summer and schedule a cleaning with the divers team. Thorough post-winter cleaning is a highly effective method of removing sediment, fallen [...]

Annual cleaning2025-02-01T14:53:31+00:00

A quarter of wetland animal species

2025-02-01T14:52:53+00:00

Recently, a scientific study revealed that “A quarter of threatened freshwater fauna”, that is, at least 4,294 species of 23,496 freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List, are at high risk of extinction. We are far from considering that biological pools are part of the solution to this problem, no way! But at least [...]

A quarter of wetland animal species2025-02-01T14:52:53+00:00

Solar Sauna

2025-02-01T14:52:41+00:00

After 20 years, a new generation of Solar sauna has recently been created, with more noble materials and more modern finishes. The heating works CO2-neutral, it does not need more energy for its heating than sunlight. The operation of the solar sauna continues as is. Solar energy, i.e. light penetrating the glass, turns into [...]

Solar Sauna2025-02-01T14:52:41+00:00

December 2024

Arneiro Garden House

2024-12-01T09:13:32+00:00

A new tourism with organic pool recently opened its doors. This is a local accommodation called Arneiro Garden House, located in a historic house, located in Aldeia Galega da Merceana near Alenquer, in Portuguese Estremadura. The house is cozy, with modern and contemporary interiors, and caters for up to 12 people. It has shady [...]

Arneiro Garden House2024-12-01T09:13:32+00:00

Attraction of water

2024-12-01T09:12:55+00:00

Water captures all of our attention. It's not by chance. We need water for our life and for our survival. Without water there is no life, we already learned about it at school. So, it is completely natural that water plays such an important role for us. There are even more benefits of water, [...]

Attraction of water2024-12-01T09:12:55+00:00

Carbon sequestration

2024-12-01T09:12:39+00:00

Could biological pools, such as ponds and lagoons, emit gases contributing to global warming? Or is the opposite the case, are they carbon sinks? There are no studies yet for natural swimming pools but there are already studies for natural ponds, which are the models in nature when building a biological pool. These studies [...]

Carbon sequestration2024-12-01T09:12:39+00:00

November 2024

Garden fair

2024-11-01T07:15:46+00:00

Next Saturday, November 2nd, 2024, at 3 p.m., there will be a presentation "Natural swimming ponds" as part of the Autumn Fair Mediterranean Gardening in Lagoa. A biological pool can be the key piece in a garden, it can form a kind of aquatic garden, rich in plants, with the versatility of allowing you [...]

Garden fair2024-11-01T07:15:46+00:00

Mossy Earth video

2024-11-01T07:15:09+00:00

The competence of Bio Piscinas, Ltd. managers, Claudia Schwarzer, landscape architect, and Udo Schwarzer, biologist, in the area of ​​habitat restoration is increasingly sought after. Result of this development is the collaboration with Mossy Earth organization, where young experts bring together nature conservation issues with communication on social media. A vídeo was recently released [...]

Mossy Earth video2024-11-01T07:15:09+00:00

Poster

2024-11-12T08:48:59+00:00

Nature-based solutions such as biological swimming pools are part of global nature restoration activities, because they offer social services, that is, to people (the pleasure of bathing) and also provide an aquatic habitat for flora and fauna species. Therefore, the subject of biological pools is presented in a poster at the International Pond Conference [...]

Poster2024-11-12T08:48:59+00:00
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