‘It’s about living on what you have’: Four shepherds seek sustainable life in Spain

The shepherds use the resources they have, making cheese from the milk of their flock and occasionally slaughtering an animal for meat. Photograph: Paroma Basu/The Guardian

The tiny hamlet of Morillo de Sampietro stands high above a steep, wooded valley in the Spanish Pyrenees. Below is the glint of the Rio Yesa, beyond are the snow-capped peaks of Monte Perdido.

In 1860 Morillo had 76 inhabitants; by 1995 only two remained. Now there are four.