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Building permaculture water system for the garden and clay plastering of the walls in our eco-oasis in Poland

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    My name is Olga Maria. I am 37 years old mother of two sons Kazik (10 years old) and Zdzis (7 years old).

    I am a co-creator of little eco-oasis habitat to live close to nature and restore our relation with Mother Earth. We've build strawbale house and tiny wood and clay house for living here. I am a bodywork practitioner shiatsu and playfight and dance improvisation teacher. I organise workshops in our place for guests. I run little business with handcrafted natural soy wax candles and blends of essential oils.

    We have 2 cats that live outdoor, Bonifacy and Filemonka, and one dog Bąbel.

    At our place live also our friend Zofia with her dog Iskra.

    We are surrounded in our closest neighbourhood with nice, ecologically and artistically oriented folks.

    Those 2 houses and quite a piece of land is a big project to maintain itself. I welcome co-creation and help with taking care and developing this place. I try to use permaculture design approach and follow my intuition with it.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    The volunteers can experience a quite and simple life in the wild, clean and natural surrounding. They can take advantage of social and cultural life of our local community (such as concerts, music and dance jams, artcraft, theatre, dance workshops etc.).
    Our village is surrounded by two big forrests and small hills with the horses grazing outdoor. You can hear cows, goats, hens, ducs, gooses here and experience a kind of surrogate of the old days small scale farming.
    You may chat with friendly villagers and very possibly meet citizens of all over the world who come to rest in the agrotourstic farms in Nowina.
    You can benefit from all the goods of wild nature – hills with old beech forres, wild animals, small streams, places where grows wild herbs and wild eatable plants.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    In April we plan to establish a rainwater collecting system and garden irrigation system. We allready have water conteiners. They need to be connected to a gutter with the pipes and than to the pipe distribution system. My dream is to build a little pond to collect water surplus and create living oasis around it.

    In May and June we plan to plaster with the clay tiny house inner walls and strawbale house outer walls. The aim is to give it esthethic look and insolation values. I can teach and guide volunteers in this project.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Beginner
    Hebrew: Beginner
    Russian: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    I'd like to learn Portuguese and French. I'd like to improve my English. My children needs to learn English and any other language they like :-) They are big funs of Japanese! We will all be happy also to learn Spanish.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We can host voluteers in their own campervan or motor house. There is a place up the hill with more private space around.
    During the summer volunteers could stay in a tent as well. I have quite big tent with high up bed.
    Another option is renting a room or little house at the neighbour in agrotourism farm. The deal we can disscuss individually.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    After helping you have a chance to go horseriding. You can take part in movement and dance classes, music jams, graphic, pottery or other art workshops, concerts, spectacles that are organized in Nowina village.
    You can explore bicycle and pedestrian trails of Strzelinskie Hills. You can visit an old Cistercian monastery in Henrykow and learn about famous Book of Henrykow. Closest small town where we do shopping is Henrykow and Ziebice. It's worth to visit there a unique Museum of Household Equipment.
    Nowina is 6 km from the train station. Wroclaw - the closest big city is 45 min by train. You can also arrange car-share rides with inhabitants or tourists that travel from Nowina to the cities.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    The internet is radio LTE 4G but it happens there are breaks in the connection during very rainy or windy weather. It doesn't happen often. We have a possibility of using stable connection at the neighbour if needed.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    I have space for parking one campervan or motorhome.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    only ones that are easy-going and accept the rules like notentering the house etc.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    3-4 hours a day 5 days a week

Host ref number: 147823329273

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