Join our greening the desert and permaculture project in Cabo Pulmo, Mexico

Details

• 

  Description

  Hi, since 2020, we are building a permaculture project in the beautiful desert of Baja California Sur on the shores of the marine park of Cabo Pulmo.
  Our goal is to build a community based on nature's standards; construction of our housing with natural available resources (super adobe and straw bale), rainwater-catchment and filtering, grey and blackwater reuse, bio-digesting to produce our gas and compost tea while all is running on solar electricity.
  We grow our own food (a vegetable garden, milk goats, chicken, bees and in future maybe rabbits). Greening the desert, by influencing water runoff so it penetrates the earth faster and deeper and thus give all that grows a better chance to thrive (indeginiuos cacti, shrub and trees).
  We try to not create any trash and if we (have to) use polluting materials (plastics for waterlines and electricity for instance) we compensate by pulling the same amount of of the dumpster, to give a new life (for instance we make building bricks out of plastic bottles).
  Nature dictates and we follow!

• 

  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
• 

  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

  ...

  ...

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  What's this?
• 

  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are diving instructors that fell in love with this desert, where we 'landed' and want to implement all we've learned and are still learning in and during our travels.
  If you are interested in living completely off the grid, sustainable but comfortable, if you want to learn building techniques with nature's gifts without producing trash or pollution, learn languages (English, Spanish, Dutch, German) and all while enjoying the quietness of the desert away from 'civilization', watching beautiful sunrises and sunsets instead of television, pitch-dark nights, than look no further, you have arrived!
  We are not looking for help or assistance in marine activities, since working the park is restricted and in need of approvals that are not in our hands.

• 

  Projects involving children

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

• 

  Help

  We are looking for hands to get houses (dome style) build and decorated, we'd like to get support in internet stuff (websites and such), help in the garden with the preparation of the earth (for instance swales and hügel building, irrigation systems, compost and soil production), taking care of the animals and such. Let us please know what you can help with (and your specialties) in your application.

• 

  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent

• 

  Accommodation

  We're going to have an RV available, domes and a dorm (all is still under construction). A camping with compost toilet, shower and kitchen area for winter months inclusive space for your trailer... Full board (breakfast and lunch to be prepared by yourself, dinner will be prepared together).

• 

  What else ...

  Besides the beautiful desert, there is the world famous Cabo Pulmo marine park (Jaques Cousteau called it 'the aquarium of the world) with a vast sea life (inclusive turtles, huge schools of all kind of fish, sea lions and sharks), for scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, kayak and swimming. Pristine and desolate beaches to sunbath, relax with a book or hike. Mountainbiking and hiking the hills, birdwatching, it's wildlife...
  We are Qigong instructor, reiki and massage therapist, animal communicator, dive instructor and constructive educator and we are always in for a good chat by the campfire...

• 

  A little more information

  • 

    Internet access

  • 

    Limited internet access

  • 

    We have pets

  • 

    We are smokers

  • 

    Can host families

• 

  Can host digital nomads

  There is unlimited internet available through wifi at reasonable speed. It's turned off at night (10 till 6 ). With cloudy and rainy days, access can be disturbed to non-existing...

• 

  Space for parking camper vans

  There is space to park your campervan. There is a connection available for water and solar electricity at 12 volts. We don't have a dump station, but do have a compost toilet available.

• 

  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

• 

  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week. With learning experiences (permaculture, construction etc courses), 2 hours extra for every course-hour.

Feedback (4)