Help welcome finishing an off-grid earthship and landscaping near Golden, BC, Canada

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    We are happily accepting Workaways!!!!!

    We need willing hands this spring/summer/fall to help with building a garage, landscaping, cooking, general life stuff and plenty of finishing on our Earthship that we now call home!

    Our family of 4 lives on the side Willowbank Mountain in the Bleaberry valley near Golden in beautiful British Columbia!

    We are on an off grid adventure. For 6 years we loved living in our hand built yurt. In the summer of 2016 we started tackling the building of an Earthship to be our forever home. We moved in 2 years ago and are LOVING IT!!! There is still a lot to be done.

    We are focused on finding joy and purpose in life. We love sharing experiences with people and love the idea of doing things as a community!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We do our best to welcome our workawayers as part of the family, providing a loving, comfortable place to exist while you are here with us. Come have fun in the down time and help enthusiastically alongside us. We love the idea of a rich community on our property. We currently have our family of 5, my Dad, and my sister and her family of 5 as residents of Inshallah. It's awesome!

    We are hoping to expose people to different alternative building styles and off grid solutions.

    If you are thinking of living off grid in any capacity we are sure there is something you can learn!

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

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

  • Help

    Help

    This summer we are looking to have hands around to help with:
    -Cooking/Dishes
    -Cobwork/plastering
    -General Building projects
    -Finishing
    -Landscaping
    -Plumbing
    -Garden
    -Cooking
    -Child care/teaching
    -Permaculture
    -Yard care
    -....

    Generally we need help with building, developing the property and daily life.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We offer a very basic accommodation situation.
    We have a camper that is cozy with a wood stove in it for the cooler nights in spring and fall (we’ve even had a couple workawayers stay a winter in this trailer!

    As we are completely off grid there is no “normal power” (leave your air conditioner and curling iron at home please! Ha!!). However we have plenty of power for charging small electronics and keeping connected.
    There is running water in the earthship. We also have a sauna for relaxing and bathing.

    While we are off grid we are not off line and do have Wi-Fi.

    Things we have an abundance of are: amazing views, wonderful quiet, dazzling starry skies, TONS of world class activities in our area, campfires, music and NATURE!

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Golden is known for it's outdoor activities.
    Within an hour of Golden you will find most any outdoor activity you desire and chances are it will be "world class".
    Biking, climbing, kayaking, rafting, paragliding, hang gliding, hiking, backcountry huts, camping, etc.... It's all right here!

    Golden itself is a small town with all the basic amenities. It has plenty of great local restaurants and cafes, a decent night life. It even has a a bowling alley and a movie theatre. Wow!

    Calgary AB is the closest main centre.

  • 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

    We are off grid but not offline. We have a stable internet connection that allows for video chats and reasonable download speeds. Not great for gaming or huge transfers.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have plenty of space to park an RV but it would need to be self sufficient as we cannot provide any utilities to it.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    We are open to discussion and accepting workawayers with well behaved furry friends. We have our own puppy named Riffle and occasional livestock so it would mandatory that your pet would be good with children and other animals.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 612789757726

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