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We are located on 40 acres of forested hillside in the heart of the Columbia Valley and the Rocky Mountains, just outside of Golden, British Columbia. We have built an off-grid Earthship-inspired home made entirely out of recycled materials. The home aspect was completed in 2017 after which we started on an earthship-style work shop that has also been finished in the fall of 2019. Over the past 9 years we have had many volunteers from workaways to friends and family and it has been an awesome and rewarding experience for all.
We have slowed down the last couple of summers to focus on the new adventure of parenthood. We welcomed our daughter Nova in September 2020 and are expecting another in August 2024! While things run a bit different now, we continue to welcome volunteers for a few months each spring/summer to help with property development and maintenance with a toddler (and soon baby!) in tow!
We live by the philosophy of work hard and play hard. Most days we do something fun or go on an adventure somewhere after work hours. Golden, Parson and surrounding areas provide great activities such as climbing, fishing, mountain biking, hiking, disc golf, and canoeing- all in a very picturesque setting!
Our accommodations have drastically improved since we started hosting workaways in 2015 when we all lived in tents all summer. Now we have a variety of sleeping options from our beautiful forested campground, to a cozy bedroom loft in the shop, cozy cabin in the woods, or our ‘birdhouse’ camper on wheels with spectacular views!
Meals are provided every day and if you enjoy cooking it’s always appreciated and welcomed! We have recently built a new garden for vegetables and herbs and have a deep freeze full of wild game and locally farmed meats including: chicken, pork, moose, elk, deer and beef.
Our next project is to build ANOTHER earthship-inspired cabin made out of all recycled materials. Ground work will begin this spring with tire pounding to follow!
Living on a large off-grid property there is always a variety of tasks to complete. Work is varied depending on our volunteer’s skills, the weather and availability.
We are 34 and 35 years old and are very easy going, don’t like to work too hard and if it gets too hot- we are at the beach by the river instantly!Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicosJardineríaConstrucción y bricolajeCuidado de niños y juegos creativosCocinar para toda la familiaAyuda domésticaMantenimiento generalIntercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Because we have started a project of this magnitude we have less time to travel. However, we love to travel, meet interesting people and share knowledge about building and great adventure stories. You can learn what it takes to live an off-grid lifestyle, where garbage, power and water consumption are a valuable resources that needs to be managed. We can show you how to make things from nothing and build things from stuff people have just thrown away with no consideration of the usefulness of it! Volunteers are always encouraged to use what is available around the property to make things work and a lot of the time you are left to complete the task using your own ideas, creativity and knowledge. We enjoy relaxing at the end of the day around a campfire sharing stories and adventures.
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
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We are hoping to get started on a new earthship-cabin project this summer. This will require a lot of lifting and moving of wood materials and tires, shoveling dirt and pounding tires! Most things on our property are made with cob, pallets and other recycled materials, so if you like to see how easy and cheap you can throw up a structure- this is the place to learn!
We would also like to build a new chicken coop and an outdoor play structure for Nova.
There are also lots of smaller tasks that pop up often such as firewood collecting and splitting, gardening, brushing/fire smarting, property clean-up, and maintenance and/or finishing details on the shop, house and cabin.
We like to operate as more of a community setting where we help each other with all tasks such as cooking, dishes, watering the garden and clean up.
We will also need help with looking after Nova from time to time which might involve playing games, doing crafts, going on walks, going to the park, reading stories, riding bikes- while mom and dad work on some chores or projects of their own.Idiomas
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Ponte en contacto con él para obtener más información.Alojamiento
Cabin
Tents
Camper
Shop loft
CampgroundAlgo más...
Golden BC
Biking
Hiking
Fishing
Earthship
Banff
Lake Louise
Kicking horse
Campfires
PalletsUn poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
We Have a great camping area with running water
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Horas esperadas
4-5 hours a day. Weekends optional (max 25 hours/week)
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These guys are quick… read more
The Earthship is amazing, very cozy and beautiful.
Thanks Sam and Tanner for this experience, thank you for… read more
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These guys are quick… read more
The Earthship is amazing, very cozy and beautiful.
Thanks Sam and Tanner for this experience, thank you for… read more
The location is great but most importantaly Sam & Tanner are amazing hosts and make you feel like part of the family! They took us on an adventure pretty much every day. We went swimming, disc golfing, hiking, mountain biking (I'm definitely missing a few things!).
The work was never too hard, I was helping Tanner build a log… read more
He was a great help, and never complained (except about the mosquitoes 😝). George was always down for an adventure after the work was done and we had lots of fun slip and sliding, camping, hiking in the Bugaboos, biking, swimming at the river and hanging on the deck.
He can also make a mean burger!… read more
Thanks for welcoming me into your wonderful family!
All the best to you three!
I just loved my time at Tanner and Sam's place ! Such a nice place to live and share ! Too sad I could only stay for a week but I can't wait to comeback there this Winter say Hi !
My job was mainly to prepare firewood for the Winter and help Tanner at the workshop/movie theater ! I discovered the bacon at his first form, the… read more
If you have the opportunity to host Antoine I will personally vouch for him as one of the top workaways we have had. Him and his friend Gautier were extremely respectful, responsible, and hard workers. With their help we were able to finish the work season early and have some relaxing time for ourselves. They were… read more
Our work consisted mainly of siding Tanner’s workshop with recycled wood panels and we found this work very satisfying. We also built an outhouse out of pallets and are… read more
Work can get dirty but I found it to be rewarding. Also… read more
The daily work was changing, every day was a new aventure, and after work we would go fishing, disc-golfing, canoeing, do… read more
Tanner
The work is very fair and Sam and Tanner are very chill, making the day that much more enjoyable.
I hope to be back soon! Thanks guys
Tanner
I'll be back either to the next dutchbeer championship or move into the house.
Thanks for everything !
If you have the chance to go near, You cannot miss this place. The property is big, and they have there a lot of things that you can help out with. You won't be bored. Also, they let you enough time to enjoy yourself.
I had a blast. Tunner it's a fun guy, and Sam is so kind, she taking care of you so well, I… read more