Go back in time and experience complete off grid family ancient lifestyle near Lipik, Croatia

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  Description

  *** April 2024 ***
  We are now also looking for a younger female person who is single, has no attachments to civilization, wants to live off grid and stay longterm, to come join our family and help in delicate task of raising our kids as nanny and teacher, but also helping with cleaning, gardening and preparing food. If you are open-hearted, cheerful, active, creative, musical and open-minded, handling great around the kids then you are exactly the person we are looking for 🙂
  We are offering a simple but rich life, full of love, nature, a lot of smiles, healthy foods and a place in our home!
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  We are a big nature oriented off grid family which lives in amazing nature of Croatian picturesque hills and we would like to invite anyone that resonates with our story to come and visit us, help out in countless tasks and daily assignments that we are faced with in building permaculture paradise that only uses minimal amounts of exclusively natural energy, material and resources :)
  
  On the edge of absolute wilderness nature has blessed us with some amazing gifts which include pristine nature, many water sources and streams, intact forest full of wildlife, mushrooms, berries, medicinal herbs and above all many hours of sunshine :)
  Only thing that we need to do is to follow the footsteps of ancient civilizations and native tribes just listening, observing and enjoying in those little moments that just fly by us if we are not conscious and prepared.
  
  We accept everyone with open hearts but our favourite visitors would be big families like our own, with many kids, to connect with on many levels of physical and mental awareness.
  
  We practice natural parenting with really basic and minimalist lifestyle.
  
  The meaning of our off grid life is to get back to ourselves and nature while sharing insights on how easy
  it is to leave civilization and all the benefits and conveniences in our everyday lives.
  
  Learning, listening and bonding with nature and our kids is something delicate and precious, and we try to get better at it every day.
  
  Our cleaning and hygiene products are completely natural and made on site exclusively with our parents/kids hands.
  
  Our approach to food is minimal, optimal and sustainable. We love what we have and we appreciate the abundance of what nature provides us daily.
  We eat an predominantly plant-based, wholefoods diet based on what grows wild in our local
  environment and what we grow ourselves in our permaculture garden.
  Our staple foods include mushrooms, walnuts, chestnuts, hemp seeds, chickpea, beans, buckwheat,
  berries, local tubers, fruits and vegetables...

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Enseignement

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We will do our best to present you and even immerse you in our local lifestyle but we are also very eager to hear your stories about your country, culture, language, cuisine...
  
  Some of the forgotten activities in today's world that we practice are:
  - looking at the beautiful clear sky full of stars,
  - waking up early to capture the magic of morning mist and dew,
  - crafting wood products using only forgotten hand tools
  - gardening and planting without chemicals with ladybugs in mind
  - observing the magic of those small creatures called fireflies and their light show that we get blessed with every night
  - taking a nap in a hammock on a cool evening of a hot summer day listening to an amazing frog orchestra playing every night just for us :)
  
  Living off grid, writing letters and books with pen and paper instead of going digital all the time, enjoying the light of a natural wax candle instead of lights glowing all the time.
  
  We have many years of experience with this lifestyle so we are prepared to share all of our knowledge about this kind of diet, all the upsides and downsides, including intermittent fasting, and complete life transformation which includes cold showers, breathing exercises and meditation.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  *** January 2024 update ***
  
  We honestly feel that any kind of connection is possible only with people who stay for at least one month of dedicated time to really help us with work on projects and to sincerely bond with us by being immersed in our lifestyle.
  
  *** January 2024 update ***
  
  Our plans and activities in the next 12 months that we need a lot of help with include:
  
  - establishing many raised and hugelkultur beds
  - taking care of our organic garden which includes watering, weeding, mulching
  - helping out around house, everyday tasks and playing with kids, teaching them languages or skills you might have
  - building small cottages for other volunteers to be able to stay
  
  In general, we mostly need building and carpentry skills, gardening and permaculture skills but you are also welcome with any other skills you might be able to offer, including honest friendship :)

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Bosnian: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Croatian: Courant
  Allemand: Débutant
  Espagnol: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We are always as a family with kids very eager to improve our language skills so anyone with a desire to share their language skills is more than welcome ;)
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  Hébergement

  You will be settled inside our cosy family house with your own room as there is plenty of space and beds inside.
  
  There is a outdoor toilet available but you can also use the forest toilet anywhere around you ;)
  
  We offer a lot of organic and fresh food from our land, wild or self grown, a lot of fermented foods, sourdough bread baked in all natural clay oven, a lot of new ingredients celebrated in colourful dishes. Also an abundance of natural spring water.

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  Autres infos...

  There is a lot of activities that you can do around here including hiking, local sightseeing, riding mountain bikes, forest meditation, exploring local lakes and rivers, mountain tops, visiting local farmers markets.
  
  We listen to our body and try to heal ourselves with natural, local and organic food.
  
  We don't follow any particular religion, but we practice our own spirituality in harmony with nature as we found our church in the nature around us celebrating our creator everyday.
  
  We like to talk and discuss about any values that originate from any religion in terms of making a community that is based on honesty, integrity, joy and absolute presence in every moment, helping out each out and really understanding what mindfulness is all about.
  
  If you feel that you resonate with our story we welcome you to stay for as long as you want.
  
  Our ultimate goal is to establish a community based on love, integrity and trust and even abandoning this insane monetary and economic system some day completely.
  
  Our basic set of values is completely based on avoiding harming the nature, which includes predominantly plant based diet, never killing animals for our own needs.
  
  We would prefer to host long term volunteers especially families with many kids, that we can bond with, share some real life human values.
  
  If you are tired of cities, routines and schedules, wanting to go back to the countryside and live a slow and fulfilled life, you will love it here with us.
  
  If you love nature, trying to learn from her and not harm her in any way, also become more aware of your decisions in life and bring back your inner child, you will absolutely love it here with us.
  
  If you already know or you want to learn how to enjoy life living with minimalism, enjoying your resting time and working hard when needed, devoting yourself to projects with natural materials, you will want to come and stay with us for a long time :)
  
  We have a lot of children as you already know, so you have to love children and be ready for their different phases, all the good and the bad moments, and also be prepared for the fact that their way of life, their way of thinking will trigger your inner child, all the unfulfilled wishes and thoughts you had as a child.
  
  If you want to grow as a person on any level, and as a family on any level, thinking about higher purpose of life, getting to know and healing yourself and your entire family, you will love it here with us.
  
  So please, think about everything written in our profile, we can create something beautiful together, some amazing and long lasting friendships, but if you have any doubts about this kind of lifestyle, please don't waste yours or our time in this short life.
  
  We want to have individuals and families here that are on the same path as we are, sharing the knowledge and progressing further together.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Campervans, motorhomes or trailers of any size and kind are more than welcome onto our property as there is plenty of space to park them.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Cet hôte a dit qu’il acceptait les personnes voyageant avec un animal.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. We expect every volunteer to be responsible and really help us with projects. We are always fair and ready to adjust the schedule if needed.

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