Help us create an open community in an old settlement in the mountains of Serra Calderona, Spain

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: 1 month or more

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  • Description

    Description

    We are an open community in the mountains(Serra Calderona). We work rebuilding an ancient arab village(alquería), for preserving the clever and sustainable culture of living in harmony with the nature.
    The settlement it`s from the XI century, located in a lost valley between mountains, with a high environmental value.
    It gives us the life a clear water river that flows between red stones(rodeno) and a dense mediterranean forest.
    The village it`s composed by around 20 houses ruins, a defensive tower and 3 buildings that we are actually rebuilding, and where we already have a communitary dinning room and kitchen, as well as a workshop, a warehouse, library, goat yards, a hen house and sleeping places.
    Olla village has also a big terraced farming surface, where predominate the centenary olive trees, the almond and cherry trees and the orchard terraces, all of them worked up under the permaculture principles.
    The village has communitary shower installations, dry wc, green cleaning filters, photovoltaic electrical installation and a solar heat.

    We need volunteers only with experience on bulding, electricity, animals, forest works (chainsaw, brushcutter..) vegetals, water sistems, eu volunters programs..

    we can spoke by videocall.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    General Maintenance
  • 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

    Learn to build with diferent tecniques, dry stone, wood, bamboo , clay and lime.

  • Help

    Help

    We host just volunteers who can stayed at least for ONE MONTH with us.
    The tasks to be carried out are bio-construction in a traditional way (dry stone, quicklime, reed...), animal care (sheep grazing and fencing), agro-ecological vegetable gardens, olive trees (different tasks depending on the time of year)
    We highly value knowledge and skills in other aspects such as energy self-sufficiency systems, masonry, previous experience with animals, initiative in daily work and autonomy.

  • Languages spoken

    Catalan: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    There is a common room in the main house for volunteers, which has mattresses and some bedclothes, although it is advisable to bring your own sleeping bag.

  • 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

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    Maximum 5 h per day, 5 days at week

Host ref number: 253927371266

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