Information du profil
Évaluation d'hôte
100 %
Last replied
23 avr. 2024
Taux de réponse
94.7 %
Usually responds ≤ 4 jours
Feedback
24
Facebook verified
E-mail vérifié
Badges (3)
Séjour min. souhaité : Au moins deux semaines
Infos
Description
Hello there !
We are a familly living in a beautiful place, in the middle of nature, just next to the border between France (Alsace) and Switzerland. We moved here from Paris after a long travel from France to Japan by bike from 2011 to 2013. We changed our way of life from engineer and financial management in Paris to this life "in the middle of nowhere", as people say, and are very happy of that ! We have two girls : aged 4 and 2 ! :)
The goal of our project is to build a peaceful place with sustainable behaviours, good food and peace of mind. The place is just perfect for that, as you can see on the pictures. Forest is all around, wild animals feel safe here and come very close, and nature grows everywhere.
We are organizing with our NGO a lot of public events : music&dance festivals, nature festivals, workshops and a lot of other activities. We grow a vegetable garden with permaculture in mind. There's a wood workshop too in order to build everything we need, with the wood from the forest. You'll help with all the activities of our NGO. We have many activities at our place but volunteers do not participate in any business.
We have connections with some associations around here to make repair cafes, local exchange and other transitional projects, but unfortunately we don't have time to be everywhere !
We can speak French of course, good English, Italian, Russian, and we learn Japanese but aren't able to have a talk with Japanese people yet !
If you have more question, just ask us or come here ! :)
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Anytime you stay with people you learn something ! We did it a lot in our 2 years trip, everyday, with so many different people ! We like to share experience and are looking forward to hear yours !
We like to sing, play games, volley ball, etc.
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
The place is huge, and there are lots of projects going on ! We're looking for volunteers for specific projects, listed below :
**Participatory workcamps**
We're currently building a small barn and now need help on building the inside : wood structure, cob, wood fiber insulation and finishing earth coating tests.
From April 12th to 20st !!
And from May 2nd to 12th.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Festivals *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
In May and June are a lot of events organized by our NGO with the help of a lot of volunteers from the association: our Swing music and dance festival, we need volunteers to join our 30 people team for the preparation (from May 10th), then an event around flowers on May the 25th-26st, and again a Nature festival from June 8th to 10th with !
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Gardening *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
The vegetable garden is getting bigger and more beautiful every year, and it needs some attention from nature lovers ! The food you'll eat come mainly from our garden.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️Life !*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
And many other things : bees, project to have some ducks chickens (the place is still to build), we want to plant many trees (november and march), grow flowers, build wooden furniture, create new projects, enjoying life, doing aikido in our dojo etc.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Italien: Intermédiaire
Japonais: Débutant
Russe: Débutant
Hébergement
We have a dedicated place for volunteers and friends altogether, with kitchen and bathroom. Sometimes we'll eat at our place, sometimes at your place, we'll see !
Winter in Alsace can be very cold : take warm clothes !
Autres infos...
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️About the place*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
Our place is a very remote one. Don't expect to find any city, any shop or places to visit ! First village (140 people, no shop) is 3km away. First shop is 12km away! Here you can find nature, animals, flowers, open sky. You can hike in the forest, go biking, relax in the old castle from the 12th century 300m away, and so on.
Some people were not looking for that and I think they were a little disappointed so that's why I write it here.
There's an hotel on the place : we ask the volunteers not to go on this side of the place, it's reserved to the guest of the hotel.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️How to come*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
Transportation : we are far from everywhere ! Going to our place can be tricky, but it's part why it's so beautiful : by the way it's a great opportunity to meet nice people by hitch hiking !
Coming here by yourself is the first great challenge.
- If you want to come by train you can come to Vendlincourt in Switzerland, 7km from our place.
- If you come from France, you can take a train to Altkirch or Delle and then bus to Ferrette, Oberlarg, or hitch hike from Delle or Saint Louis : just head up to Ferrette then Oberlarg, our village.
Try to come close to our place, then we can pick you up by car !
See you soon !
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
As you want! maximum 25 hours, 5 days a week
Feedback (21)
Thanks again for welcoming me!
Feedback
Ce sont des évaluations supplémentaires en option lorsque les membres laissent un feedback. La note moyenne pour chaque option est affichée.
Exactitude du profil:
(5.0)
Échange culturel:
(5.0)
Communication:
(5.0)
Thanks again for welcoming me!
The work was great, quite diverse and interesting. We especially enjoyed… read more
The place itself is a piece of wonderland, and I… read more
Her discretion in life is hiding a huge understanding of life and interaction between people (and everything). She was very inspiring for a lot of us, we had never ending conversations on many different subjects. She's eager to learn from… read more
Guillhem and Eglantine (I probably misspelled their names- sorry) are two of the most delightful people you could hope to do a WorkAway for. Not only are they both kind, patient, funny, smart, creative, and extremely generous, they are truly inspiring. They have… read more
The area around the hotel is wild and rural with a lot of places to explore!
The work is various and most of the… read more
See you =)
This first workaway experience was unforgettable. People, place, food, work...everything was great ! In the middle of nature, with this lovely couple and Eglantine's mother and other workers, I really had a wonderful month. I immediately felt welcomed and home, we had so much fun together, I'm already looking forward for the next… read more
