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Off-grid living, house-sitting, gardening, wood chopping, road building in the wilderness of Tuscany, Italy

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  • Última atividade: 2 mai. 2024

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  2024 

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Detalhes

  • Descrição

    Descrição

    Hello!
    We are George, Sophie and our kids Caio (7) and India (5). We are a young family from the UK but now living completely off-grid in the Casentinesi National Park in Tuscany.

    We're passionate about living off-grid, building things, hosting guests, baking bread, gardening and looking after our animals. We enjoy the peace and the slow pace of living close to nature and the commitment to the continuous work involved.

    We use entirely solar power for our electricity, heat with wood and we source our water from a natural spring. Because of the limited solar power we do not have large appliances such as a fridge and washing machine.

    We grow organic vegetables for our own consumption. We have bees so we produce honey and other bee products. We have a cow, goats (one milking) chickens, cats and a dog.

    The farmhouse is in the middle of a forest 3km from the nearest asphalt road and it's only possible to reach the house with a 4x4 vehicle (or of course on foot). We are about a 45min drive from the nearest town so we try to only go into town for shopping etc about once a week. We are very isolated so it's a perfect place to enjoy the solitude and peace that this place offers and experience an authentic off-grid life in the wilderness.

    We need help with all the general daily task of running a homestead and help with specific building projects that may happen at certain times of the year.

    General tasks include:

    Gardening (planting, weeding, watering, soil improvement etc)
    Collecting firewood from the forest
    House maintenance and DIY
    Maintaining and improving the 3km long road to the house (cleaning ditches, filling holes with gravel and rocks etc)
    Fruit tree maintenance
    Fence building

    As well as learning about and helping with all of the tasks above, we offer the opportunity to learn about everything involved with living off-grid - from sourcing our drinking water from the mountain to producing our own electricity etc.

    All meals are home cooked and eaten together and we eat from the garden as much as possible.

    On your days off there are many beautiful hikes to do. For example...to the Monastery of Saint Francis (La Verna), the abandoned village or to the many waterfalls and natural pools (the nearest is 20mins walk away)..
    Please be aware that we are literally in the middle of a forest about 2 hours walk away from the nearest shop or bar.
    We offer the ideal opportunity to experience an authentic and rustic off-grid life in the nature.

    We look forward to meeting you and sharing this experience with you!

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Jardinagem
    Construção/faça você mesmo
    Cuidar de animais
    Ajuda em fazenda
    Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas
    Ajuda a cuidar da casa
    Manutenção geral
  • Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos da ONU
    Erradicar a pobreza
    Erradicar a fome
    Saúde de qualidade
    Educação de qualidade
    Igualdade de género
    Água potável e saneamento
    Energias renováveis e acessíveis
    Trabalho digno e crescimento económico
    Indústria, inovação e infraestruturas
    Reduzir as desigualdades
    Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis
    Produção e consumo sustentáveis
    Ação climática
    Proteger a vida marinha
    Proteger a vida terrestre
    Paz, justiça et instituições eficazes
    Parcerias para a implementação dos objetivos
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Although we are in Italy we're very isolated so it's not the best place for volunteers to come expecting a Italian cultural exchange, although we do speak (and cook!) Italian.
    We offer the opportunity to learn many life skills from cooking and baking bread to gardening and fixing the roof.
    We live off-the-grid and practice organic gardening and self-sufficiency. So our cultural exchange would be an exchange of lifestyle and knowledge rather than an authentic Italian cultural exchange.

  • Projetos que envolvem crianças

    Projetos que envolvem crianças

    Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers who are passionate about nature, independent, hardworking and enjoy being outside and getting stuck in!

    What you could do here greatly depends on what you're capable of doing. There's also always new stuff to build and old stuff to fix and renovate and it's an ideal playground to the DIY enthusiast.
    Depending on your skills such tasks could be....

    Gardening (planting, weeding, watering, soil improvement etc)
    Collecting firewood from the forest
    House maintenance and DIY
    Maintaining and improving the 3km long road to the house (cleaning ditches, filling holes etc)
    Painting and decorating
    Carpentry projects
    General manual labour
    General house renovation
    Building and repairing dry stone walls
    Fixing tools and machines
    Plumbing

    The garden and house need constant attention and improvement.

    A certain points in the year there could be times when we are focusing on one specific project...like working on the road or collecting firewood for winter

  • Idiomas

    Inglês: Fluente
    Italiano: Fluente

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    The type of accommodation can vary depending how many other volunteers or guests are around. But you will either stay in one of our spare bedrooms or possibly in a tent during the summer.
    There is a separate bathroom for guests.

    The house is off-grid, which means we are not connected to the mains electricity. We only have a small solar panel system - not a problem in summer but it can mean we have limited electricity supply in the winter months. Our water, comes clean and natural to the house from a nearby spring.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    About the place and your stay...
    We are in a very remote part of east Tuscany called the Casentino. In contrast to the rolling hills, vine yards and the olive groves of what you imagine to be the classic Tuscany, here it is very wild and mountainous and we are surrounded by lush forests. The houses are literally in the middle of the woods within the National Park of the Casentine forests. The houses are reached by a 3km old stone track only accessible on foot or 4x4 vehicle. The houses are fully off grid. Our electricity comes from solar and water is sourced from a natural spring. Hot water is supplied from a wood burning stove. It is an exceptionally peaceful place of untouched natural beauty. The nearest neighbor is a 30min walk away and there is no light pollution, perfect for stargazing and forest-walks. This is a very special place just to be and experience nature.

    Places to visit during your stay....

    La Verna - the medieval monastery of Saint Francis of Assisi. Perched high on a cliff face at the top of the mountain this sacred place is surrounded by some of the oldest and largest trees in the valley in a forest known as the 'foresta encantata' (enchanted forest). It is here where the Saint retreated in his cave and communed with the wildlife and nature and eventually received his stigmata. It is clear to understand why even to this day many pilgrims still visit this sacred wild place for prayer and meditation... or perhaps for some, just simply to enjoy the view!

    Next is the 'abandoned village' of San Silvestre. This once thriving village was deserted after the second world war and since then it has been left open to the destructive forces of nature and has slowly been eaten up by the wilderness. Here trees grow from the middle of the ruins and the only signs of life are the sheep loitering the old lanes and grazing the overgrowth. Although only abandoned this century, the village emanates a feeling of a 'lost civilisation'. Beautiful place for sunset!

    There are several waterfalls and rivers big enough for swimming in the valley. Indispensable on a hot day, these can be reached on foot and will no doubt be visited during your stay with us.

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    Please be aware that we are isolated and hard to get to. The house is literally in the middle of the woods, it can only be reached by 4x4 vehicles and of course on foot. It is a place to immerse yourself into nature, explore forests and footpaths and to simply enjoy the peace. Fantastic for walkers. It is not a place to use as a base from where you can easily go on day trips to other tourist cities in Italy.

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  • Pode aceitar animais

    Pode aceitar animais

    Este anfitrião está aberto a aceitar viajantes com animais de estimação.

  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Mais de 2

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    Horas previstas

    5 hours a day maximum (max 25hrs/week)

Nº de ref. de anfitrião: 315467944d17

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