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Hello! Geia Sas!
First of all, please only contact us if you are interested in staying in our project in 2024 for a period of at least 2 months.
We are looking in particular for people that would like to live and learn in a self sufficient sustainable small community and are open to vegetable garden managers that could take over most of the work of our vegetable gardens (300-400m2).
Are you looking for a place in nature,
where off the grid living is the most normal thing there is.
Where your fresh veggies travel no more than 150 m to your plate and you can compare flavour and effect of two different fresh water sources?
We can offer a place in our 1,5ha eco farm for you to learn about regenerative agriculture, creating food forests, landscaping, natural building, water and energy management, preserving food, livestock care, nature's home pharmacy and many more aspects of natural living.
We are Chenny and Steven, a couple, living here now for almost 11 years. We built our little paradise from scratch. We found this poor abandoned land and turned it into an oasis with thriving gardens and nature. We've built 6 natural buildings and are by now quite skilled in a diverse gamma of building techniques (cob, lime, tadelakt, wood).
Our farm is situated at 750m in the north Peloponnese just outside the tiny village Seliana and is surrounded by vast mountains, rivers and waterfalls.
For beach and sea lovers, we are half an hour drive from the to sea and shops. We have a blossoming community of neighbors that we see often for a gathering. This can be African drumming or other spontaneous jam sessions, yoga, an outdoor cinema or just a cup of tea or coffee and a chat.
Are you interested in staying this season with us? After having volunteers for many years we aim for people that have a specific interest in this way of life and wish to be fully immersed in off grid living. We offer a deep learning experience through participation in all the activities of the project and a space to explore your interest in natural living under experienced guidance. Staying with us means you'll take up a responsibility for certain aspects of the farm and not just carrying out tasks from the task list.
We are looking for people with an interest for a long term stay with a minimum of 6 months, in the period between April and October. Contact us for more detailed information.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can really experience how to live off the land. We are both permaculture certificated and by now with a lot of gardening and natural building experience. Also, you get what you give! You will have many opportunities for learning natural living skills. Every day is different!
Help
We stimulate everybody to get really a part of the farm. We cook and share meals together, you will be actively integrated in taking care of our animals (chickens, cats, maybe pigs). We will work together in the garden, harvest, preserve food, teach about soil, landscape design, natural building, herbal medicine and herbal cosmetics. Days start after breakfast, times vary during the seasons. We are looking in particular for people willing to stay long term, carpenter and cooking skills are really welcome, but most of all people that are looking for a life like ours and looking for an introduction or an example.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Greek: Beginner
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You can stay at our place in a tent. We will provide for a tent and bedding. You can camp nearby the communal spaces, but also you can set up your tent more private in the woods should you wish.
There is an outdoor shower and a small swimming pool.
Food is prepared on rotational base in the communal kitchen. There is a communal bathroom with solar hot water. There is an amazing beautiful pit toilet with a stunning view.
What else ...
After a long term stay with us we hope to have inspired you to start or join a project similar to ours, or maybe even join ours. We hope you will leave us with enough knowledge, experience and confidence to take on the next step towards self-sufficiency.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
to be in Livelula make me feel lucky, it is an amazing place, highly well organize, full of colorful flowers and trees into the wild scenery.
Steve & Chenny are one of the sweeties-wise couple that I have ever meet, I admire the daily flow of communication, easy going attitude and the good humor sense.
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to be in Livelula make me feel lucky, it is an amazing place, highly well organize, full of colorful flowers and trees into the wild scenery.
Steve & Chenny are one of the sweeties-wise couple that I have ever meet, I admire the daily flow of communication, easy going attitude and the good humor sense.
I like to thank you… read more
I'm so sorry this has taken me this long to give you guys a review - it is not a reflection of you guys at all! Me and Joakim had such an amazing time there and both definitely want to come back at some point soon if you will have us! Learned so much in the short space of time we were there about herbs, vegetables, cooking, mulch &… read more
These two are seriously knowledgeable about permaculture. This place is a magical.
I stayed for two months and was completely involved in the gardening, the village life, neighbouring permaculture farm, community festival their friends -everything! Their life is your life.
veg, veg, veg, fruit, chickens veg ,pigs and… read more
