Permaculture garden and future artist retreat in Bédarieux, France

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  Beschreibung

  Who are us and what's up here:
  Couple of artists burned out and tired of the stress of "capitalistic crazy life" in the city, we bought a house with a "big" land (half an hectare) in a small city to build a place of semi self-sufficiency, beauty, art and joy.
  The place had a normal house, a big garage, 2 woodcabins and a fruit garden with cherries, almonds and olives. The project: flip the house, flip the cabins, flip the garage. Make an big atelier, a nice 2 bedrooms little cabin for havin friends and doing an artist retreat program with a local association, plant more trees, build vegetable gardens, build a rose garden and do kinda "mini mini little drier version of Giverny" to inspire people.
  3 years after we did half of everything and we need help.
  We could rent the woodcabin on airbnb (since this is a fairly touristic place) and use the money to keep paying workers, but that is exausting and I did not came here to have this shalow interactions with people that just pass by. (don't worry, we still pay workers to do the specialized work like electricity, piping, roof...)
  I love to travel and I want this place to be somewhere my 20 something self would love to come spend some time on a workaway. I spend my days in this place working and I would love some interesting company to chat, share, learn and teach.
  There is also much space to create new things, propose small changes, creative spaces or objects, leave your mark.
  Here our routine is to plant and take care of our fruit trees, build our vegetables gardens and flower gardens. We learn permaculture and the land work in practic day by day. We also keep fixing the house, the cabin and the atelier, but everyday is a different work to do. We do it in our time, inside our bodies possibilities and always letting space and time to enjoy life and the beauty around us. And we do things our way, creatively (sometimes we fail hard).
  
  Who are us people:
  I am Brazilian, living in France since 2012. I'm an artist and art therapist. I also learn and worked with art restoration, graphic arts, wood, paint manufacturing and worked in art gallery in Paris for 4 years before my body broke. I am borned with a deformity in my spine but you would never know because I always been a force of nature. Finally a chronic pain got the best of me and I got some years of reseting and searching for answer and treatments, until I finally accepted to slow down, get near the nature in a hotter place and change my mindset completely. And get completely unemployed. (but not out of work! So much work...)
  I'm a spiritual person, and I discreetly work the energy and care for the living beings around me all the time. I'm still trying to find my balance, but you will see me work like a tornado sometimes and then get in bed for an entire day!
  Florent is french and works remotely for a 3d animated film company. Contracts are bit instable so sometimes he has a lot of time to help with all the work here, sometimes he works online and does what he can for the rest. He is a bit of an introvert but he loves to chat around apéro (like all french people!), bord games, be in nature, eat (so do I)... He is curious, inteligent, politically and ecologicaly engaged and he is the sweetest most kind men I ever met.
  We also have our 2 babies Pitou and Pistache (cats).
  There's a lot to do for only us 2, and we would love to be around people interested in nature, permaculture gardens, ecology, art, literature, well-being, equality and fraternity ideals (liberté égalité fraternité !)
  
  Other things:
  We have 2 electric bikes we can share (if you are careful).
  Our city is linked to bigger cities like Montpellier and Béziers by train and bus, and the tickets are extremely cheap.
  
  We are 15min by bike from a river where we can swim, and an hour by car from the Mediterranean sea. The city is small but have a train station and all the modern conforts, and a nice little artist community. Also lots of people working on organic farming and alternative projects for a different world.
  It's a vacation place, with English, German, Swiss and Dutch communities.
  There are lots of natural sports places around: climbing, via ferrata, kayaking, traking routes...
  
  We can share cultures and languages but I can also share my knowledge in art and a lot of different art techniques, and the space in the atelier can be shared with joy.
  
  The person would have full privacy in a 30m2 wood cabin.
  
  Only vegetarian food allowed. Eggs and dairy are ok, eventually some fish. (You don't need to be vegetarian but you can't eat meat here. ( it is for energy and spiritual reasons but also political. We go slowly towards some kind of veganism some day)
  
  Also, no illegal drugs. (Lots of good wine around if you're into)
  
  So here is all, I guess. If you think you could have some nice time with us, let us know.
  Best regards,
  Camila and Flo

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Sprachpraxis

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Film & Fernsehen

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Politik & Soziales

  

  Haustiere

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Events & Sozialleben

  

  Kultur

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Fotografie

  

  Darstellende Künste

  

  Musik

  

  Sprachen

  

  Geschichte

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Bücher

  

  Kunst & Design

  

  Tiere

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Natur

  

  Wandern

  

  Tanzen

  

  Radfahren

  

  Strand

  

  Erlebnissportarten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Main thing to learn here is to live in the present, slow down! Also French culture and language, Brazilian culture and language, permaculture, gardening, tending to cats, vegetarian cooking, Art .
  
  All kinds of associations in the city! Nature sports all around, wine culture also very much strong here, lots of small wine farms/producers. Occitan language and culture including a nice traditional occitan dancing scene.

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  Arbeit

  We need help with everyday needs on the house and the garden, depending on the season: trimming the grass, planting, watering, harvesting some trees... very basic garden stuff.
  
  Also we need help with the house and the work we are doing : helping changing furniture from places, cleaning materials from small handy tasks, brooming... if you are skilled enough maybe paint a wall, install a shelf... it requires some level of strength and also some dexterity is very important.
  
  Knowing how to use basic electric tools like screwdrivers and wood saws is ideal. I can teach you to do all that is needed. The more experienced you are in housegrooming husbandry the best.

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Französisch: Fließend
  Portugiesisch: Fließend
  Englisch: Gute Kenntnisse
  Spanisch: Grundkenntnisse
  Italienisch: Grundkenntnisse

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  Unterkunft

  30m2 wood cabin not far from the main house. The cabin has 2 bedrooms, a dry toilet, shower and sink. Bedroom has two single beds for the moment. Shower is warm but not very hot. Kitchen space with sink, microwave, hot plate and small fridge. The cabin is thermoinsulated. Heating can be provided as well as a windfan. 5g practically everywhere. Little finishes needed in the cabin: toilet and bathroom doors, some tiling, organizing... Your help will be very welcome to achieve it. The cabin has a key and it is very safe. The whole terrain is quite hidden from the main road. For the moment we will only have one person at a time. No parties. No receiving many people in without talking with us before.
  
  A waterline toilet and a laundry are accessible in main house, as is the drinking water, 24h. The rest of the main house is only available when we are awake. Main kitchen and living room have cable internet, a big TV and space for online working if needed. A printer can be used if needed. You can take Hot shower inside too.
  
  The house is in a hill. Walking around is not easy, but very much doable and an electric bike is possible to be used.
  
  Meals : breakfast is ideally to be taken in the cabin. We are not morning people and we like some privacy before 10 am. Lunchtime is the main meal and I always cook or Have something prepared. Dinner is to be discussed. Help with cooking can be nice but not really necessary.
  The house is messy and a bit dirty because all the flipping around, but tiding up after you is mandatory. Dishwasher do the dishes.

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  Was noch ...

  Down the hill (10 min by foot down and 15 up) there is a bus stop with lots of destinations around. There are small cute villages accessible by bus and also by bike. 25min walking there is a train station with trains to Béziers(30min) and millau (and other villages between). There is a bus to Montpellier (2h trip). The bus costs 2 euros and the train 1 euro. Once in Béziers you can take local trains to lots of cities: Narbonne, Agde, Sète, Montpellier, Nîmes, Marseille... all in a 2h trip that you can go and come back the same day for affordable prices. Barcelona is 2h by train. Toulouse too. Lots of cultural options in the city and neighbor ones. There is a good cinema in our city. Lots of nature sports and walk paths. Lots of walk paths! In the hills, in the woods, in wine yards.... we have a car and we do a lot of stuff. Sharing the car is yet to be discussed though.
  We are kind of very extroverted and very introverted at the same time. We love to chat, party, play games and just share time together around a meal but we also need a lot of time alone, so we wont be on your back all the time. No smoking inside.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  There is 5G all around but the best wireless internet is in the living room in the main house. If you have an online job we can work around your free time.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  The road is not wide, campervans must be small

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Yes, but our cats don't like other animals. Your pet must be very well behaved. We love all animals.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

  

  Pistache

  7 years old, female, sterilized. Friendly with humans but easily spooked

  

  Pitou

  7 years old, male, sterilized. Afraid of everything. Very jealous and territorial

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