Help with our ecological project at a working permaculture farm in Puivert, France

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  Description

  Aloha, I'm Mark and I invite you to come and discover our project:
  We are 100% off-grid now and enjopying it. We are growing most of our own food ( it feels good ).
  
  It is still quite basic here at the farm and i am looking for independent people, with the key word being autonomie.
  I belive autonomous people can create comunity together. That does not mean we dont need one another in our exchanges. I just means we are not dependent upon one another.!
  
  Le Barraquet (in the old local language ) mean's "The Grean Bean", how cool is that for our project.!
  We work towards this as a coherent ecological space. With the impostance on the sharing knowledge, creating social ties, one of solidarity, cultural and festive ties in our local community. The area of Puivert is special and full of like minded people from many cultures. Here at the bean we not only grow food for ourself but our excess goes to the local community. We also do lights for shows, compost toilet rental and are present in many local festivities from the may-poll danc to concerts and theatre.
  I belive i live in paradise here. And heaven and hell is a state of consciousness in the here and now, its what we make it. Like in the Huna philosophies " The world is what you think it is", and "Energy goes where you focus your attention". And now qunatum physics is catching up to the ancient teachings.
  
  We are lucky to be in this preserved place, in the heart of the Pyrenees Audoises (Cathar country).
  We live on just over 5,6 hec with several buildings. The whole farm was abandoned for over 30 years and theres lots of work to do, thats why we need your help..
  
  I want to invite and welcome you to this beautiful place and assiste us with our enthusiastic project.
  All the best
  Mark and young Sirius.
  
  
  A Quick Note:
  *The shower has been disconected as we are working on that building. Their are possibilyts for washing (we have an austraien bush shower) and there is always hot water available fromour solar cooker when the sun shines.
  * Im sorry to annonce that we wont be taking people with dogs after our second bad experience. (cats, monkeys, donkeys and goldfish welcome :-) .
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  Aloha, je m"apelle Mark et je vous invite a venir et devouvrir notre project:
  
  Un lieu écologique, de partage de connaissance, créateur de lien social, un lieu solidaire, culturel et festif
  Est un lieu préservé, au cœur des Pyrénées Audoises. Un terrain de 6 hec et des bâtiments, abandonnés depuis 30 ans, revivent et accueillent le superbe et ambitieux projet de Mark et jeune Sirius.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Our region is rich in culture and stories, we are in the heart of Cathar country. At this time we arez in partnership with another local cultural organizations and we help to organizes events like: Festival of the troubadours (in puivert), The path of the artists (haute valle d'aude), The farm in farm and other events all the year long . We are 1km from the castle of Puivert in the region which bathes in the majic, mystical and cruel ending history of the Cathars.
  We also will be opening a citizen's / associative cafe (when we get around to it) in one of the barns, a place for exchange and sharing of knowledge
  If you like walking, cycling, it is an ideal place for you (I always have bikes available for visitors. There are lakes nearby 4km and 9km, horse riding in the village, possibilities are not exhaustive .......
  Ok see you soon, all the best Mark..!
  
  
  Notre région est riche en culture et histoires, nous sommes dans le coeur de pays cathare. Nous au temps de partenariat avec d'autres organisations culturels du coin aide et organise évènement come: Le festival des troubadours, Le chemin des artistes, Le ferme en ferme et d'autres évènement tout le long de l'année. Nous sommes a 1km du châteaux de Puivert dans région qui baigne dans le majic, mystique et cruel histoire des cathares.
  Nous ouvrons egalement un cafe citoyen/associative (quand en aurrai du temps) dans un des granges , un lieux d'echange et partage des connaissances
  Si vous aimer marcher, faites du vélo, c’est un endroit idéal pour vous (Jai toujours les vélos disponible pour visiteurs. Il y a des lacs a proximité 4km et 9km, les balades a cheval dans le village, les possibilités sont non exhaustive.......
  Ok a bientôt, Mark..!

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  Help

  At the moment we are looking for people to help us with: Gardening (to feed everyone who come to lend a hand). Clearing land (after being empty for 30 years, it's a jungle). The renovation of the various buildings (most of the roofs have fallen in). Installation of a generator that will run on cooking oil (recycled and filtered) to help compliment our solar system.. Help with my son who is 12 years old, a happy soul ! And various tasks on the farm periodically ....
  
  The Key Word the Discribes the Farm is "Autonomy"
  ( i feel that autonomus people can come together to creat community)
  We are all individuel cells in a greater growing expanding living organism called humanity.!
  
  
  En ce moment nous cherchons les gens pour aider avec: Le Jardinage ( pour nourrir tout le monde qui viens prêter le main ). Débroussaillage ( après être vide pendent 30 ans, c’est un jungle ). La rénovation des divers bâtiments ( le plus part des toitures sont a terre ). L'installation des panneaux solaire et un group électrogène qui va rouler à l’huile de friture (recycler). Aide avec mon fils qui a 9 ans ( so cute ) ! Et divers taches a la ferme périodiquement....

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  I realy need people to speek fluent english or french, (maybe its with age) i carnt take 10min to expain a job that takes 5min to do and then not have it done as i asked.
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  Accommodation

  Mobile home or Camping at the farm:
  At the moment we have installed four mobile homes. One is my space, another my sisters and there are two for visitors and a little cosy caravan. So we can accomodated cofortably 8 to 10 people at a time. And we have plenty of space for tentes. Mose of the spaces have there own cooking facilitys so people can have there own space/independence when needed.
  We provide all foods, with one main meal a day all together (often more) and ask each person to do there share of cooking and cleaning. If you do have special dietery needs please let us know in advance.We have stopped taking Vegans as we dont produce enough varietie of products to suit there needs.
  We have no main's shower at the moment and i do have an austrailien bush shower. Water can be heated up on the solar cooker and by putting watering cans in the greenhouse to warm up in the daytime until the new solar shower can be built..! We also use a compost toilet.
  So if you have any knowledge about making an "efficient" shower , please come and share..!
  
  
  Mobil home ou camping à la ferme:
  En ce moment, nous avons installé quatre maisons mobiles. L'un est mon espace, un autre est a ma soeur et il y en a deux pour les visiteurs.
  Nous avons beaucoup d'espace pour les tentes.
  Nous fournissons des repas complets (souvent végétariens ) et demandons à chaque personne de faire sa part de cuisine et de nettoyage (au fur et à mesure), si vous avez des besoins spéciaux en matière de diététique, veuillez nous en informer à l'avance.
  Nous n'avons pas de douche en ce moment et nous mettons des arrosoirs dans la serre pour se réchauffer pendant la journée jusqu'à ce que la nouvelle douche solaire puisse être construite ..! Nous utilisons également des toilettes à compost.
  Donc, si vous avez des connaissances sur la réalisation d'une douche "efficace", venez et partagez!

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  What else ...

  I can pick people up from Esperaza on a sunday morning at the marke (between 9h and 13h) t. .
  Their is a 1€ bus from Carcassonne to Esperaza/Quillan and a 1€ bus from Perpignan to Quillan (number 100) so i can also pick people up from Quillan any day of the week, AND please be on time if possible or let us know how your progressing as its a 45mins round trip from the farm, thank you..!
  
  I am sorry to say but we will no longer be acceping people with dogs ( after some bad experiences ).
  
  Our full adress is:
  Le Barraquet, Route e la Peyrouse, 11230 Puivert, France
  ( i have put a marquer on google maps).

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We Have a Limited Satalite Conection that works well, fueled by the sun :-) We Are Consciously Not Connected electronically and work towards a healthy conection to the Earth .!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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