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Description
We are a little Permaculture community in its beginnings, consisting of a young family from Germany who moved here some years ago, their friend Alejandro from Spain and, temporarily, all the wonderful people coming here to visit and help us. Our land has 3 hectares close to Gijón, with an old house, a barn and a shed a we want to reform. Our vision is to create a small permaculture community with a reforestation project, a forest garden and some animals (chickens, sheep) which offers space and food for workshops and to experiment with traditional and new low-tech solutions for a more sustainable life, while staying in contact with our neighbours and city people.
Julia and Max both speak Spanish, English and German, our daughter (6) speaks Spanish and German. Julia also speaks Thai.
Alejandro speaks Spanish, English and French.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Politics / Social justice
LGBTQ
Vegetarian or vegan
Van life
Technology
Sustainability
Farming
Events & social
Culture
Plant care
Performing arts
Music
Languages
Hitchhiking
History
Gardening
Books
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Beach
Cycling
Dancing
Hiking
Nature
Outdoor activities
Water sports
Yoga / Wellness
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Julia and me took a PDC (Permaculture Design Course) in Thailand back in 2020 and we are happy to share our, so far, limited knowledge :) and let you take part in designing the shape of our project in an early stage. We can also give you insights on our experience looking for a land and the legal aspects we learned about, take you to a Sidrería, our friends' places, the local hippie market... Max plays Guitar and every instrument available and would love to have around musicians to play with. We are also into food conservation, making combucha, oat milk, bread spreads...
And we like to play board games.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
You would live with us in our little community and play an active part in it. We will introduce you to our Permacultural plan and take steps to realise it. There are always things to do around the house, garden and veggie garden where you could help. There are also some natural building projects we'd like to work on. One one of our projects this year is to build a batch rocket heater.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
There is room to improve our Spanish, and Max' English... and if you are interested in practicing German, we can do that as well. Alejandro is a great Spanish teacher. Beware, only one of us (Alejandro) is fluent in French. Max knows a little bit.
Accommodation
ALLERGIC people be aware that we have a cat.
We have a camper van and as well tents with everything you need for sleeping provided. (Tents could also be put in the upper barn, more or less protected from rain.)
There is a hot outdoor shower and a compost toilet (both with a roof), and a shared kitchen, also the possibility of cooking outside.
We like to organise meals together, especially lunch, but ask you to contribute to the shopping costs.
What else ...
We are located in Asturias, a lovely place in northern Spain with some amazing nature. Gijón is its biggest city, capital of surf, and from our place you can go by bike in <30min to the city and the beach. (Way back is more like 40 minutes due to going uphill.) We have two bikes our volunteers can borrow. The bus stop with a regular schedule is a ~35min walk away, another one even closer. Around the corner, you can go for a hike to Monte Deva.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We both work online sometimes, so having a reliable internet connection is vital to us. We have a mobile router have plans to put a LTE antenna on the roof, but so far it was always ok.
Space for parking camper vans
Access with very big vehicles could be difficult.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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Max and Julia took effort to to show me the area as much as possible, so I was able to get to know the place… read more
In exchange I mainly helped demolish… read more
I wish you all the best and see you soon!
They treated me very kind in all ways and I was part of all the activities they organised.
Julia took me to one of the open air rockconcerts by bicycle and with Max and friends I went to beach.
The work was very divers but the soil too hard to place a… read more
Además el… read more
First of all, thank you so much Julia, Max and Maya for the amazing time we spent together. Being at your place made me feel so balanced. The project is just in it's children shoes, that's why of course not everything is perfect and sometimes little wild but that's what I loved so much about. I had the feeling I could… read more
After a cancelled stay elsewhere I was desperate for a new place and I struck gold with Max and Julia and their daughter Maya. Their place is in an amazing spot in the hills above Gijon, with many fruit trees, meadows and views facing Mount Deva and down into the city. I was instantly… read more
