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We are building two small houses with structural wall made of bale of straw. In Switzerland, canton of Fribourg, not fare from the lake Neuchatel. The internal wall would be mud wall directly on the straw. External wall would made with lime. Plus thermal solar panel, rain water harvesting and much more.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
DIY and building projects
Interests
Sustainability
Technology
DIY & crafts
Art & design
Music
Astronomy
Nature
Dancing
Sailing / Boating
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We would be really happy to share with you, our knowledge, culture, personal story, food as well as yours.
Help
We need people to help us building the house. Building straw walls, wood housing, internal mud wall, external lime wall, thermal solar panels and many more. What you will do depends on the stage of the building. We need people motivated to learn new building techniques, open minded and enjoying doing manual work.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
The accommodation is of course part of the deal, but it will depend of the number of people and the state of the project. It can go from a room in our apartment to a place in our camper-van on site. Contact us and we will discuss it directly.
We are offering 3 meals per day, from regular Swiss/EU cuisine. (Not only melted cheese don't worry) .
Drinks other than water, tea and coffee is not included as well as alcohol.
What else ...
Switzerland is a very expensive country, especially for accommodation. Here you have a nice opportunity to visit our beautiful country for low money. And we can make you discover some special places and dishes.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Internet is pretty good. You should not have any issues here.
Space for parking camper vans
You can stay directly at the working site. It is a very quiet place in the countryside. Electricity and water is available.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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As he works in construction, he has extensive knowledge and skills, but he is also eager to learn new building… read more
Mattheo is also a hard worker. He would get up early, drive an hour to the… read more
The project of building two straw houses is… read more
He can bring… read more
Lise and Jérôme are wonderful and generous people that truly care about making volunteers feel welcome into their home.
I helped them out for a month and half, building the load carrying straw bale wall section that will… read more
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As he works in construction, he has extensive knowledge and skills, but he is also eager to learn new building… read more
Mattheo is also a hard worker. He would get up early, drive an hour to the… read more
The project of building two straw houses is… read more
He can bring… read more
Lise and Jérôme are wonderful and generous people that truly care about making volunteers feel welcome into their home.
I helped them out for a month and half, building the load carrying straw bale wall section that will… read more
We had a wonderful moment with them.
They are very welcome with us again.
