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Hola,
I'm Lingam.
I'm passionate about natural gardening, green building, community life and self-sufficiency.
I live in this place since 2019.
In the past years, with Sole and our son Suami, we founded a community based on conscious parenting, self-sufficiency and personal growth.
A family with 3 children joined us and for 4 years we hosted many volunteers and friends, organized courses and activities.
It is a 3.5 hectares land, 300 meters on the sea level, with a great sea view on the tirrenic coast, olive trees, fruit trees, gardens and water springs.
Immediately we thought to share this place with other people carrying on a life project about growing together in awareness and self-sufficiency.
We also projected to repopulate the historical center in order to create a spread community.
We cleaned and reactivated 2 springs with water storage so that we can water gardens and trees.
The flat and weakly sloped areas have been cleaned from blackberry bush and other vegetation, but there are areas that still need to be cleaned.
In these years we have built a common kitchen with clay and straw, a composting toilet, a shower and a basic washing place for clothes.
To make all these projects real I need support from pioneers interested in the project.
I cook in a very simple way, trying to use natural and garden resources and buy as little as possible.
I follow a vegetarian diet and prefere not to use drugs.
I provide a very basic breakfast, if you have particular needs, buy your favourite food before arriving in the place.
Shops are not very close from here!
I usually follow natural rhythms, meaning that I go to sleep quite early after sunset and wake up around sunrise.
I would like to host people in line or respectful with our values.
Communication is very important to make a community work.
The tools we use in order to grow as individuals and as a group are talking circles (in particular emotional ones) and non-violent communication.
Green building, small dimensions and landscape integration are the principles for buildings.
I live 5 km away from the village of Verbicaro on a secondary road 2,5 km away from the main one where you can get a ride or a bus, 20 km from Scalea and Diamante.
If you want to help me and live surrounded and lead by nature, contact me!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Self development
Farming
Cooking & food
Hitchhiking
Gardening
Languages
Plant care
Music
DIY & crafts
Carpentry
Books
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
Team sports
Beach
Nature
Camping
Mountain
Hiking
Cycling
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I am quite experienced in wild life, natural gardening, green building with wood and cob, harvesting and cooking wild herbs, transformation and conservations of fruit and vegetables from the garden, producing herbal oil and cream, natural soap and toothpaste.
We grew up our child with a high-contact approach that we like to share.
I studied organic farming and I'm interested in permaculture, natural gardening and green building.
Help
People skilled in building with natural and up-cycled materials, permacultural landscape design, natural gardening, water facilities are welcome.
Main activities are gardening and building.
Weeding and watering the gardens will always be a simple but necessary occupation.
Grass management is needed especially in spring and autumn.
To prevent blackberries to grow again you could cut them and dig their surface roots.
During cold seasons I will also make new pathways and dig drainage channels to prevent water flooding.
Workawayers can help making the place more comfortable and welcoming for new volunteers.
Help cooking and cleaning the kitchen and other common spaces is welcome.
When there is a surplus of production from the garden or from the fruit trees (especially plums in july, pears in july-august and figs in august-september) we need help for transformation and conservation.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I'm interested in sharing italian language, practice english and spanish, and I would like to learn a little portuguese and french.
Accommodation
I have 2 caravans (3 places each) to host volunteers.
I can host people in their own campers, caravans or tents, very adaptable to situations with few comforts.
The tent accommodation is really basic, something like a rainbow gathering or an "into the wild" camping. There are some flat areas or some more private but slightly sloped areas where you can set your tent.
Please bring your own sleeping bag, towel, working clothes, shoes/sandals, torch and power bank.
If you can't travel with sleeping bag we can provide it.
Since we don't have water depuration don't bring any soap, shampoo, toothpaste: we only use our homemade natural soap and toothpaste, and don't bring any unnecessary things, especially plastic.
Please, be responsible for all your stuff and don't leave anything in the place, especially garbage.
I bring drinkable water from the village (5 km).
I have a small solar panel to charge phones, lights or powerbanks once a day.
You really need to be a pioneer.
What else ...
Terra Gi is close to Pollino mountains Park (10 km) and to tirrenic coast (15 km).
There is also a cold river (5-10 km) called Abate Marco.
I have a little car, but I use it as little as possible, only for important missions, so I can't give you a ride anywhere.
There are few buses a day during the week, but on Sundays there are no buses.
Hitchhiking works quite well, after you walk 2 km to the main road.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Notice: Private mobile connection only, and few electricity from solar panel are available.
Space for parking camper vans
We don't have any typical campervan facility, such as electricity plug or chemical toilet dump. Campervans can be parked at the side of the secondary road. The road is quite broken, but we travel weekly with our car and it's been "tested" by many campers.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (6)
He's active, careful, peaceful and respectful, able to solve problems and face difficulties.
He quickly adapted to my wild and low-comforts lifestyle, thanks to his love for nature.
He gave a great contribution to my project helping me in building, gardening… read more
See you soon, Lingam !!
I spent two weeks at Lingam's place last October and was immediately thrilled when I arrived there. This place is fantastic to live. Remote from everyday life and the noise of cities, there is a beautifully quiet place.
Most of the time I helped with the olive harvest, but I also had the chance to… read more
(Sorry for the really late feedback!!)
She has some experience in agriculture and quickly learns new skills.
She's active, relyable, respectfull and carefull.
She connected very well with all of us, included my son Suami.
We look forward to meeting and hosting her again!
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He's active, careful, peaceful and respectful, able to solve problems and face difficulties.
He quickly adapted to my wild and low-comforts lifestyle, thanks to his love for nature.
He gave a great contribution to my project helping me in building, gardening… read more
See you soon, Lingam !!
I spent two weeks at Lingam's place last October and was immediately thrilled when I arrived there. This place is fantastic to live. Remote from everyday life and the noise of cities, there is a beautifully quiet place.
Most of the time I helped with the olive harvest, but I also had the chance to… read more
(Sorry for the really late feedback!!)
She has some experience in agriculture and quickly learns new skills.
She's active, relyable, respectfull and carefull.
She connected very well with all of us, included my son Suami.
We look forward to meeting and hosting her again!
This was our first ever workaway experience and it was ten, twenty times better than expected. In just a couple of days we started to feel part of a great family of human beings, living in total connection with mother earth. In our life we have never been so close to nature every single moment of every day. They accept us in… read more
Sole y Lingam son una pareja comprometida en sus procesos personales y… read more
Its a real nature-natutal land living and working there felt healing. And that's how I felt after 2.5 weeks.
Wish you the best♥
