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Adventure in the Appenine Mountains, Tuscany, Italy

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  • Last activity: 27 Jul 2023

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Escape to the mountains for an adventure.....

    We are a collective made up of artists that facilitates collaborative projects, events and workshops, which explore alternative methods of learning/ working/ living.

    Come and spend a few weeks taking part in a collective experiment in how we can live together; lead a workshop, learn new things, prepare for the apocalypse together, pick blueberries and swim in the waterfall.

    Message with any questions or for more information, look forward to meeting you!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    General Maintenance
    Farmstay help
    Help with Eco Projects
    Help around the house
    Language practice
    Art Projects
    Teaching
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Days are spent leading and taking part in workshops, exploring the mountains and forests, reading together, maintaining the houses and negotiating living together both practically and theoretically.

  • Help

    Help

    The project is open to anybody who interested in exploring these ideas. Practically this means we expect everybody to facilitate a workshop of any kind (in the past we have had ceramics/kilnmaking, performance, poetry, printmaking, fabric dyeing, bread making, life drawing, yoga etc) and bring something we can read and discuss together, preferably related in some way to the project. We divide tasks such as cooking, cleaning dishes, collecting firewood etc between everybody. Some days we spend trying to improve the condition of the houses so this could include painting walls, digging up old paths and moving old furniture. We buy all our food from the local town we eat all meals together taking it in turns to cook. Most of the food is vegetarian, we cook on a fire or there is a wood pizza oven we use regularly too.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    There are three old, semi-derilict houses in the Apennine mountains in Tuscany, Italy. The houses are surrounded by pine forests, blueberry fields and lots of paths to explore. The living conditions are quite basic; there is no electricity, we cook all meals on a fire, there is one outside tap and we sleep inside the houses on airbeds or outside on hammocks. We can provide a single bed in a private or shared room or hammock for workawayers, whichever is preferable. We wash in the streams or waterfall nearby.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    The nearest airport to the houses is Pisa. The nearest town, where we pick up workawayers, is San Marcello Pistoiese. There are trains and buses from Pisa (via Pistoia and Lucca) to San Marcello Pistoiese. The houses are a 30 minute drive from San Marcello Pistoiese.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 3 hours, 5 days a week - food not provided, but is bought together at the supermarket in the local town, once every fortnight, to cook communall

Host ref number: 593314436523

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