Sustainable and holistic projects near the seaside town Castiglione della Pescaia in Italy

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  Description

  My name is Gio and I am based in southern Tuscany close to the seaside village called Castiglione della Pescaia in Italy.
  I am working on creating a sustainable farm with a western style ranch

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Learning new skills, being in nature with beautiful animals, networking, local food and cooking, language practices, meeting fellow workaways, team building, horseback riding and physical excercise.

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  Help

  We like to create a friendly and creative environment and offer free meals and accommodations in exchange for 4 - 5 hours a day (5 days a week) help on various farm projects.
  
  Projects include sustainable development, solar energy, gardening, harvest, fencing, pruning, taking care of horses, holistic approach to animals, old fashioned building practices, various workshops in nature as well as artist in residence.
  
  We will not ask workaways to help with any workshops along side paying guests. Our workaway help will be concentrated during off season periods so the workaways could stay in actual guest accommodations and participate in programs when there are no paying guests. All our programs will always be led by one of the actual specialists working in the farm and will not include physically dangerous tasks. We will always provide supervision, safety train and if necessary safety equipment (such as gloves and protection glasses for such as gardening).
  
  We are not a profit oriented business. We love this land and we are re-investing every thing into the land to operate with best farming practices, maintain a healthy land, care for animals, and give back to our community. Workaways will not be required to participate in any commercial activity that would benefit the farm owners directly.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Swedish: Fluent
  Turkish: Fluent
  Russian: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  We have fully furnished cottages of various sizes laid out as a independent apartments.
  All bedrooms have king size beds and their own bathrooms.

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  What else ...

  We are located within 15-20 minutes driving distance from charming old villages and cities as well as the best wild beaches of Tuscany. Major train stations are within 30 minutes driving distance.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  We have reliable internet and mobile phone connections. We are only 25 minutes (20km) from the city of Grosseto for support.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have 45 hectares of land so we can provide a designated spot to park the van. We can not provide any electricity, water or connection to a sewage system during the parking position. We are a new farm so infrastructure is currently limited to the accommodation area.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Only if the pets are comfortable with other animals, especially dogs and the horses of the farm. Gardens and pool side are limited to dogs. We can not accept barking dogs as we have riders and customers everyday. We can not accept any responsibility (we work with horses, they are used to our dogs but we can not guarantee that the horses will behave with other dogs).

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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