Join our permaculture and co-housing project in Tuscany, Italy

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  Description

  Hello, we are Lele, Sam, Bea, and Laura!
  
  🏡 Welcome to the place where our little community live in harmony with nature. The project was initiated by Lele, Sam, and Mattias (who has recently moved out) after the pandemic, and it has grown into a vibrant co-housing space. Bea and Laura joined us in 2023 as volunteers, and, last summer, they decided to become a permanent part of the project. Together, we aim to create a welcoming environment where nature and people thrive together.
  
  🌱 Lele, Sam and Maggie form the heart of our home. Lele is a passionate gardener with a love for regenerative agriculture, yoga, and cooking. Sam brings his musical talents and craftsmanship to the group, excelling in woodworking and outdoor work. Together, they are taking care of Maggie, their playful dog, who loves nothing more than running around and playing games and Katzi, the queen of the house—independent, elegant, and confident.
  
  🍎 Meanwhile, Bea, Laura, and Nuka are new to the project. Bea and Laura are passionate about cooking and experimenting with fermented foods, especially kombucha, and they focus on transforming the produce from our garden and orchard. Nuka, their lovable dog, shares their passion for food—her love of eating makes her the perfect companion for the house’s food enthusiasts!
  
  🏞️ We live in two cozy houses on the property, but we regularly come together for shared moments, Wednesdays, when we open our doors to the community and work together on projects. It's a time of collaboration and connection, where everyone can contribute and enjoy the fruits of our labor.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  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

  🌍 With us, you will experience a real cultural exchange! We come from different countries, bringing together a rich tapestry of multicultural backgrounds. We have all experienced life in eco-projects in various parts of the world and now we are creating something together.
  
  🔄 We focus on learning and experimenting with how to live according to a new regenerative paradigm while staying connected to our surroundings. With us, you will have the opportunity for interesting and entertaining conversations, learn how to build things, care for plants and natural ecosystems, and rethink and discuss what you may have taken for granted until now.
  
  👥 You will surely get to know the social environment around here, whether it's chatting with local farmers, visiting cool bars, or connecting with new friends!

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  Help

  🌿 IMPORTANT!!! LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FOLLOWING DATES:
  
  🟢 FROM 19TH TO 27TH OF APRIL
  - Accommodation: tiny house with double-size bedroom and private bathroom and kitchen.
  - Type of help: daily life routine & DOGSITTING, Nuka is a lovely 10-year-old female Labrador that needs morning and evening walks and cuddles.
  
  🟢 FROM 17TH TO 27TH JULY
  - Accommodation: main house with double-size bedroom and private bathroom and kitchen.
  - Type of help: daily life routine.
  
  🟢 In addition to these dates, we are open to receiving couples of volunteers FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER, with a minimum stay of 1 week and a maximum of 2 weeks.
  - Accommodation: guest room with double-size bedroom and private bathroom. Kitchen is shared, so you’ll need to coordinate meal prep with us. Camping is also possible.
  
  💪 In general, we would need help with:
  - Daily life routine: feeding hens and ducks, general maintenance of the garden, mowing the grass, weeding, planting, watering, harvesting veggies, preserving food for the winter, etc. Tasks may vary depending on the needs of the moment and what you feel like doing.
  - Mercoledì every Wednesday we have an open day on the farm where we work and eat all together. During the summer season we host a small market.
  - We really appreciate it when people take responsibility for a small project that can add value to our co-housing community, like creating furniture or decorations for the place.
  
  💫 Our Values:
  We want to live with people who are excited about cooperating and co-creating, and who are open to expressing their emotions and feelings. We love it when people bring their passion and teach or share it with us. Our project is still in its early stages, and while we have ideas of what we want this place to become, we are very open to multiple contributions.
  
  🤝 In exchange for your work, we offer:
  - Accommodation
  - Food from our farm (veggies, fruits, olive oil, etc.)
  
  📩 Responses:
  We usually discuss all requests on Wednesdays and respond on Thursday. If you need a quicker response, please make sure to mention that in the first lines of your message. We always reply to everyone, so if you haven't heard from us within a week, please write to us again, as sometimes we may miss a message. Thank you for your understanding!
  LGBTQ+ and BIPOC people are warmly welcome here!

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We all speak English and Italian. Lele speaks good German, while Sam and Laura are fluent in French. Laura and Bea are very fluent in Spanish!
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  Accommodation

  🌳 Our land is located in a very strategic place, right outside a small town called Anghiari, a medieval village in Tuscany. The house is situated between the old town center and the woods. You can easily reach us by bus and a short walk down the hill.
  
  🏠 As we said, we have different types of accommodation, that will depend on the dates and availability.
  
  🌱 We mainly eat vegetarian. Most of the food we eat comes either from our land or from local farmers. We like sharing cooking and sometimes going out for pizza or an aperitivo!

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  What else ...

  🌟 Anghiari is one of the 100 most beautiful villages in Italy! This delightful Tuscan village is perched on a hill overlooking the upper Tiber valley.
  
  💦 The town often hosts cultural and social events that bring the whole community to life. In the surrounding area, there are several rivers where we love to cool off in the warmer months!
  
  🚌 From Anghiari, buses connect you to the main city of Arezzo, where you can catch a train to many other Italian cities (Perugia, Florence, Siena, Rome, Bologna, etc.). The journey from Arezzo to Anghiari takes about 1 hour by bus or 30 minutes by car (note that there are not many buses on weekends).
  
  🚴‍♀️ From our house, you can easily walk to town, where you’ll find shops and cafés, go hiking on marked paths, or cycle down to the Tiber River.

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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

  It is better if you have your own data. We have very good and unlimited internet connection in the main house and a limited connection in the tiny one.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  The place for campervans is a bit limited but there is the possibility to park one. We have lots of friends who are coming to visit and park just in the front garden.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  We have our own pets and we accept any others as long as they will not destroy the vegetable garden or eat the chickens and ducks!!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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