Join our permaculture project and help with gardening and up-cycling in Bodrum, Turkey

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Hi,

    We need help from people with landscape, permaculture design, gardening, upcycling, handmade and carpenter knowlodge in many things.

    We are working on the realisation of an international permaculturproject between Turkey and Germany with sustainable experimental housebuilding, (clayhouse - Cob Technik) urban gardening, permaculture design, environmental education, youth - exchange ERASMUS Programm.
    Our aims are: organic farming, planting trees, saving biodiversity.environmental High Techniks, earth houses, plastic and wood upcyclings, climate-, animal- and environmental protection and supporting from girls and woman.

    I am a theater and perfomance artist and was been in the past an environmental activist. I am a "Moshe Feldenkrais Method Practitioner" (Physiotherpist), Health Advisor and have knowledge in the spirituel "Core - Shamanism from Mongolia" and in traditional "Feng Shui Method from Hongkong".

    I am mostly vegetetarian and teach as the multiplicator the principles of the International "Earth Charter".

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    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
  • 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

    You will learn:
    How to use ecological and recycling material.
    How to use wood and make plattforms.
    How to built up turkish Yurt tents.
    How to work with wood pallets and building some garden furniture.
    How to use Feng Shui for yourself.
    Permaculture principles.
    Earch Charter principles.

  • Help

    Help

    We are looking for people with carpenter knowledge or hand made experience in wood work.

    We are also looking for people with gardening knowledge and social media experience.

    Work would be:
    1. Participating, Creating a Yoga Wood Plattform, Cafe Area, Tenth Areas.
    2. Participating in Creation a six corner Mandala Feng Shui Garden with ways and paths.
    3. Garden Working, cutting gras, taking care vegetable garden, planting trees and busches,
    dayly watering the trees.
    4. Taking care our 5 dogs.
    5. Building up a Chicken Villa.
    6. Cooking for us and helping with dayly housework.
    7. Computer work, Social Media, Charity Work, Instagram Postings.
    8. Making Fotos and Videos.

    We are looking forward when you spontanious want to come to meet us for at least 1 - 2 week in Dereköy / Bodrum, Gümüslük direction, right behind the Mosque. We start the work in the summer heat (35 Grad - 40 Grad) mostly 1 -2 hours early morning and then later around 16:00 in the afternoon until sunset.
    We will have a dinner together and several water / tea breaks. Breakfast and lunch people can use the kitchen how they want.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Turkish: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    I can teach german. Literatur, Theater, Cinema, Feldenkrais, Yoga.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a Caravan Bus for sleeping, bathroom is in a 10 qm big Clay House next to the mainhouse.
    Kitchen for everybody and ofis is in the big Clay House.
    There is a supermarkt in the villiage, also a butcher and a backery.
    We will buy food from some organic farmers directly and from the organic bazar in Bodrum.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Bodrum Peninsula.
    Nice Beaches in Gümüslük, Yashi and Ortakent.
    Gümüslük is an insider village on the west coast of Bodrum, old antik place Myndos is under the see in front of the beach. Nice Cafes, Fish - Restaurants on the coast. Bodrum and Turgutreis are nice for shopping and diving.
    Nice nature in Dereköy generally around.
    Comfortable public traffic with buses.

  • 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

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have as well one Caravan here. For a short time no problem.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    It´s basicly possible. We have a own dog, Sofi, that is no problem. But 3 Street dogs as well, all of them are nice, but sometimes in a ranking with new dogs.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 785169264463

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