Cooperative eco-village surrounded by wonderful nature in Harzgerode, Germany

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  Description

  We are a group of 20 people starting a intentional community / ecovillage and seminar- /skillsharing centre in a former child hospital. Its located in the middle of the forest near Harzgerode, a small town in the middle of Germany. The next big City is Quedlinburg, 20km north.
  
  The buildings were quite unoccupied for the last 20 years but are in good condition. Currently we are setting up new and fixing old or broken infrastructure, reactivate the Farmhouse with its two greenhouses for own vegetables and preparing the huge property to host some bigger outdoor events in summer.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We live culture of sharing, where a lot of space and things are shared. But there is also a lot of space, if there is a need for more privacy. You can meet people who live alternative lifestyles (living moneyless, hitchhiking, dumpsterdiving, workawaying). You can also learn about alternative energy systems, claywork, sustainable living and living in a community.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  general/reoccurring tasks:
  - lawn-mowing, cutting hedges or clearing shrubs
  - cooking
  - cleaning
  - construction work
  - bicycle fixing
  - making firewood
  - keeping the place tidy
  - child care
  - watering plants, caring for the garden
  - join us on a foodsaving or dumpsterdiving trip

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  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  You can sleep in our own tent/hammock, a shared room with bunk beds or even your own room if capacity allows.
  
  We mostly eat food that we save from local super markets or that are left over from the local food bank. We also dumpster dive from time to time or save food/stuff from festivals.
  Most of us prefer to eat vegan/vegetarian food, but there are also some of us, who eat meat.
  
  Sometimes (at least once a week) there is a shared meal with the whole community. During work/building weeks there are regular communal cooked meals.

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  What else ...

  Getting to Harzgerode can sometimes be a bit tricky as the busses and trains (a beautiful but veeery slow touristy train) on the last mile have quite limited service in evening, meaning you might need to start travelling quite early to get here. We can pick you up from the train station in Quedlinburg or Berga/Kelbra if there is no other way / you miss a train etc.
  
  We are surrounded by beautiful nature, forest, some waterfalls of the nearby Selke river. The above metioned touristy train is actually quite nice (for sight-seeing, not to get anywhere quickly ;) and included in the 49€ ticket!
  
  Outside of organized building or wood-making or other working weeks, we don't always have very structured daily routines, so we expect self-responsibility and hope for your thirst for action.

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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

  Works good most of the time. We have a ~80/15 mbit/s 4G-Mobile connection (flatrate) and good wifi-coverage in most rooms. Some communal office space also has Ethernet cable connectors, but they use the same connection mentioned above.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There is space for 2-3 campervans. Electricity and water is available and there are compost toilets and an outdoor shower (in summer)

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Tell us abot your pet before you visit us, so we can decide if it fits.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Usually 5 hours/day x 5 days ** 2 days off. food is included (see "accomodation" section for more details). Let us know if this does not work for you and we can probably find another solution.

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