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We are a family of 3 working towards living in an eco-community. Now we landed in Hørte, a small town in the county of Telemark. At the moment we live in an old house we recently bought. We want our home to be renovated to be as self sufficient and off the grid as possible. We hope to inspire others to take these types of choices as well.
We make decisions following sociocratic processes. So that everyone in the group will share some power and decide.
We also have a cat by the way!
We do own and electric car. Our house is 4km from the train stasjon of Bø i Telemark. There is a road to Bø mostly on bike lines if you want to borrow our bikes to travel.
We are used to and super interested in cultural exchange, especially we love to learn from cultures who still have a deeper connection to nature.
We speak Norwegian, English and Italian.
We eat and serve plant-based food.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Hiking
Fitness
Camping
Cycling
Yoga / Wellness
Music
DIY & crafts
Culture
Events & social
Farming
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Technology
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Pets
LGBTQ
Charity work
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Books
Animals
Dancing
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We have a personal library with some interesting topics and books to be read and discussed. Among other topics: permaculture, contact with nature, brain development, floras, mushrooms...
Thomas has trained as a teraputic game master and if you're interested we can play role play together.
Hørte has a public space which is an art gallery open at summer time
Not too far away there's a food garden which up to last year was also a communal place. Maybe it could return to that?
We are involved in making an old school becoming a wood carving communal space.
Bø i Telemark has an university campus
There are plenty of possible tours in nearby nature. And we could drive you where it's harder to get by public transportation
In Bø there are:
- a swimming pool
- multiple gyms
- a public library and a university library
- a couple of thrift shops
The train station will bring you in 2,5 hours to Oslo. This line goes all the way to Stavanger via Christiansand.
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We are used to and super interested in cultural exchange, especially we love to learn from cultures who still have a deeper connection to nature.
We speak Norwegian, English and Italian.
We would love to learn a Sami language one day.
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We are training to become sociocratic facilitator and trainers. This is a useful skill you would pick up by having meetings with us.
We do organize work to do around on a Kanban.
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Help
In this first year there would be quite some work for planning the next year, making systems that work for us living under the same roof.
Examples of projects to be done:
- sun ventilation on walls
- design of permaculture garden
- fixing 5 old bikes on the property
- painting walls with flaxseed oil paint
- making the chicken house in stand for our 7 chickens (they live at a family member's place at the moment).
- eventually feeding and cleaning the chicken coop
- making food especially from organic food
- finding and training in conflict resolution processes
- make a pole lathe to carve bowls
- carving bowls
- wood carving
- write bylaws for a cooperative
- getting to know our new neighbors
- chopping wood
The house is generally still disorganized, we need some support to find systems that work to keep the house tidy.
We make decisions following sociocratic processes. So that everyone in the group will share power and decide together.
I would like to mostly be doing tasks together, or in proximity, if everyone is comfortable with that.
We also have a 20 months old at home with us, so there would be more or less constant interaction with our toddler. We don't look after someone else than us parent to take care of the kid, but of course having a small one around requires for everyone in the household to pay extra attention (e.g. don't leave warm tea or sharp knives around!) :)
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Norwegian bokmål: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Portuguese: Beginner
Sami: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We are a bilingual family. My partner knows very basic Italian. Our child is growing to be trilingual. We do speak English very fluently. And my level of Norwegian is also high. I do have a lot of resources for Norwegian learning. We would love to have more Sami language around us. We have dreamed about teaching us and move.
Accommodation
If you're the only workawayer at this moment, you would have your own room with a door. Else the room will be shared between you, there are some curtains to divide the spaces. We find together the solution for accommodate your needs.
The other spaces are common. We have a living room on both floors. In case of need these areas can also be used as sleeping areas.
At the time of writing we still have to start work to build a bathroom inside. Maybe done by January next year (2026). So there is only cold water available on both floors at the moment.
The toilet is in the garage at the moment. During summer we shower at the nearby river. Now we use a camping place 6 minutes away by car. The camping place is also where we wash our clothes at the moment.
The house is not well isolated. We do have 2 wood oven we use (also in the coldest day of summer), to warm up the house.
We would like to add one oven to have a wood stove in the kitchen - and learning to cook on that instead! But we also still have kitchen machines: mixer, deydrathor, instant pot, bread machine and water boiler. And at the moment we still have an electric stove we use to cook food.
We also have a small dish washer, so that it's only bigger items who needs hand wash with the cold water mentioned above.
There is also a workshop in the garage and other rooms at the second floor in the garage who can be used. They aren't very well isolated though, so I'm not sure how they are during winter. Also they need to be reorganized before using them.
We do eat primarily plant based.
We can provide gluten free alternatives (we have a couple of friends with celiac disease and we can make our kitchen gluten free if needed).
I like prepping food for multiple days in a row.
There's always newly baked bread available, dried fruits and nuts, and other type of cereals to be eaten whenever you feel hungry. We try to gather at meals. We tend to make one warm meal per day, either for lunch or for dinner. Possibly more warm porridge for breakfast in the coming season.
We like to start our day early, but sometimes our child sleeps in. Then the breakfast happens later.
There is variation in what we eat, and we will find a routine that works for everyone.
We've also started eating around the fire when we feel like it.
What else ...
We value self-care in this household. Take breaks, go and do a sit spot in nature, be active with you body, take care of your needs, give feedback.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have fiber.
Space for parking camper vans
We don't have limitations on size of the vehicles parked.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Kin (9 years)
Forest cat. Kin (for kinship) likes to be on his own. He also loves to get good bites. He gives clear warnings if he doesn't like something you do. Just follow his cues and you won't get any scratches.
East, Miselin, Ndege, Jua, Fuzho, Moti, Maisha, Mvula (3 years)
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She is very kind, attentive, and the baby is super cute! All around good vibes :)
Lucky the workawayers who will enjoy her presence longer than I did <3
We had a very good time chatting and doing chores.
Lucky the hosts that will enjoy your presence longer that we did 🌱
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She is very kind, attentive, and the baby is super cute! All around good vibes :)
Lucky the workawayers who will enjoy her presence longer than I did <3
We had a very good time chatting and doing chores.
Lucky the hosts that will enjoy your presence longer that we did 🌱
