Eco-community and retreat centre in Kleve-Keeken, Germany

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  Description

  Welcome to our place,
  
  It is a small-scale ecological residential community, with an Demeter vegetable garden and large greenhouse. We live and work in this beautiful place, which we care for with love. It is also a holistic retreatcenter with a seminar house/group accommodation, sweat lodge, sauna and nature campsite. We live here with 11 grownups and one baby, together with our chickens and 7 cats.
  
  Volunteers are a very important pillar for our association & eco-community. It is thriving and can always use extra hands! This way you can work on all kinds of tasks and/or odd jobs for one or more days. During your stay you will get to know our beautiful place and its inhabitants. You can personally experience living and working in a community.
  
  Types of Volunteerswork ( PLEASE NOTE: We do not offer paid work!)
  It is always on the move and can really use extra hands! This way you can participate in all kinds of tasks and/or jobs.
  
  Such as: Farm Tasks in our Demeter Garden & Greenhouse. Firewood splitting & gathering, Harvesting, Help with Eco Project, Landscaping, Maintenance, Making Preserves, Planting, Weeding, Cleaning & Maintenace work. You will join our community for a period, So also helping with cooking, dishwashing and cleaning our common spaces would be also really nice.
  
  In addition to the jobs we take on, there is also plenty of room to enjoy the place. We regularly organise events, campfires, drum sessions, sharings of sauna evenings. We also ensure that we connect with each other regularly.
  
  Would you like to come?
  We look forward te meeting you!
  
  We have 3 options for Staying and Volunteering:
  - structurally 1 or more days a week,
  - a minimum stay of 2 weeks:
  - several months as a seasonal volunteer in the period from March to October.
  
  Exchange: accommodation, food and commitment
  The accommodation (in our dormitory or your own camper/tent) and the delicious organic food are free of charge for stays of up to two weeks. In return, we ask for 5 hours of commitment per day and you also have 2 days off per week.
  If you want a private room (if available), we charge a small fee.
  
  For stays longer than two weeks, we also charge a small fee. On the other hand, you also have a little more free time. We then ask for 4 hours of commitment per day and you also have 1 day off per week.
  
  Nice to know: nearby there is a nice forest and the Rhein and a small lake for swimming.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Farmstay help

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Agritourism Destination, Alternative co-operative community, Communal Living Group, Community farm, Eco Retreat, Intentional Community, Orchard
  Area of the property: 3.00 hectares
  Certified Organic Demeter
  Methodologies: beekeeping, Ecological farming, Permaculture, Composting, Biological pest control, Bio-Dynamic, Mulching
  Practices: culinary herbs, gardens, flowers, gardens, vegetable, internships
  Animals: bee-keeping, chickens (in the future some sheep)
  We speak dutch, englisch and german

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  Help

  The help we need is for our community activities. Not the business part.
  
  Types of Help:
  Cleaning, Construction projects, Cooking, Farm Tasks, general, Firewood splitting & gathering, Gardening tasks, general, Harvesting, Help with Eco Project, Kitchen help, Landscaping, Maintenance, general, Making Preserves, Planting, Weeding
  
  Help in our Demeter garden & greenhouse is very welcome.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  Accommodation: you can bring your Camper/Caravan/Tent, or a (shared) room in our dormitory
  Internet Access available
  Smoking is allowed but only in designated areas.
  No drugs, and we trust you have a responsible attitude with alchohol.
  We speak dutch, englisch and german
  
  During your stay at the community as a volunteer you can join our biological, and mostly from our own garden, meals.

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  What else ...

  There is a beautifull forest (kleve) and river (rhine) very closeby.
  We are 2 km from the border to the Netherlands.
  Public transport is good. Nearby acces.
  We have bikes on the property
  And if you need an occasional ride into town that can be arranged.

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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

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  In the spring and summer season it is possible to stay here in your own campervans.

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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