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Hello, we are a family of three, with a 22 months baby. We are living in a village a few kilometers away from the lake of Neuchâtel and a 5 minutes drive from Yverdon-les-Bains, the nearest city. We have moved back in an old family house and have spent much time setting up a lab for our lactofermentation project. We try to initiate a nice network with the purpose to be able to grow our own vegetables for this project, think about alternative education for our child, share and grow both on a practical and spiritual level.
Laurent: 43, swiss, fluent in French and English, can communicate in Spanish and German.
Monica: 39, american, fluent in English and French.
We love cooking, experimenting with foods. We love playing music, spending time in the woods. We love thinking out off the grid.
Our project is a reflection of these aspirations. The vision is a whole united community ressourced project, in which we can grow as spiritual beings and make a living at the same time in the system we have not necessarily chosen to be part of.
You will be housed in a large open community space with a well-equipped kitchen, simple bathroom facilities.
There will be at least a dozen activities you would help us with, from building to cooking. We would use our energies to initiate or optimize ongoing projects.
This is an old house that has been kept with its oldstyle spirit. There is a sauna working with a rocket stove.
The village is quiet busy, but also very accessible with public transportation and a good place to start for very diverse trips, treks in the Jura and so on. In less than five minutes, you are by a river and can walk along for miles, in some woods.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As Laurent is a swiss from this exact place, you would really see a swiss guy on his land in action. A good way to seize the swiss spirit. We would drive you to beautiful places and share our knowledge of this area.
You would also learn the arts & crafts of lactofermentation on a bigger scale. Also, you would be able to partake in a multi-faceted project and be able to work and think on all the different parameters involved.
You would be also able to learn french if you fancy.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
I need somebody to help me for a month from 13th of January to 13th of Ferbruary.
It will be all around job. Moving things, organizing, some outside work, helping out with cooking making things more streamline around the house and the lab.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I am looking to speak more spanish. I can teach French and English
Accommodation
You will be housed in a large open community space with a well-equipped kitchen, comfortable bathroom facilities.
There are two single beds separated by mosquito nets and there will be a double bed in a room. The idea is kind of hostel-like spirit.
You will have access to internet, a bike and lots of lacto-fermented vegetables.
What else ...
It is really easy to move from the village with buses passing through until late at night. A bike will be at your disposal, so you would be very quickly in the woods. We enjoy it if you play music. We like our guest to feel at home and be independant at the same time.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is an office space that is independent and that could be shared.
Space for parking camper vans
We could accomodate a 6,5 meter van, although not extremely practical.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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She accompanied me for an event in Zürich and we had good fun together. It has been great to show her our place and laboratory. She was also super with our little one. The 10 days she spent with us passed like a… read more
He has the capacity to learn quickly manual tasks and does them… read more
He has shown good manual skills and was great to hang around with. Eager to see new things, he can be independent and reliable once shown the how-to.
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She accompanied me for an event in Zürich and we had good fun together. It has been great to show her our place and laboratory. She was also super with our little one. The 10 days she spent with us passed like a… read more
He has the capacity to learn quickly manual tasks and does them… read more
He has shown good manual skills and was great to hang around with. Eager to see new things, he can be independent and reliable once shown the how-to.
