Help with gardening and eco projects in the middle of the forest near San Benedetto In Alpe, Italy

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  Description

  We are a family composed by two adults Francesca and Riccardo,and two children, Aradia nearly six and Athos a newborn baby.
  We are living in a small old village in the middle of the forest in the natural park of Acquacheta on the Appennini's mountains situated in the center of Italy.
  This reality was born in the seventies as a community project and it was about a natural life style and self-suffieciency.
  Nowadays we keep going on with the basic ideas of the project of sustainability, self-production, ecology, hospitality and responsability about living together. We still dream to built a community ecovillage but in this moment we are living here as a family with few neighbours that help us if necessary.
  We spend ours days taking care of animals (chickens, donkey and mule), farming, picking wild herbs, food processing and renovating the houses of the village.
  To reach us there are buses from Forlì or Florence to the nearest village (San Benedetto in Alpe), but Forlì is better served. From San Benedetto there are two ways to reach us: by foot with a nice trek of 6 km in the forest or by car with a 6km dirt road that takes 10 minutes to the houses accessible just by residents.
  The village is 15 minutes by foot from the Acquacheta waterfalls and there are lots of nice treks all around.
  Where we live is an historical complex that we are slowly fixing so there are several rooms that are still unusable.
  We don't have a proper toilet so we arrange with creativity in the nature, but we have a project to built a compost toilet as soon as possible. There is already a shower with hot water. Not all the room have electricity. Internet connection is only at some places and is not very stable.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  Animal Care

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  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

  They can exsperiment a simple and natural way of living.
  Taking care of the animals,natural farming,cooking traditional and creative food,wild

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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

  The sustaneble activities are different from season to season.In winter time there is the wood cutting,taking care of the animals,renovating the houses and general maintenance.In spring time is more gardeing,picking herbs and mushrooms.In summer there is the hay cutting,activities with the tourists and gardening.In autumn there is the chestnuts picking ,preparing for farmes markets and food processing.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Intermediate
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  Curing the Community life we can not take care of communication. Understanding each other allows you to fill out the flow of life together: from chatting to breakfast to the organization
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  Accommodation

  There are rooms with beds ,blankets ,wood stove and light and a big commun place where is possible to sleep for many pleople but without windows.

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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

  We are far from cities and we can't promise you that our internet connection let you to do video chat every time (for exemple if it's a very cloudy day). We have a hotspot that give wi-fi connection in part of the house and you can use your internet connection in some places outside where it works well (depending also on operator) where you can do your open-air office. And ho Workaway website remember us "Technology has changed the way we live and work. Perhaps you are now working from home? If so it can be really beneficial having others around doing the same. Someone there to bounce ideas off or just have a cuppa with during a break can be very welcome."!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week dipends from the season