Social Permaculture and Gift Economy in Cluj-Napoca

Romania

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Dear friends,
We are going through significant changes in our project, so we're unable to receive people at this time.
Thank you for your understanding. Please return to our profile to check for updates and see if we can connect later in the seasons :)
Adela and Dan

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Our new community projects based on circular economic models: a Repair Cafe and a network of Ecoparks.

If you feel inclined to participate in upcycling, recycling, repairing, repurposing while working with other awesome people, please drop us a few lines. If you know how to repair stuff, all the better. If you know about alternative economic models, all the better. If you know about social permaculture, all the better. If you want to learn about these things, all the better. :)
We have 3 years experience in social permaculture and gift economy, having hosted and lived with about 1000 people from all over the world. This year, we want to take everything we have learned from these people to the local community of Cluj-Napoca, through Repair Cafe and a network of Ecoparks. Come help us develop a fleet of cargo-bikes, a service of recyclables pick-up, a repairs park with a nice deposit and a garden, a series of repair-recycle-upcycle events with the locals.
We will introduce you to our local networks of community supported agriculture, locavorism, local economy, transition towns and permaculture.

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CURRENT MISSION
Build a community willing and able to experiment with innovative social models.

PHILOSOPHY
work is love made visible
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Elderly Companionship
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Language practice
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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What's this?
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We are offering the opportunity to get involved in a number of alternative community projects taking place in Cluj-Napoca at the present time, some of them outside our club, in fields of social permaculture, transition towns, urban gardening, seed-saving, ecological constructions, off-grid green energy production, a.s.o., while staying in our community.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
The accommodation is a community house. We share the common spaces(kitchen, garden, lounge, common bathroom, aso) at the ground floor with other residents ( volunteers, couchsurfers, other people transiting the space) and with members of the larger community who attend cultural and social events in the same spaces on certain occasions. We offer private rooms/beds with access to bathrooms, shared usually by 2 same gender persons. We can host up to 4 volunteers at one time.
What else ...
Cluj-Napoca is arguably the second biggest city of Romania, a very important Academic center and a nice place to see in terms of historical and architectural monuments. Beautiful botanical garden, a lot of parks and natural reservations around the city and a very provocative social and cultural (night)life.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
3 hours daily.

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Another view of the garden with one of the youngest members of our local community.

Welcome to our circle. We are all one, so join in!

We also host yoga classes for everybody. Free entry, gift economy based events.

Waiting for the dinner during summertime. With some Rainbow Gathering people droping in for a few days.

Garden view with Negruts,our dog.

Local community events taking place in the common area of the house.

Community in action: dinner with local and translocal members of our family.

Feedback left by and about host (12)

23/01/2018

Left by Workawayer (Max) for host

I would find it hard to describe the time I spent here.

Dan and Adella are both amazing humans who are really attempting great feats. They have such a huge capacity for love and compassion, I would certainly say I have a family in Romania.
During my time there, the projects, workshops, experiments, and art I experienced were so enriching.
Thank… read more

(Excellent )

11/01/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Max)

Max was a wonderful companion. We really appreciated his capacity to find ways to contribute to our horizontal, self-organizing community - a challenge that not everybody is capable to digest :) Even though there is quite some distance between us now, we like to think of Max as of a good friend.
Looking forward to meeting you again, sometime,… read more

(Excellent )

25/04/2017

Left by Workawayer (Anna & Andrea) for host

this is really great place, following many principles which we consider important. We've seen different communities and this one inspired us a lot, by the way they function, they build relation with others. We were there in winter, so in fact there was not much to do from volunteering point of view, but we were happy to share our experience… read more

(Excellent )

11/01/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Adán & Joanna )

Adan and Joanna were a wonderful addition to our community lifestyle. We share now very nice memories with them.
We are deeply thankful, dear friends, for your contribution and inspiration that kept us on the right track and that motivated us to do our best in this challenging world. You gave us strength and optimism in how you managed to become… read more

(Excellent )

04/01/2016

Left by Workawayer (Susan) for host

I stayed at the Casa for about two weeks, hosting and being hosted, teaching and being taught by everyone there. The work is very reasonable, the company outstanding, the environment and ideas swirling around eye-opening. I learned so much during my stay. Adela is a wonderful yogi - thanks for sharing your practice with us! Dan is a great cook… read more

(Excellent )

22/12/2015

Left by Workawayer (Dominik) for host

Nice experience. Thank you!

(Good )

25/09/2015

Left by Workawayer (Damian & Lucero) for host

Our stay with adela and Dan was amazing we learn a lot! and we really loved everything in the house! we are looking up to come back the next year! i hope we had left a little seed in their hearts,their souls and their minds, Casa de Cultura is the best place in Europe! and probably in all over the world!

(Excellent )

09/03/2015

Left by Workawayer (Ashleigh & Nathanael) for host

Staying in La Casa , with Adela and Dan, has been one of our most favourite experiences in our long travels through Europe. From day one we felt such a warm welcome and were given a cozy place to stay over the period of two and a half weeks. While we lived in the house we met so many other kind, intelligent people either passing through or staying… read more

(Excellent )

08/01/2015

Left by Workawayer (Samuel) for host

I had a fantastic albeit short stay with Dan and Adela. It was the low-season and I was the only person there, but they made me feel completely welcome. They invited me to participate in everything they were doing, from shopping at the local market, going mushroom picking in the forest, attending a screening of a local film, and a handful of other… read more

(Excellent )

13/12/2014

Left by Workawayer (Nathan & Olivia) for host

Wow, We had an amazing time at Adela and Dan's place, La Casa de Cultura Permanente!
They are so lovely and interesting and welcoming, I felt really comfortable in the house. I really felt like I was in my own house, I could do what I wanted, when I wanted, the real concept of what volunteering is meant to be, I also felt that my ideas were just… read more

(Excellent )

24/11/2014

Left by Workawayer (Tobas & Lauren) for host

The openness of the club is inspiring. These two have successfully created an environment where money is no longer a necessity. Dan and Adela demonstrate that you really can make a difference in the world, you just have to put forth time and effort. They like to emphasize that they are not teachers, however, they want everyone to learn from each… read more

(Very good )

09/11/2014

Left by Workawayer (Daniel & Pedro) for host

Lets start with the fact that we really enjoyed our stay.
The house is full of activities, wisdom, fun, music, appreciation, sustainability, all kinds of good emotions ...... and lets not forget abundance!
As a volunteer you can be very independent and really make your stay.
Adela and Dan are a beautiful couple. Very kind, lovely people!… read more

(Excellent )

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