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We (Denise and Chris) are living in a van now and left our lives in Berlin behind... but took some of the spirit with us, of course, including seeds from the little community garden we ran for the past year:)
Mostly interested in learning about permaculture, reconnecting with nature and living in and running communities and all their different forms and ways of being.
Apart from that, we like to make new friends, help them to improve themselves and share stories, knowledge and so on. We like to be around people who share a similar worldview to ours and are positive that workaway is a great way to do so. We also really enjoy spending time in nature and wanted to get away from the busy city life of Berlin, get our hands dirty and feel what we have done during the day. In this time of late capitalism, we think the world needs more love and more communities, rather than more competition and "innovation".
Together we have travelled the canaries for half a year and spent most of the time helping in different projects, mostly with a focus on gardening and permaculture, but also helping with animals, basic building work, painting walls, windows, furniture... (Denise loves to put paint everywhere),
cooking, and even designing websites and content creation for the projects. We also often took care of the well-being of both hosts and other workawayers when conflicts arose. After this time we got even more serious about permaculture and had the opportunity to spend a month in Senegal visiting and helping in projects by Food Forest Network Sarsarale e.V., who we are still affiliated with and help with graphic design, shooting and editing video, and other tasks. We also love to DJ, Denise for a while already and Chris only since recently, and have a basic set-up with us and would be happy to delight our hosts with a little techno/disco/90's set, if they'd enjoy that :)
Denise is a self-taught artist, last working and living in Berlin. There she focused on abstract art, while curating exhibitions, creating installations and doing workshops. She tries to empower humans to express themselves and hold space for emotions. For years, she also works as a masseuse and learned how important physical touch and bodywork are.
Recently she attended a permaculture design course and would love to dive deeper into the social dimension of permaculture.
Besides that, Denise is an empathic, funny and down to earth person, who easily gets along with people, animals and her way into communities. Always down for massages!
Chris is a video maker and anthropologist. Originally from Switzerland, he "enjoyed" a typical corporate education in finance and accounting, but quickly got disillusioned with the corporate world and got into anthropology and filmmaking. During his MA he joined an activist group focused on Deep Adaptation and became interested in practices from Joanna Macy's The Work that Reconnects. In his spare time, he enjoys hanging out with friends, dancing, watching and making videos, spending time in nature, hiking, reading books, playing video games, diving and recently got more interested in spirituality and magick and re-discovered discordianism. He also co-hosted a German-speaking podcast about bisexuality. He is an easy-going and curious person who gets along with most people.
Interests
Water sports
Yoga / Wellness
Videography
Sailing / Boating
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Plant care
Politics / Social justice
Performing arts
Outdoor activities
Pets
Nature
Movies & TV
Languages
Music
Gardening
LGBTQ
Farming
Hiking
Events & social
Drawing & painting
Dancing
DIY & crafts
Culture
Cooking & food
Camping
Books
Beach
Art & design
Animals
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
Help us coming back to learn Spanish... We could exchange with German, Swiss German and English.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Charity Work
General Maintenance
Some knowledge of:
Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Babysitting and creative play
House sitting
Able to teach about:
Art Projects
Languages
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
- massages
- videomaking / filming
- painting
- vegetarian/ vegan cooking
- diving
- some building skills
- teaching / tutoring
- sharing & caring
- listening
- being good company :)
Age
37 & 38
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Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
vegan/vegetarian
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