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I am currently
At home
Activities i am interested in:
Drinking herbal tea, basket braiding, reading books, knitting and many more forms of observing, learning and creating on this beautiful, wild earth.
My next destination:
Sweden View all
Description
Hello! I'm Mirjam, 21, from the Netherlands. To dive straight in, my biggest passion is to one day start a permaculture community. A form of coexisting, sharing knowledge, creative expression and living life that is very close to my heart, and simply feels very logical to me.
I'm interested in creating with natural rescources. Focused on learning from nature and giving back. I have been practising a lot of skills, such as working with wool, flax, natural dyeing, willow (basket braiding), wood and ceramics.I also have a big and developing passion for nourishment through food. Fermenting, herbs and foraging.
I aim to find simplicity and interconnectedness while creating. Gift economies, living with very little, sharing and learning from Indigenous ways of being are topics floating through my brain.
Currently I am based in the Netherlands. I have recently put my study product design on a pause, doubtfull if I want to pursue it any further. I find it difficult to create in a world, where we are already drowning in "things". The study focusses on output and money a lot more than I would like, while I try my best to stay rooted in our natural world and being. Alongside I have been renovating an old campervan into a tiny house. The vision with the space is to create a habitat where the lines between inside and outside disolve as much as possible, while still having a shelter. A big and challenging project that teached me many skills and even more mentally.
I care a lot about connection and aspire to radiate warmth, hope, joy and acceptance.
Interests
Sustainability
History
Farming
Culture
Nature
Languages
Gardening
Books
Art & design
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Indonesian: Intermediate
Swedish: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
I am always willing to share my knowledge and happily taking in any that you have.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Eco Projects
Art Projects
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Able to teach about:
Languages
More details about your skills
My biggest passion in life is to learn, I'm always up for a challenge.
Creative solution thinking is one of the things I find a lot of joy in, even more when I can see the vision come to life through trial and error.
I like to worked with reclaimed materials and give things a new life. I'm interested in ancient methods and collaboration with nature. And as mentioned before working with natures gifts. I love food, nourishment, foraging, fermenting. Things I learned already lots about, and like always... the more I find out, the more there is to learn.
Past Workaways I did included gardening, renovating and I have multiple experience of working with children and teaching English.
Age
21
What else ...
I am currently signed up for a cob building course in the summer and very interested in natural building! I would like to explore spaces and different ways of living, embracing the creative freedom and joy there is in sculpting human habitats.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
I like to be conscious about the source of my food and will often choose vegetarian options
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