Oriane

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At home
Activities i am interested in:
Renovation bâtiment et eco-construction / maraîchage, permaculture / aide à la cuisine rangement ménage élagage / px donner regard extérieur sur stratégies de promotion du lieu si publique / langues
My next destination:
France - from Jun 2024 until Dec 2024
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// WHEN and WHY \\

based in Berlin for the moment
but nomad, i want to practice german,
meet new people out of the city,
learn more about the german "culture"
follow learning and practicing technics
and ethics for greener autonom
communities of tomorrow.

// WHO \\

Hallo, I'm Oriane !
am a 30 y.o. weaver-recycler.
i make carpets, mural or table decorations,
with dammaged clothes.
A modest look on the textile contamination.

i like hiking, biking, badmintonning!,
sheeps goats chickens donkeys,
i like to listen radio, watch short movies,
singing, dancing (forro techno salsa mazurka polka)

i live in flatsharing since 2013
and did ten wwoofing or workaway until now.
i smoke only one/two cigaret(s) a day
and don't drink much alcohol,
maybe one glass each 3 days.

i have been

-- Canadian anthropo student
and radio producer and programmer for 8 months

-- sheep shearer and goat shepherd assistant in france
-- wine and appel picker in france too

-- Tour manager for modern circus companies for 2 years
-- Belgian worker in jazz, art press and cinema for 2 years too

-- altitude waitress in the Swiss Alps for 10 months

-- passing thru Iceland 3 months
worked there in backpackers hostel and in a cow farm

-- italian Erasmus in musicology a year

-- Latvian resident for 9 months
in a bakery, also in a bed&breakfast, giving private french lessons

-- Berliner-Lover 9 months in total now

// FOR WHAT \\

1) i'd like to learn more, learn "tout-court" or practice :

_ house renovation or/and eco-construction,
PLOMBERIE, natural isolations, charpenteries,
les enduits naturels variés.

_ beekeeping, pottering, mozaic,
BASKETWORKING, plessage

_ gardenning, ELAGUER,
also learn about MEDICINAL PLANTS and bota in general.

_ animal global as specific caring, how to use GOAT's or sheep's milk,
tondre et "spin the whool" we say that ? filer la laine, et la teindre.

_ do my own SOAP too, good BREDS

_ building container for rain water, composts or dry-toilets,
installing phytoépuration.

_ always happy to learn new receipts vege or vegan.

_ gros bonuses: apprendre à jouer de la guimbarde,
construire mon métier à tisser, fabriquer un talharpa (ou jouhikko)
apprendre à faire mes vidanges de voiture seule,

learn garman and basic modern greek

2) i'm totally ok with :

_ teaching french, help practicing italian
spanish or english if needed.

_ play with, tell stories and care kids chouchou or teenagers.

_ cooking group meals in equitable repartition with the others
i mean, not each evening, but of course i participate.

_ donner un regard extérieur sur les stratégies de promotion
du lieu (si lieu publique)
Interests
Outdoor activities
Videography
Animals
Plant care
Dancing
Nature
Sustainability
Movies & TV
Mountain
Gardening
Cycling
Carpentry
Vegetarian or vegan
Farming
DIY & crafts
Charity work
Politics / Social justice
Events & social
Performing arts
Languages
Culture
Hiking
Writing
Music
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
German: Beginner
Latvian (Lettish): Beginner
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Eco Projects
Life at a Farmstay
Teaching
Some knowledge of:
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Charity Work
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Languages
Art Projects
More details about your skills
En vrac (car déjà pas mal détaillé ci-dessus)

Repair stuff, at least try together ; restore wooden furnitures, polish and paint old shutters ; replacer des piquest pour enclos ; cook for many ; clean (without demagogy, i do like cleaning) et ranger, aller-retour à la déchet bonjouuur ; i did a intensive permanent culture class of 2 weeks in october 2021, was great ; i also followed a 2 days workshop de CNV non violent communication.

otherwise for host which has events or public activities i can promote, improve local PR relations ; photography or film, make a teaser ; elaborate a cine screening prog, participate in making decor for a show ; think together for tables-rondes, debates, etc.

About teaching part, i can initiate to history of Art a bit, to classical european musics as much as actual musics or ethnomusicology (traditional répertoires) i did it with kids in Latvia and loved sharing my knowledge of world music and anthropology. Kids were amazing too.

i can teach french, italian, english or spanish (for begginers obviously am not a pedagog, have not studied that) ; but also drawing workshops for beginners (from 2 to 19 years old i drawn a looooot, as (?) am wood carver artist's daughter).
Age
30
What else ...
Beijosh Muitosh ; Merci Bisou ; Viel Glitzer an dir ; Liels paldies
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  nop
- Special dietary requirements
  vegetarian

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2 Jul 2022

Left by host (Learn how to become ...) for Workawayer (Oriane)

Bon, ouais ok on a un peu traîné pour écrire l'avis. Mais on savait pas trop quoi dire pour décrire Oriane. C'est un mélange entre une tornade et une tempête. Oriane a toujours la pêche, même les temps calmes sont des déchainements de marrades et de discussions endiablées.
Merci vraiment beaucoup Oriane pour tout ce que tu nous a apporté, le… read more

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8 Mar 2022

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Learn how to become ...)

Thousand thanks to Emma and Ben for their warm, sweet and tolerant hospitality during this one week (tolerant for my fuzzy und "tipsy-topsy-mind" moments). We had nice conversations, interesting and stimulating activities-jobs to restore this old celtic farm. The land is big, you might love the caravane, the silence, Marcel, the food, the… read more

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2 Mar 2022

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Join our family and help with ...)

Cécile, Paul, Maelys and Cléophée are a very cute family ! Cécile is parkling, joking and seeing her way to be with kids is very inspiring. Paul can be available to explain all you want about gardenning, he's very kind person, liking debatting and laughing too. He offered me wood (for my artist wood carven father) and gave on usb a lot of… read more

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2 Mar 2022

Left by host (Join our family and help with ...) for Workawayer (Oriane)

On a passé une excellente semaine avec Oriane.
Pleine d'énergie, de discussion engagée et d'humour, elle a su séduire mes filles ;)
Volontaire pour nous aider dans les tâches quotidiennes de façon naturelle, Oriane fut une invitée très agréable.

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30 Apr 2019

Left by host (Help with setting up a ...) for Workawayer (Oriane)

Oriane visited me in February and was a bright candle in a cold winter months
Great to host her
With a fun energy to share and care for what's around helping out with what's about
If you get to host her I'm sure you'll have a great guest to have

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3 Mar 2019

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Help with setting up a ...)

I staid only five days in Valter's place between Tervete and Dobele, but will definitly come back again and invite you to come! Landscapes are relaxing, you'll sleep there like an angel with no noise at all, you'll eat the perfect vegan dishes of Valters, share music and cinema references, you'll meet inspiring people, and help Valters to clean… read more

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2 Jul 2022

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8 Mar 2022

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2 Mar 2022

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2 Mar 2022

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30 Apr 2019

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3 Mar 2019

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10 Mar 2019

Left by host (Help us out in our ...) for Workawayer (Oriane)

Oriane is interested in different projects, likes to work on them and finish them as good as possible. Easy going with communication. She likes different traditions and cultures. She showed school kids different presentations that were very interesting and informative. Always ready to help.

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3 Mar 2019

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Help us out in our ...)

I staid at this amazing School only ten days but it was a really nice journey. All the staff and kids are so nice. Students are talkative, curious, cultivated, funny, inspiring and strong. You will fall in love for sure. Your job are various and you'll find your place reguarding what you know. You'll eat like a Prince and sleep like a Baby! the… read more

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3 Mar 2019

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Welcome to the peaceful place ...)

I staid one week at Renate's place. The landscape there is wonderful, you'll sleep like a baby and eat the Renate's food like a Prince. Renate has two adult goat (at the time I was there) and newly two baby goats. She has five loving cats and also chickens. She does plenty of stuff with crafthand and nice DIY basicly. I learnt a lot about… read more

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13 Oct 2018

Left by host (Reliable, energetic and ...) for Workawayer (Oriane)

Oriane stayed with us for a short time. She was enthusiastic and really wanted to help us. She have great social skill and she happily helped guests, when it was needed.

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19 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Reliable, energetic and ...)

My stay at the Hostel was short but wonderful. I had to leave after four days working for personal resons.

This place breathes peace, the decoration and all details are well thought, and you can take ten minuts to just watch one room how cute it is. The customers are relaxed and the staff is nice.

You just need to keep in mind that only the bed… read more

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20 Sep 2018

Left by host (Help around the farm near ...) for Workawayer (Oriane)

Such a charming young spirit! Oriane has so much energy as all the birds around together. She brought very positive energy at the very first day, with her nothing is boring- she will make you laugh about anything. And she never gets tired. She was the most enthusiastic person about the most dirtiest job we have around here- polishing the walls.… read more

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19 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Help around the farm near ...)

Laura is one of this person who trust you directly and she makes you feel at home. A pleasant feeling. My stay with her was short (four days) but beautiful and I thank her again to host me for such short time.

The place is absolutly amazing, no noise, yoga the morning with Laura (she conducts perfectly), permaculture garden, vegan delicious food,… read more

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5 Aug 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Oriane)

Oriane had been looking for a host for a long time so when I couldn´t host her I felt sorry for her and arranged it so that she could stay with my parents-in-law instead. I tried to be very clear with things such as what being a part of the family means to us but still she obviously had very different expectations.

Prior to her arrival I got the… read more feeling as we exchanged e-mails that this would not be a good fit and offered her a way out of this, as I could read between the lines that she basically desperately needed a place to stay but very much wanted to do her own thing rather than joining the farm life. I should have trusted my instinct but her persistence in wanting to stay despite my warnings made me ignore them.

With regards to the expectations of volunteers and the possibility of using our cars etc, I believe I was very clear and am sorry that there was miscommunication here. To be precise, I informed Oriane three months before her arrival that "There is no public transport from our farms to Akureyri. But we always figure something out to get volunteers there when they need to go there. But off course we cannot drive you there everyday so if you are not interested in spending much time on the farm in general then you should rather try to find hosts in Akureyri or at least closer to Akureyri. But of course if there is anything special that you want to attend to on the weekends then we will make sure you can do that. It is even possible to lend a car, but only if the roads are clear (no snow or ice). The basic is that we are flexible and we need others to be flexible as well - because we treat everyone in our homes as family - not as employees :)"

It was obvious the first days after her arrival that this would not work out, for example when she left the barn half through her first milking session to take a shower... Even after telling me specifically the day before that she absolutely wanted to work just as much as anyone else in the family.

I am truly sorry that this didn´t work out but I guess it´s hard to find a perfect match every single time. She found another host in Akureyri after some days anyway and we brought her there safely.

So as a message to other volunteers out there, don´t force yourself into a situation that obviously does not suit you, just because you booked your ticked and desperately need a place to stay. I think that is no less abusive (regarding the hospitality of the host inviting you into their home) than asking people to spend more time working than they care to do. Lets just all be honest with each other from the start and make the most of workaway :)

We wish you all the best Oriane, you are indeed a good person with a big social conscience.

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29 May 2017

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (Come and help our family with ...)

This feedback is not about Anna's place but a farm really near from her place. She could propose you to work in this farm if Anna already found a baby-sitter :) I arrived in her parents-in-law's farm, also the farm where her husband, Simmi, works. It's a farm with cows and sheeps. During my stay, Anna was smiling and helpful but I can't leave a… read more

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16 May 2017

Left by Workawayer (Oriane) for host (General help in the house and ...)

Steinunn and Sigurdur are so nice and you will enjoy your stay in Iceland with them, for sure! Reykjavik is so beautiful and there's so much to visit.

In the house, you have your own cosy bedroom and bathroom, and even "private" kitchen if you want. But you don't really need: Steinunn doesn't cook as a chef, actually, she IS a chef. You'll never… read more

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