Edmund

Travel information

I am currently

Description

I first started experimenting with volunteering work via WWOOF in 2009. Initially on organic farms in my home country, Estonia. Shortly thereafter I moved on to experiences abroad. In countries like Poland, Germany, Italy and Portugal. In the latter country I have spent multiple winters volunteering at different places. I've also been a long term housesitter in an off-grid quinta in Portugal. Have also done shorter term housesitting gigs,

2010s was my most active period in this alternative lifestyle. But occasionally I've done it in 2020s too. Even though I'm new to Workaway per se, I've had experiences with workaway type situations.

Most of the work I've done tends to be manual/physical. But in addition to that I do have an artistic side. I play multiple instruments, I write music and occasionally I perform loop pedal concerts and have occasionally played in a couple of bands in the past. I like solving Sudoku puzzles, I tend to be quite good with numbers in a way.

Interests

Events & social

Culture

Pets

Politics / Social justice

Self development

Sustainability

Van life

LGBTQ

Photography

Music

Languages

Hitchhiking

History

Gardening

DIY & crafts

Cooking & food

Carpentry

Books

Blogging

Art & design

Water sports

Nature

Hiking

Cycling

Camping

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Estonian: Fluent
Portuguese: Beginner

More details about my language interests
would like to get better at Portuguese

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Eco Projects

Creative DIY projects

Hospitality/Tourism

Light maintenance

Helping with Computers/ Internet

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Some knowledge of:  

Light gardening

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

Helping around the house

House & pet sitting

More details about your skills

My working experiences - both paid and volunteering - have mostly been on the physical/manual labour side of it. Organic gardening, land clearing, tree pruning, chainsawing, strimming, some construction work, both conventional and eco-building style, painting and decorating, I've also worked in removals/transport.

As a housesitter, I've looked after pets. One time I had to learn how to milk goats and make goat cheese, that's an example of me getting into new skills as part of my experiences. I'm pretty good with reasonable consumption of water and electricity, especially when I've housesat off-grid solar powered properties.

Age

42

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  I generally prefer not to eat dairy products (such as milk, sour cream and most cheeses). But it is a case by case basis sometimes and it can depend on the overall texture of the food if I feel comfortable enough to eat it.