Learn in a group on a rewilding project in a beautiful off grid Spanish mountain valley near Ronda, Spain

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  Descripción

  The group is for two weeks 17-31 October.( exactly those dates though you can stay longer ) The work we do together is a mixture - the first couple of hours each day is a mix of ordinary farm work - cutting down trees, carrying stuff around, fence mending, whitewashing, irrigating. The second half of the morning has more choice - you can learn by working on a small eco-building project, or learn to plant trees, or try making things like water heaters. The group may be about five people.
  
  The accommodation is a battered but quite spacious off-grid house in a beautiful mountain valley. Off-grid means limited 12v electricity, solar chargers, only bucket baths not showers, maybe composting toilets. On the other hand it's quiet, beautiful, great countryside for walks etc. You live as a group - you'll get a group budget for food to spend how you all choose - enough for a basic vegetarian diet with cheap wine; you can supplement it as you choose. We provide beds, bedding, household supplies, gas, cleaning materials etc.
  
  You get to experience the realities of that romantic notion 'off grid' ( it's hugely better than camping, but not luxury villa...); you live in a wonderfully beautiful quiet valley; three workaway couples have met here and then got married ( just saying - you don't have to get married ); you live in a house of your own; you have space to try experiments / building / projects of your own; you experience deeply rural Spain. You can stay on longer if you want.
  
  And you really need to read the whole profile. No. Really. You do. I will know.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería básica

  Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»

  Ayuda en una granja

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento básico
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  This is a small mountain village, a world far away from tourist Spain. It's very very quiet, but equally very friendly. You'll be greeted by everybody - they would love it if you can chat to them (though the local dialect / accent may make that a challenge...) . It's surrounded by a National Park, walking routes, a river, hills and mountains, forest land. If you want to see just how calm village life is, it's perfect; if you want to get right away from everything, it's perfect.
  
  It's a great base for traveling round Andalucia - you can negotiate options for travel / departure / etc, though you must be here by the 17/October

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  Ayuda

  This is part way through a project to find ways to re-wild land, that deal with climate change (which is becoming extreme in this area). Many workawayers have planted many trees in various experiments, and the trees need to be maintained in their first difficult years, so reliably watering them has been vital. The group will work just two weeks with usual time off- no slavery involved. We only work till lunch each day. After that...
  
  ...you can go to the river, build a solar water heater, watch many many birds, climb mountains, pick fruit, fall in love, make limoncello, fresh orange juice, learn Spanish...just talk to me about projects you would like to try out.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Español: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio
  Japonés: Intermedio

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  Alojamiento

  You'll have the farmhouse to yourself / yourselves. It's off grid and basic. So that means just enough 12v solar electricity to charge phones/laptops and a few lights at night; bucket baths not showers ( and you may need to heat the water on a stove ); recycled furniture; a simple kitchen . We provide beds and basic bedding ( sheets, blankets, pillows ); two single rooms, two big double rooms ( and a Workaway-built cabin, or tents, if you really need your own space...), wood stove, pizza oven, patio, hammock, plunge pool, nearby river to swim in, an excellent library of books.
  
  Note - climate change - you will need to be very conscious of how much water you use for washing etc.
  
  The shop is twenty minutes walk away, where there's also a bus stop, several bars. Also a doctor sometimes, pharmacy, bank machine, restaurant, etc.

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  Algo más...

  You can get to the village of Jimera de Libar by a lunchtime bus on working days to / from Ronda. It's easy to travel from here to the big places like Sevilla, Granada, Cordoba if you want to make it a base for getting to see Andalucia. It's a bus ride to Ronda from Malaga which has cheap flights from almost everywhere.
  
  This is a flexible workaway; we can negotiate , though the dates once fixed are important.
  
  Sorry, but I really hate the general cut-and-paste applications - if you want me to take an application seriously, your message must include the words ' off grid, drought, flexible' . Thank for reading to the end ! Tim

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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