Learn about creating sustainability and community in Lacaze, France

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  Descripción

  Coucou! We are Clement (french, 27 years old) and Giorgia (italian, 30 years old). since the moment we saw lacaze we fall in love with the village and we decided to start our project here :) When we bought our land (3500 mq) there was an old barn, a ruin and nothing else!!!! we start to build a little chalet (20mq) in order to live during the bigger works (the barn is 150mq x 2 floors but in good shape and the ruin is a wreck XD) .
  
  the final goal is to build up an artistic residence (to create installation, events, workshop and research that can be used in our community).
  We are currently researching as well new sustainable ways that can improve life in rural places:
  1. construction techniques that improve artisanal" know-how", local materials that will improve local economy,
  2. perennial cultures and agroforestry design that can sustain with food, materials, erosion prevention, etc
  3. application of rigenerative agricolture (beyond BIO, that focus on the health of the soil and his microbiome more than the cultures itself)
  
  we are still at the very beginning of our project (we are about to finish our chalet, we have a polytunnel in which we have grown our first plants). and we have inaugurated our first garden!
  we would be happy to host active and propositive people which are whiling to learn, exchange but mostly that are moved from our same values!

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intereses

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Agricultura

  

  Artes escénicas

  

  Libros

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Música

  

  Historia

  

  Bricolaje y manualidades

  

  Arte y diseño

  

  Fotografía

  

  Idiomas

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Arquitectura

  

  Autostop

  

  Dibujo y pintura

  

  Carpintería

  

  Astronomía

  

  Yoga / bienestar

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Fitness

  

  Acampada

  

  Baile

  

  Montaña

  

  Navegar / barcos

  

  Deportes acuáticos

  

  Actividades al aire libre

  

  Senderismo

  

  Ciclismo

  

  Deportes de aventura
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  Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

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  ¿Que es esto?
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  with us: You will learn about traditional and artesanal construction, new techniques in regenerative agricolture (we also have a little library which you can consult from time to time to get inspired! :) we would like to share with you skills and mindset that could give you more freewill, creative solutions and purpose.
  before settling in here we used to travel around (to work or volunteer like you!) we miss a little bit to meet new people, new cultures, new languages... we would like to find out with your stay here your story, colture, knowledge and spirit to keep travelling and discovering the world even if we stay here!
  
  in Lacaze: in your days off or resting time: there is a beautiful castle to see (with cool artistic exposition inside) , many hiking trails and a little river where you can pluff! in 20 minutes by car you can reach lakes, rivers and cooler hiking trails (enfant sauvage, sidobre etc..) sometimes there are events in our deconsecrated temple or around with friends, you are welcome to come with us if willing!)

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  Ayuda

  Workawayers will be always accompanied by us and can chose to enrol in the activities they like the most between:
  
  1. botanical/regenerative agricolture
  plants basic maintenance (watering, repotting, weeding etc) until we will set the irrigation system watering is taking a bit of time. we would like as well to finalise a keyline design and to apply it before autumn. at the end of the summer we will plant trees and shrubs which are growing now our greenhouse (we are focusing on creating edges now)
  
  2.Artesanal construction:
  finish the outside of the chalet, you'll see and learn about bardeaux application (they are made locally) and a touch of carpentry with the construction of our pergola.
  then you might be curious about our "green" (or vegetated) roof: we'll apply the substrate (different types of sedum) and some slates at the end.
  we will also build our first masonry stove (it's the smaller we've found on internet)
  
  possibles workshops that might be scheduled this summer:
  1. in traditional carpentry: wood tracing and axe squaring (équarrissage à la hache)
  2. dry stone wall building with a professional
  3. microorganismes cultivation and tea compost
  
  the responsibility and complexity of the tasks will vary depending on the knowledge, skills, and motivation to learn of the workawayer :)

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Inglés: Fluido
  Español: Fluido
  Francés: Fluido
  Italiano: Fluido

  Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
  we are also interested to Russian, Polish, Turkish and Bahasa (indonesian-malesian)
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  Alojamiento

  accomodation:
  we could host at least one person or a couple (or couple of friends ) in our van (where we used to live before the chalet) it has 1 big bed, a wood stove inside as well for the cooler nights, a little kitchen and a table.
  if people are willing, there is also space for camping with tends, but please let us know as soon as possible so we can prepare the placement.
  there is a compost toilet and an outside shower that you can use. of course in rainy days (or if necessary in general) you can use our personal bathroom in the chalet (we dispose also of a compost toilet)
  we did organise a "summer" kitchen in the barn with also tables to eat inside in case of rain and we are currently eating there, however once finished the kitchen in the chalet you will be invited to eat there with us :)
  
  food:
  you will receive 3 meals a day
  I (giorgi) normally prepare meals for everybody but if kitchen is your big passion and you know many typical recipes from your country this will be your time to shine!!! we are not vegetarian but we rarely eat meat, I also like to use wild plants (nettle, plantane, sambucus, etc) seaweed, fermented food (home made krauti, sourdough, water kefir, maroccan lemons and so on) and plenty of veggies!
  we rotate turns for washing dishes

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  Algo más...

  there are connections by bus from albi and castres (one or two bus per day) the bus stop is 2 minutes walking to our land as we are in the inside the village. And if you come by car there is a parking attached to the property!
  
  at the moment I (giorgi) train for handstand and aereal silk, i practice yoga (ashtanga based) we could organise some time to share poses and techniques if you are interested!

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  Un poco más de información

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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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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  there is a part of the land which is flat enough to park your van or camper it is shady during the day to prevent overheating!!

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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