Join a modern family working to create a permaculture life near Paris, France

Detalles

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  Descripción

  Hello! We are a humble modest family who for five years have been building a more responsible lifestyle - balancing a modern life with ecology as the center. We have three children, 11, 8, and 1 years old, cats, free roaming chickens and a decent sized vegetable garden where we cultivate a natural habitat for insects, wild animals, and worms. We are renovating our home to be as respectful to nature as possible, using recycled and natural materials. We host people who too would like to make a transition in their lives to get closer to nature. We live a hour away from Paris but it feels like we are deep in the countryside where many of our guests find the place to be present, meditate, walk barefoot in the nature, rock climb, and swim in the river.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Proyectos artísticos

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería básica

  Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»

  Ayuda en una granja

  Ayuda informática
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  Intereses

  

  Política / justicia social

  

  Vegetariano o vegano

  

  Sostenibilidad

  

  Agricultura

  

  Carpintería

  

  Dibujo y pintura

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Bricolaje y manualidades

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Actividades al aire libre

  

  Montaña

  

  Naturaleza
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  For five years we have hosted many people from around the world, and this exchange is unique in the transition from a modern life to an ecological life. We are not a business structure, instead we have taken upon ourselves to attempt to make as much of our needs ourselves as possible - so the activities we do here are numerous and function based upon seasons. We are a busy multi cultural family, (French, American, Italian, and Chinese) juggling many things at the same time trying to do our best for the planet so you should be a mature adult able to come and see the value of this exchange. Besides realizing that we cannot do everything ourselves and we do need the help, we've seen how fulfilling it is for our children to play, interact, and learn from people all over the world as it develops their social skills and understanding of our natural world.
  
  Some previous help we've had!
  Michela from Australia
  We spent two amazing weeks with Martine, Jason, June and Cali, we left feeling extremely inspired and full of love for this little family.
  It was beautiful to connect with people who also love nature as much as we do, and experience a lifestyle in which you are conscious of how everything you do impacts the earth. Jason and Martine are super passionate about Permaculture and want to share as much as they can with you.
  The work tasks were varied and usually different every day, we appreciated that Jason put thought into which tasks were suitable to us. We worked in the veggie garden, eco construction and food preservation. We learnt and achieved so much in just two weeks.
  When you stay at the Tamarind tree, Martine and Jason really treat you like one of their family, we made many amazing memories together and we will definitely love to come back one day.
  
  Toby from UK
  My stay with Jason and Martine at the Tamarind Tree Farm was my first volunteer experience, and it could not have filled me with more fulfilment and gratitude. This is a farm which will fill you with hope for the future, with their clear devotion to permaculture and to caring for nature, and their willingness to pass on their knowledge to those who visit. Lunch and dinner were shared together, which was always nourishing and delicious, and allowed me to understand the potential of a vegetarian diet if the ingredients are understood and sourced from your own garden. Most of all, though, all who live at The Tamarind Tree (including Cali, June and Maui) are kind, pure souls. I learnt a lot from insightful conversations here, either over a good meal, or a garden bed. You will leave here with a new found clarity of the importance of showing love and respect to nature, and managing your waste responsibly. Although my stay was short (5 days) I would love to return to the Tamarind Tree Farm one day, and would certainly recommend working here to anybody.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  We are looking for two positions.
  - Eco Natural Material Construction -
  You will learn to build with clay, sand, hemp, and lime.
  Requirements: age 18-30, high physical ability, comfortable with power tools, and can be described as someone hard working.
  
  - Permaculture Gardener and Host - You will help us with the daily tasks of gardening, animal care, and guesthouse management.
  Requirements : Age above 30, already adept at gardening (I.e. you can identify nettles) are happy to interact with our paid guests, are proactive and mature being able to complete tasks without being managed, can be described as a hard worker.
  
  - Website Creation - we are looking for someone to help us build our website! Please send us relevant examples of work.
  
  We are happy to host volunteers for five days up to one month. We exchange 5 hours of your valuable work for a quality accommodation, home grown organic vegetarian food, and the chance to learn about any sustainable practices we place here like breadmaking, kombucha, permaculture gardening with ancient graines and perennial vegetables, worm farming, habitats for wild animals, chickens, clay/lime/hemp building, solar energies, heating by wood stoves, composting, dry toilets, grey water recycling, wild plant and mushroom foraging, and social justice while we are at it =)

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Fluido
  Español: Intermedio
  Chino (mandarín): Intermedio

  Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
  If you are native Chinese speaker, we can consider a language exchange!
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  Alojamiento

  We have a very cozy studio and a caravan that so many of our volunteers have loved. We provide everything and have made great work to make our accommodations of high quality, with linen sheets, ability to cook, hot showers, etc. We bake your bread and make the jams for breakfast. Lunch is shared together. Dinner you are on your own to either be free to explore the area or experiment with cooking simply on your own with the wild plants or vegetables from the garden. Our food is completely organic, local, and much of it is grown or foraged by ourselves. We are vegetarian with a leaning towards vegan, so you should be comfortable with this. The only animal products we consume are our own chicken eggs and goat cheese from our neighbors. We are used to almost all dietary needs as it's our believe to be open to all so don't be afraid to let us know.

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  Algo más...

  The forest is the biggest draw, out area is a mecca of boulder rock climbing, our river is fantastic, and we provide you with a high quality electric bike to scoot around. We are completely accessible to Paris.
  
  We are glad that since we started our sustainable life we never wanted to do things like everyone else was doing. With us you get the real deal, the good and the bad. After all, that’s what life is about, and it's a pleasure to share it with new friends.
  
  We are a no smoking, no drugs, and no debating household.
  
  We find that people who wish to aloha 'aina, love and care for our nature and each other, tend to benefit the best from their stay here. Positive vibes are welcome!

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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

  Our garden has enough space to accommodate almost all except the extremely large campervans.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Uno

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  

  Our Chickens!

  Pono

  Pono is our huntress, she is super discrete, lives mostly in the garden.

  

  Maui

  Maui is our cat dog - super cuddly and gentle.

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