Help us build our off-grid food forest, permaculture garden & eco-campsite in the Italian Alps

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We’re creating a food forest, eco-campsite, and simple sustainable lifestyle on our mountain land in Piemonte. Come help us with gardening, building, and daily life — and enjoy peace, nature, and warm family vibes with us.
  
  🌿 Welcome to our off-grid family life in the Italian Alps
  
  Hi and welcome! We’re a small family living off-grid in the beautiful mountains of Piemonte, one hour north of Torino. Our place is a sanctuary of peace and nature — forest, open fields, creeks, and wildlife all around.
  
  We came here to live simply and sustainably, but discovered how much we enjoy sharing this life with others. That’s why we love to welcome helpers to join us, learn, laugh, and create together.
  
  👩‍👩‍👦 About us
  
  Sabine – passionate about herbs, our vegetable garden, and all things nature. A creative soul who also works as a hypnotherapist and loves open-hearted conversations.
  
  Wouter – traveler turned host, always curious about sustainable living, handy projects, and showing our son the magic of natural life.
  
  Owin (our baby boy) – full of joy, energy, and “helping hands.” You’ll often find him exploring the garden, forest, or climbing on mum and dad.
  
  🌱 Our place
  
  Our 1.5-hectare property is a mix of forest and open land. Here we are creating:
  
  a food forest
  
  a vegetable garden
  
  a small-scale eco-campsite
  
  Life here flows with the seasons — chestnut harvests in autumn, woodstove cooking in winter, fairy-tale blossoms in spring, and fireflies in summer nights.
  
  🛠️ How you can help
  
  There’s always a variety of tasks, depending on the season and your interests. For example:
  
  Gardening and planting in the food forest
  
  Small building or maintenance projects
  
  Firewood and land care
  
  Helping with the campsite
  
  Creative ideas for natural living
  
  We don’t expect you to be skilled in everything — just willing to learn, share, and enjoy the process.
  
  🌄 What you get in return
  
  A peaceful mountain setting surrounded by nature
  
  Healthy food from the garden and forest
  
  Simple off-grid lifestyle experience (no TV, but the best sunsets and starry nights!)
  
  Warm family atmosphere, meaningful conversations, and space for yourself too
  
  Plenty of inspiration if you’re curious about herbs, sustainability, or creative living
  
  📍 Practical info
  
  Location: Piemonte, near Ivrea and Castellamonte (1 hour north of Torino)
  
  Accommodation: simple, cozy, depending on season (tent, caravan, or cabin)
  
  Food: we cook and share meals together — local, seasonal, often from our land
  
  Best time to visit: any season has its magic!
  
  💌 Come join us
  
  If you’d love to experience off-grid life, help create a sustainable place, and share time with a young family in the Italian Alps — we’d be happy to hear from you! Send us a message, you’re very welcome.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Proyectos artísticos

  Práctica de idiomas

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intereses

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Sostenibilidad

  

  Vegetariano o vegano

  

  Mascotas

  

  Agricultura

  

  Carpintería

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Arte y diseño

  

  Bricolaje y manualidades

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Fotografía

  

  Escritura

  

  Artes escénicas

  

  Autostop

  

  Dibujo y pintura

  

  Fitness

  

  Yoga / bienestar

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Acampada

  

  Baile

  

  Montaña

  

  Actividades al aire libre

  

  Senderismo

  

  Ciclismo

  

  Deportes de aventura
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Since we live in nature, this a thing you'll be learning from. Sabine knows some about herbs and their capacities (and is learning). She knows how to make it into a tincture or a balm. And Wouter just likes to be outside and share this time with you. We're in for good company. And we know the secret places to visit. Obviously we're in for a good conversation. And we love to play... Maybe do some acro yoga? Love nature? Dive into one of the many beautiful natural swimming spots in the river.
  
  Almost every visitor or WorkAwayer leaves as a member of our Off Grid Family with new inspiration, ideas, energy, to continue their journeys.

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  Ayuda

  Before we jump in the tasks and kind of help. Let's start with this;
  
  1. Only do the things that inspire you.
  
  In short we're looking for help in the garden and in/around the house. We work a lot wit natural materials, f.e. beams from the forest.
  
  Some high on the list tasks for example in a list;
  
  - Digging - We need to set our house free from the mountain (💧) And we want to create flat spaces in the garden to sit or camp.
  
  - Expanding our vegetable garden, making new beds.
  
  - Setting borders and doing landscaping with nature stone
  
  - Gardening in vegetable garden and fruitgarden
  
  - Preparing firewood
  
  - Creating woodstack
  
  - Creative projects in the garden like making a shelter, compost toilet, etc..
  
  - Helping with little upgrades on our house like assembling a wardrobe, or something like that.
  
  - Plenty things to do. Always something you like.
  
  - Other things depending on the season.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Holandés: Fluido
  Italiano: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  Depending on the season we can offer you a stay in a campspot, or our little cosy caravan.
  
  In general we share all our meals. Meaning there will be 3 meals for you during the day;
  Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.
  
  We like to either cook, or taste your cooking skills.
  
  We eat vegetarian. But love our cheese, butter and eggs.
  
  Off course we try to eat as much as possible from the garden.
  
  (Sabine also knows some about edible flowers and plants) We compliment this with foods from the market.
  
  We daily clean the dishes. When there's more people around we try to do this more frequent, in order to keep it clean.

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  Algo más...

  Even though we live remote, it's pretty easy to find. If you follow our instructions. (provided in time) With public transport you can get to Ivrea. Or, if you have more time even up to our valley by bus. A car obviously gives you most freedom.
  
  We're at a 35 min drive from Ivrea, which has a train station.
  
  Time off?
  - walks up the mountain, plenty of tracks
  - river visits
  - Damanhur
  - Taste the best ice creams Italy has to offer
  - etc.
  
  Want to know more? Just ask!

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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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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  Plan the time with your computer, as we live with the sun for energy. And we have 1 accespoint (with plenty energy) to charge your device.

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  You are very welcome, only thing is... We can only be reached by a 4x4. If you do not have a 4x4 there's a place nearby where you can park.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  

  Puria (4 años)

  Puria is our shy but lovely black cat. Wachting over the house and the garden. She loves her peace. And only shows herself when she feels safe. In summer she spends her days as a wild cat hunting down anything. In wintertime she likes to snuggle up in a warm and dry place. We love her

  

  Mango (1 año)

  Mango is very very frienldy and loving. And he loves to play.

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