Help us regenerate our small non-profit farm and learn about permaculture in Örebro, Sweden

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  Description

  UPDATE 2026-07-23:
  Thank you for your interest in our non-profit, small-scale homestead!
  
  In 2027 we are once again open for volunteers, in two different time periods. We look forward to welcome 1-2 volunteers per period, with a fixed stay of six weeks.
  * May the 3rd to June 13.
  * August 9th to September 19th.
  
  To ensure a mutually enjoyable experience, we're looking for individuals with documented knowledge and/or experience in some of the following areas: agroecology, permaculture, REX farm planning, holistic management, adaptive grazing, agroforestry, forest gardens, agroecological landscaping, and sustainability in general.
  
  With ongoing recruitment, we're happy to connect with passionate and self-contained individuals.
  
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  Welcome to our place on earth: our non-profit homestead close to Örebro, two hours west of Stockholm. We are two value driven, middleaged, individuals with a vivid compass for sustainable development. Our farm (7 hectare) is our place on earth since 2015. Our vision and plan is to live a good life here, where our needs will be met whilst navigating within the planetary boundaries. We are on our way to transform our farm to
  an eadible landscape, using techniques from regenerative agriculture, enabling and encouraging biodiversity, circular flows, permaculture, perennial farming etc. The day we are leaving Tellus, we aim to leave our farm in a much healthier condition than it was at our arrival back in 2015.
  
  The other animals on the farm are: four cuddly sheep, a bunch of geese, ducks, hens, a few sweet honey bee colonies, a magnificent cat with masterskills in hunting and last but not least two energetic and herd-oriented pumi dogs.
  
  We are trained within the field of sustainable development, with specific competence in integrating the dimensions of ecological, social and economic sustainability. One of us works as a sustainability strategist and teacher in regenerative farming, focusing on the implementation of the UN Sustaineble Development Goals Agenda 2030 trough transformation of the food systems/food web. One of us is retiree. Outside paid work also involved in the transition network as course leader. Outside paid work almost all of our energy goes to the farm. To take care of ourselfes we do yoga, walks in the forest, bicycling, kayaking and fill up ur batteries in concerts or at cafés meeting friends.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien

  Garde de maison et d'animaux
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Staying at our farm will engage your hands, heart and head in a health promoting process.
  Hands: much practical stuff longing to get done.
  Head: get to know why things need to be done, to serve the vision.
  Heart: expanding love and gratitude to the nature in general and to all it´s eco-system services. Hopefully also development of friendship with the beings on the farm!
  
  Learning possibilities on site:
  Practical skills: regenerative farming, food forest/forest gardens, agroforestry, adaptive multi paddock grazing, ecological vegetable gardening, permaculture, keeping gene pool sheep, poultry, honey bees, composting, bokashi/effective micro-organisms, fermentation, pressure canning, compost toilets, biochar, etc.
  Theoretical skills: As above, plus sustainable devlopment, agroforestry, regenerative farming, holistic managemant and adaptive grazing, transition network-knowledge and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
  
  Cultural exchange: we are very interested in what is happening in the society, locally as well as globally, and enjoy such discussions. Also having a deep interest in research results regarding anything that could be implemented at our farm and will therefore be able to integrate many perspectives in discussions.
  
  You are invited to share your gifts with us, while we offer a nourishing sweet spot where you can flourish - aiming to reciprocal benefit of yours and ours abundance.

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  Aide

  We're looking for individuals with documented knowledge and/or experience in some of the following areas: regenerative farming, agroecology, permaculture, REX farm planning, holistic management, adaptive grazing, agroforestry, forest gardens, agroecological landscaping, and sustainability in general.
  
  You should also be happy to do outdoor tasks.
  
  We will offer clear structure during your helpdays. Instructions for the tasks will be there, with background information (vision, mission, aim), demonstrations and feedback. After instructions you will work independetly with most of the tasks.
  
  Working tasks in May-June 2027: planting, water and caring of small trees and bushes in our upcoming agroforestry as well as in our forest garden, mushroom farming, slug control, honey harvesting, berry picking, caretaking of the veggie garden and green house (seeding, planting, weeding, watering), etc. If we as hosts are away from the farm caretaking of all the animals is also part of the help.
  
  Tasks in August-September 2027: berry picking, vegetable and fruit harvesting, apple juicing, food preservation, honey harvesting, planting, water and caring of small trees and bushes in our upcoming agroforestry as well as in our forest garden so they will survive the winter, producing biochar, etc. If we as hosts are away from the farm caretaking of all the animals is also part of the help.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Swedish: Courant
  Allemand: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  Your accomodation is either our tiny house (22 m2) or our one-room studio, 35 m² (shared with another volunteer). Beds and sofa for hanging out. Both accomodations have electricity, but no water or sewer (that is: no kitchen, toilette or shower inside the accomodations). A small kitchen in a nearby building is yours to use and take care of. Your bathroom (wc, shower and sink) is in our house. In order to have a circular nutrition cycle we also use a compost toilette. Laundry- and WiFi facilities available. The courtyard environment is concentrated, with all buildings close to each other. There is also a sauna that you can enjoy.
  
  You arrange your own meals with groceries that we supply - from a shopping list you made. Food is vegetarian.
  
  We are not overly strict when it comes to alcohol but we do not allow excessive consumption. Smoking is prohibited on our farm.

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  Autres infos...

  Our farm is easy accessible: buses takes you right into our regional capital Örebro (160 000 inhabitants) within 25 minutes (15 rides daily weekdays, a handful during weekends). From our regional capital you can go by train or bus to Stockholm (many times a day, the ride takes about two hours). Also Gothenburg is reached by train, city to city in three hours. Train to Oslo takes five hours.
  
  Surroundings of the farm (walking distance): Our home is situated on the countryside, in a small village. The surrounding area is diverse in biotopes, has a meandering river suitable for recreation, walks and baths. Nice walking areas. Rich in birds, deers and elks. The farm has beautiful peaceful spaces where one can rest, meditate or do some yoga. Lovely neigbours, caring community. A bunch of good transition network-friends close by.
  
  Within 20-25 km (easily accessible by bus): 1) Our regional capital Örebro (160
  000 inhabitants). Restaurants, concerts, theater, cinema, aqualand, county museum, outdoor- and herritage areas, pharmacies and hospital, nightlife and shops. The town has recently been awarded town centre of the year, most beautiful municipal park as well as best environmental municipality in Sweden. () 2) Two picturesque small-towns: Nora () and Lindesberg () both very well worth visiting, with lakeside town centres.
  3) Kilsbergen, a low mountain range great for outdoor life, with semi-wilderness, nature reserves, hiking and mountainbike trails, shelters and cabins. Lots of information, maps etc available at several websites.
  
  Process prior to your visit at our farm:
  We want to be able to accept volunteers with accurate matching. To ensure this we look forward to receive an application from you. We want you to specify and include: your experiences, if you have tried Workaway/volunteering earlier and experiences from that, experiences or skills/talents that can be helpful in the work, what languages do you speak, why do you want to come here, etc. We will also have a video-meeting.
  
  Once you are accepted we need to stay in contact. If you do not respond to the answer we write to you we will cancel the agreement after one week - we do not want to deny other volunteers to come if it is not necessary. So check this site for answers if you request to come to our farm. We also want you to send us a phone number so we can keep in contact with each other.
  
  As we are striving to be climate neutral we´d love to have our volunteers traveling here by train.
  
  Welcome!

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Deux

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  Mes animaux

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