Off-grid collaborative space for music, art, wellbeing and sustainability in Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal

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  Description

  Hello! We're Rik, Henrietta and baby Joy. We live in a yurt, off-grid in Arrábida Natural Park with our dog and 2 cats.
  
  ***URGENT I made this a last minute profile because we need a dog and cat sitter to come and live in our yurt 30th Jan to 8th Feb. It's off-grid but very comfortable with a pellet burner and running hot water. Bonus if you have a car, but there's a bus stop with good connections 25min walk away. We'd like someone with a bit of life experience, responsible and practical. No other dogs please. You can arrive earlier to get to know the place. Thank you! ***
  
  
  We're co-creating a community farm to slow down in nature and grow together. A space to play, learn, create and eat delicious food with new friends. Having a baby this year has shifted our focus on our home, and less on community gatherings and events, but we'll get back to that when we feel ready.
  
  Rik is English and works part-time as a freelance consultant. He's also a relentless optimist, insurgent pharmacist and disco dancing DJ. Hen is Swedish and works part-time as a massage therapist. She's also a designer, empathic leader and all-around hostess with the mostest.
  
  From November to April we also run a co-living villa nearby, 20 min walk from the farm.
  
  Our land is situated amidst stunning hills, forests and beaches. A natural paradise just 45 min south of Lisbon. The farm is a space for people to slow down and connect; with nature, with others and with themselves. Our purpose is to live sustainably and support people's wellbeing and creativity.
  
  We're in the early stages, having owned the land since 2019 but only moved in May 2021. We're very excited to now have an awesome solar power system that can power everything we need. We'll soon be upgrading our kitchen and shower facilities too now that we have the power.
  
  We practice small-scale regenerative farming for enjoyment, learning and personal consumption. We also host open days for people to escape the city, and are excited to start hosting creative gatherings like art, music and wellbeing events as we slowly get more infrastructure.
  
  We’re creating this space because we need it - to live a slower, more sustainable and balanced life. And we want to share it. So we invite you, current and future friends, to come to enjoy our farm and be part of the project. You can help make it happen.
  
  Join us in learning about permaculture, renewable energy, compost toilets, biogas, building a geodesic dome, natural swimming pool, amphitheatre, and treehouse we can all play in.
  
  This will be your home in Portugal to learn, have fun, go hiking, biking, SUPing, paragliding, swimming, yoga, dancing, chill…
  
  Come and play.
  
  See you soon.
  Love Hen and Rik xx
  
  From November to April we host a co-living villa 20min walk up the road. So during this period, our time will be split between working on the farm and hosting at the villa. After a day at the farm, we might head back to the villa at sunset or vice versa. A couple of times a week we try to combine the two groups for a dinner or get the villa guests to join us on the farm. So you may be left to yourself or with another workaway a few evenings or mornings. Perfect if you sometimes like to be very sociable, but also love to be independent and can get on with work without too much guidance.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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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

  We live in an incredibly epic place, Arrabida Natural Park. Beautiful mountains and paradise beaches with lots of amazing hiking trails, mountain biking, SUP boarding, snorkelling, diving, coasteering...the list goes on! We host community events to help fund the project, centred around art, wellness food and fun! Great opportunities to meet the locals and visitors from Lisbon. Working on the project there's lots of opportunities to learn and experience setting up an off-grid sustainable farm from the beginning. We're very small scale so there's a chance to get involved in a wide variety of growing and building projects.

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  Aide

  As we now have a baby, we're even more grateful for help cooking and keeping the space clean and tidy!
  
  In the winter we're focused on building projects such as the kitchen, showers, art studio, chicken run and yoga deck. We're also planning to start work on a natural swimming pond. Knowledge of basic hand tools and power tools is a must.
  
  In the autumn we'll also be doing lots of preparing of beds and planting and some general garden maintenance. The summer we rent out the yurt and have dog sitters and farm caretakers staying in the caravan whilst we visit family.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Swedish: Courant
  Portugais: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We're currently learning Portuguese so eager to practice. We're fluent in English & Swedish.
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  Hébergement

  We welcome campervans! We have lots of Fresh and Black pop up tents with comfortable mats, sleeping bags and pillows. We also have a caravan which will be more comfortable for staying in the winter months. This can sleep a maximum of 3 people sharing so is subject to availability. There's a semi indoor/outdoor kitchen with a sofa for us to cook shared meals and hang out. In the evenings we chill by the campfire (in the winter). Perfect if you're up for living in nature - camping, showering in a tree and using a compost toilet.

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  Autres infos...

  Step out of the farm and straight onto trails into the forest with streams, a natural spring, a lake, mountain and cliffs. Walk, cycle or take the bus (25min walk from the farm) to get to Praia da Arrabida, the village of Azeitao or even the popular seaside town of Sesimbra.

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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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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  If you just need to work a couple of hours here and there, then you're welcome to work from the caravan if it's available, sit in a hammock under a tree, or in the communal kitchen. We use 4G hotspots and the internet is generally good.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have space for a couple of campervans. During the winter we encourage people in campervans to join us as you'll be more comfortable! We are off-grid using compost toilets and solar power, so no power hook-ups and no chemical waste disposal on site.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  (20 hours max per week)

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