Help a family creating a permaculture community with forest garden near Gijón, Spain

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  Description

  We are a young family, originally from Germany, who recently bought 3 hectares of land close to Gijón, with an old house, a barn and a shed we want to reform. Our vision is to create a small permaculture community with a forest garden and some animals (chickens, sheep) which offers space and food for workshops and to experiment with traditional and new low-tech solutions for a more sustainable life, while staying in contact with our neighbours and city people.
  
  We (Julia and Max) both speak Spanish, English and German, our daughter (5) speaks Spanish and German. Julia also speaks Thai.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  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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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Julia and me took a PDC (Permaculture Design Course) in Thailand back in 2020 and we are happy to share our, so far, limited knowledge :) and let you take part in designing the shape of our project in an early stage. We can also give you insights on our experience looking for a land and the legal aspects we learned about, take you to a Sidrería, our friends' places, the local hippie market... Max plays Guitar and every instrument available and would love to have around musicians to play with. We are also into food conservation, making combucha, oat milk, bread spreads...

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  Currently we have a wide range of tasks to do. On the one hand, we want to proceed with house renovation. So if you are interested in DIY renovating and building, that's great! We want to finish a french drain, install new beams and a pillar... On the other hand, the garden is calling us and we are preparing beds and seedlings soon. Also, its pruning season for our apple trees. Other tasks might involve building stairs to the bathroom hut, a grey water filter, improve fencing, help with chickens and sheep, cutting back brambles, general cleaning and maintenance... but also playing with our 5 years old daughter when she is not at school, and cooking. We can see what fits you best and have a decent amount of variation!

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  There is room to improve our Spanish, and Max' English... and if you are interested in practicing German, we can do that as well.
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  Hébergement

  For the summer months, we can provide tents with everything you need for sleeping provided.
  For the winter months, currently we have a room in the house which is half open to a room under construction. It's super basic, not very private and without electricity or heating. Alternatively you could put a tent in the upper barn.
  There is a hot outdoor shower and a compost toilet (both with a roof), and a shared kitchen inside. We will provide food, and usually have meals together, especially lunch.
  There is also our camper van available, especially for longer stays.

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  Autres infos...

  We are located in Asturias, a lovely place in northern Spain with some amazing nature. Gijón is its biggest city, capital of surf, and from our place you can go by bike in <30min to the city and the beach. (Way back is more like 40 minutes due to going uphill.) We have two bikes our volunteers can borrow. The bus stop is a ~35min walk away. Around the corner, you can go for a hike to Monte Deva.

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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

  Julia works online as well, Max sometimes does, so having a reliable internet connection is vital to us. Video calls usually work. We have a mobile router and an antenna (so far we haven't put it because the router's internal antenna was enough).

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There are some nice spots, however, access with very big vehicles could be difficult. Check with us before planing your trip!

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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