Learn about self sustainability in Dolný Tisovník, Slovakia

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  Description

  To avoid poverty tomorrow, choose sobriety today !
  
  
  My name is David. I was born in Belgium, my native language is French; I am learning Slovak.
  
  Please read the following before applying.
  I do not take into consideration any "generic" approach.
  
  Since I was born, I saw ignorance, conformism, submission and unquestioning all around me.
  My questions that started with "why," often received the same answer: "because it's like that".
  Most people do things without even knowing why, out of sheer conformity.
  Wanting to change them is severely punished. You instantly become an outsider and nobody listens to you.
  Despite this, for decades, I tried to find my place in this system that did not suit me at all.
  A long way followed by the current events (including the CREATION AND ACCEPTATION OF A NEW WORLDWIDE RELIGION called COVID), decided me to leave that dangerous life forever.
  We are facing an environmental disaster that is unprecedented in human history; politicians and decision-makers want to keep their privileges at all costs, and people at the bottom of the pyramid only want to consume, without understanding, like sheep.
  
  EVERYTHING has to change. The way we THINK, the way we TALK, and the way we ACT.
  
  However, most people stay like they are, still want to keep their comfort, to make business and to live the same way.
  
  I "composted" my relationships, that brought me less and less satisfaction.
  Always talking about change, but blaming it on industrials and politicians... continuing to grow and consume the same way, doing actually NOTHING.
  Most people do not want anybody to criticise their lifestyle and habits.
  However, accepting criticism and being self-critical would be a good starting point.
  
  I tried several times to find partners to grow our food, to start farming, to become more sustainable.
  Nobody gave a shit.
  The richer the countries, the less people understand why they should make more efforts, stop consuming, etc.
  Most people don't have the elementary knowledge to understand that they destroy their own tomorrows.
  Physics, chemistry, biology and HISTORY are knowledge that no one learns from.
  About anticipation: people can identify propaganda in the history books, but they can't recognise it all around themselves, in real time. They BELIEVE in the COVID madness and are afraid, they BELIEVE that Russia will attack the rest of Europe and are afraid. They BELIEVE a lot of things, but actually KNOW almost nothing. And the most important: they have no idea what their ignorance and credulity are being used for, every day.
  
  The time is running. It is a fiasco.
  WE ARE THE CIVILISATION OF NON-ANTICIPATION.
  WHAT A SHAME.
  
  Most people don't feel the urgency; they don't feel especially "unsafe" in the system.
  They would rather choose to be surrounded by people making MONEY, and would feel safer with more MONEY.
  They dont understand that their MONEY can't buy them any kind of safety or preparation.
  They should feel way safer producing their food, surrounded by people doing the same. Even with no money.
  
  The best solution does not consist in going on, believing that "everyone must do what they like", and all this very common irresponsible talk. The solution consists in understanding what's going on (from an undeniable physical and historical point of view), what is wrong in the human software, and to share it. The solution doesn't consist in trying to find new solutions and to do things differently, but in STOPPING to do a lot of things. The solution doesn't consist in making more people, who will choose a job, etc., but in WISHING to decrease, and to embrace the simplest lifestyle ever, producing food being a top priority. The question IS NOT "what will happen if we stop this and that?", or "can everyone be a farmer?". No. The true question is "what will happen if we go on like we do now?". Unfortunately, the answer, if we go on like thatt is that we'll be totally unprepared, totally vulnerable, and in the meantime, every second that passes we will have made things much worse. The true question isn't "can we reach self-sufficiency", but "do we have any other choice?". The true question isn't "are we all obliged to give up cinema, holidays, travel, etc.?", but "how do we damage our own environment, how do do we make the things worse, by still doing those things? How did people before? Are we happier with all those things?"
  And the true question isn't "why does David see the things like that?", but "why the hell can't people see the things LIKE THEY ARE?". I do not have to become more tolerant, it is not me who must change; quite the contrary, the others must begin to change profoundly their lifestyle, give up their beliefs and their ideological and material comfort.
  Things are going to change ANYWAY, whether we like it or not, and certainly in a more violent way the longer we wait in inaction.
  
  Take a look at the timeline.
  Humanity has experienced an unprecedented rise since the industrial revolution. This exponential curve is being reversed and we are on the eve of the collapse of the civilisation that we know and that 99.99% of people continue to defend. Not wanting to make understanding of this and anticipation, top priorities... it's a suicide, and it's criminal (for you, for me, for our children, for the other species).
  
  The extremely few people who understand what is going on, don't even want to admit that it would be good to lecture others and try to convince them. Incompetence, cowardice, laziness, defeatism, resignation. It seems that trying to explain things to those who do not want to understand, trying to lecture them, is immediately perceived as a crime, as a profanation of their divine freedom...
  
  I prefer to base my relationships on quality, instead of quantity, and... to make it clear... at my place, you will certainly never hear any usual or politically correct speech. I have a historical and systemic vision and understanding of the world, therefore I consider that having a restricted vision based on "what television shows", is of course extremely deleterious, destructive and unhealthy. I consider that "people" are massively ignorant and that this is where the problem starts; I won't get along with those who do not want to admit it or think that it's a better idea to agree with everybody, or to love them all. If you don't know that item manufacturing, beliefs and people are the problem, if you feel OK in the system, the comfort, and want to love everybody... you won't even understand me: I prefer to meet courageous and marginal people who are not well suited to the system, even if that means meeting fewer.
  
  It’s a good stop for people who feel hurt every time they see people consuming like crazy, who felt hurt and alone when they saw billions of believers wearing masks, who know that PEOPLE need to change their mindset, to understand the truth, who know that EVERYTHING has to change... and that many of the things they learned in school are bad and dangerous.
  
  Ok, what did I change ?
  
  I sold almost all my belongings and moved to a piece of land, surrounded by the woods, previously used to produce only hay to feed big animals.
  Long before that, in the past, terraced crops covered the entire valley, but the farms have disappeared in favour of cities. This place was used to produce food, thanks to draft animals. When I see this, it gives me ideas. At that time, life expectancy was lower, there were fewer comforts, no plastic toys, no computers, but humanity had not yet completely disfigured nature, nor damaged ecosystems and the climate. I am not sure that humanity lived in permanent sadness.
  ...so yes, what did I change?
  I planted 400+ fruit trees, welcomed a few chicken, quails, dogs, cats, bees, goats and sheep, and want to allow other animals to live on the same parcel, and to grow a part of my food.
  In Slovakia, a little bit more people still produce a part of their food; trading with the neighbours is one of the best practices ever, to face the future.
  I prefer to make efforts and to work everyday, instead of asking "the system" to produce everything for me (with so much damaging consequences).
  To produce, the system uses fossil fuels, accountancy, useless gadgets, factories, machines and robots (including human ones), to provide comfort, obesity and a false sense of happiness, to all the ones who work inside.
  All the things that I don't need to consume here, don't need engineering, extraction (mining), transformation and transportation. It limits the impacts of my existence, in addition of providing an healthier daily life.
  
  I will do my best to share the living space, instead of owning it.
  
  I currently live in a caravan, that I heat with a wood stove, collect rainwater, use solar panels (but my point is to become less and less depending on the electricity and other technologies).
  Living like this means saving electricity, water, wood, and all the other available goods and resources, including gas, fuel, tools, clothes, materials...
  It offers the opportunity to deeply redefine our real needs.
  Yes, I would like to build a small house (maybe half buried in the ground), but my priorities are definitely to manage the trees, the garden and the animals first.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Musique

  

  Technologie

  

  Ferme

  

  Vie en van

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Histoire

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Jardinage

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Randonnée
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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

  I can share the basis of my lifestyle, my self sustainability methods, show how it's possible to interact and exchange with the neighbours, how to use hand skills and a wide knowledge of materials and tools.
  Doing a lot with less resources, takes more time but prevents from squeezing the environment every day.
  All the calories that I'm burning, are the ones that I won't ask the system to burn and waste for me.

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  Aide

  The projects that I already completed :
  - having a bore well and water on the parcel
  - making a chicken house and playground, welcoming the first birds and having eggs everyday
  - planting almost 400 fruit trees (mostly old varieties, mixed with new ones, from all over the world) and individually protect them, from being eaten by the deer and future goats.
  - building a greenhouse.
  - building a shelter for the chicken
  - building a shelter for the goats and sheep
  - adding a storage for the firewood
  - holding the solar panels with a wooden structure that could be an additional shelter for some stuff
  - welcoming bees
  
  My current projects are :
  - building a "walipini" greenhouse
  - building an "A frame" tiny cabin for friends and helpers
  - building a root cellar, mostly made of local stones, and/or with earth bags
  - there should be a half buried house, somewhere, with a greenhouse facing the south, and this is a big project, even if I don't really want the house to be big
  
  Step by step, I'd like to welcome more animals.
  Different breeds of chicken, birds like pigeons, and probably other animals in the future.
  
  ARRANGEMENT:
  
  Depending on everyone's skills and interests, I could need help for building the A-frame cabin, to drive the mini digger, to cook, to harvest and process some food, to shear the sheep, to process the wool, to maintain the garden and the orchard, to build a solar dryer, to build a solar water heating system, to set up the peripheral fence, to cut and store the firewood, etc. It has no end ;-)
  
  Due to the "technical setup", a lot of constructions/tools and material are a bit specific and sometimes "fragile".
  Being calm, patient and careful with the tools and stuff, is highly appreciated.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Slovak: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I'd like to learn Slovak. If I can name a few items, animals, food products, and if I can tell people what I need, I still need to learn the basis : how to build sentences properly, etc...
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  Hébergement

  The best would be to come with your own camper, caravan...
  Depending on the weather, you can also sleep in the giant hammock or in the glasshouse
  A camp bed is available, and you can take your shower inside/outside.
  We cook and eat together (mostly outside during the summer), I can provide hot showers and even a "low tech" washing machine when needed.

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  Autres infos...

  This remote area in the woods, will definitely suit the ones who like calm and quietness; there is a 1km unpaved road to access the land. The last meters are a bit muddy in winter; that means that a normal city car could hardly help you to get here in winter.
  The land can be accessed by any car from spring to autumn.
  Once you are here, there is nobody and nothing around, but the woods and a few animals.
  
  Please, note that I won't welcome conventional and/or curious "happy travellers", those who want to keep travel as a philosophy. I don't do it anymore because it's a waste of time. I don't get along with that kind of people: it's a nonsense to come here, to take the "experience", and then to go back to the system and consumption. If you wanna do this, STAY IN THE SYSTEM and don't bother me. If your only motivation is to travel cheaply or in an original way and you think "why not go to a farm"... come on, don't bother me and choose hosts who own a swimming pool and 5 stars toilet, bathroom and kitchen. I am neither a hotel nor a holiday centre. Only those who have an interest in this lifestyle and understand the need to decrease/degrow, have something to do here... and are more than welcome.
  
  Another way to say it: farming and being genuinely, effectively engaged, means doing it even when it's raining, even during the winter, even with shorter days, w/o travelling (staying THERE, where you live), embracing that life with the good and bad sides, finding low-tech solutions, generating and spending less money, wearing not always very clean clothes, ETC! ... and not doing it a little bit, just to see, just because it's kind of funny! ...it means DOING IT. Everyday. For years. This is HUMAN LIFE. The stupid illusion that people feed since the industrial revolution, that consists in doing whatever they want, when they want, is nothing on the timeline. When I left Belgium, it was not to go on holidays or to take a tour of Europe, or take a sabbatical (as many do, before returning to a lifestyle based on money generation, degradation of their own environment and excessive consumption). Helping two weeks during the summer? ...and what about the winter? Do you help during the winter? Are you strong enough to face different routines, bad weather conditions, shorter days, different kind of food? The people I want here are those who WANT to make the effort; those who WANT to live like this. Putting on a challenge for a week or two, is ridiculous, but fortunately, I already welcomed very appreciable and clear/far-sighted helpers. That's the proof that people like that DO exist.

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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

  It's more than welcome to bring your own campervan. I can provide electricity, fresh water and a hot shower; there is plenty of space available. Before planning a visit, we should consider the condition of the access path, because it can sometimes be really difficult to access the parcel with a normal car or van, depending if there is a lot of snow or mud (during the summer, accessing the land is ok any kind of car).

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Yes, if the pets don't interfere in any way, with the other animals (cats, dogs, poultry, goats and sheep, bees).

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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