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Hello workaway friends,
Welcome and thank you for your interest and curiosity. Our Eco-Habitat is a sustainable learning place that positively contributes to a healthy eco system. We would like to invite you to become a volunteer in our unique ecological project and community. Our farm is located on a southern slope in the Parc Naturel Régional des Monts d'Ardèche. We, Sebo and Bastiaan, are happy to meet you and learn and work with you towards a sustainable future. We started hosting since 2016, we have hosted over 140 people from not less then 24 nationalities, we really enjoy meeting a huge variety of travellers from all around the world - we learn as much from our guests as they do from us :)
** Please read our entire profile so you understand how it is to live in a small community and the kind of work we do. **
Our beautiful terrain consists 7 hectares of forest with its own well that provides us with drinking water. We live off grid and produce our own electricity. The river Bésorgues flows over our land and is located 80 meters below the farm. We swim here every day. When we don't work we are celebrating the naturist lifestyle.
Sometimes we start in the mornings with spiritual exercises or a meditation. We physically work an average of four hours a day in the food forest or vegetable garden. This is good for our personal health and it teaches us physically how much energy needs to be produced for a regenerative and ecological living system. Every day we reflect for ten minutes in a personal place somewhere on our site. In the afternoon you are free to do as you please. In the evenings we usually have dinner together and tell each other stories about wonderment in nature that day. These are often special and rich moments in which we really meet. You share a nicely furnished bedroom with another volunteer. We all share the bathroom. In addition, we have a cozy and beautiful space where you can retreat from time to time.
We are hosting mostly four volunteers at the same time. We like to show commitment to our volunteers and we ask them to do the same towards our eco habitat. Therefore two weeks is the minimum period if you are interested in participating in our project. Characteristic of our project is that we live nude in a small community. Everyone is naked when we are not working and when the weather permits, which is almost always the case in the summer months. You don't have to be experienced in this, but we do ask you to go along with it. We understand that living the nudist lifestyle can be a unusual. Therefore we are creating a very body positive and safe environment. Naturism strengthens our social connection and the connection with nature.
Social engagement is another important component in a sustainable ecosystem. We make sure that everyone has a good time by looking out for each other. In concrete terms, this means occasionally taking a broom to clean the rooms, making a cup of coffee for someone else and spontaneously extending a helping hand when cooking or cleaning up.
Do you have the desire to live like an ecological person who respects the earth and chooses a lifestyle that suits it? Are you interested in: Living the change and get empowered to share inspiring stories for a sustainable future. Just drop us some lines. And use the words: Social Naturism.
We would love to know you better. Experience has shown that it is important to make personal contact first. That is why we would like to have a FaceTime chat with you (without any further obligations) We are really interested in your stories as well. So we both have the opportunity to see if there is a click.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We like to share knowledge about deep ecology, permaculture, food forest design and sustainable farming. We practice yoga, meditation, qi gong, and green mindfulness.
Our Eco-Habitat is a place where we make a deep connection with the essence of ourselves and where nature helps us to understand the lessons of life.
Living in and with nature also means naturism ( fkk ) for us. We noticed that living together in a small naturist community gives all those involved new inspiration and energy. Social naturism and body positivity gives us the opportunity to make meaningful connections with each other. It’s important for us to host diverse, men and women, everybody is welcome. We are supporting non sexual naturism and we are LGBTQ friendly.
Sebo is born in the autumn of 1966 in the Netherlands. He is the owner of a consultancy firm specialized in learning organizations. He is also writing his thesis about organisational agility and learning networks. Here also the ideas of permaculture are applicable, because using the benefits of diversity and "companion planting" are also fundamental for learning from each other. We are also developing a learning network with people who join our project.
Bastiaan is born in the summer of 1969. He is an easy-going and passionated man also born in the Netherlands. He has a background is an professional operasinger and former elite soldier. His favorite opera is Parsifal from R. Wagner. Books he likes to read are: 'Walden' by D.Thoreau or L' etranger by A. Camus. He is graduated as an applied eco psychologist and also works as a ecological advisor and nature therapist & coach.
We, Sebo and Bastiaan are a happily married gay couple for 27 years and the proud fathers of 2 kids in a rainbow family. Feel free to write us if you have any questions.Aide
If you are joining us, we are asking you to work with joy and energy and give us also some real physical help. We are working in the food forest and vegetable garden, building terrace walls or chopping wood and other work that has to be done on a farm. Sometimes we are doing a beautiful ritual to pay gratitude to the medicine plant sage and making sage-syrup.
Unfortunately we feel the necessity to express ourselves and be a bit more outspoken then we normally would like:
We take great care to ensure that performance and reward are balanced, we don't accept helpers who are not really interested in our philosophy and concept. We are living in an small community, which means living together and sharing together, we expect that everybody naturally and without asking, clean parts of the farm, like you would do in your own place too. We see this part not as work-away hours, but just commonality: We’re not a restaurant nor a guesthouse with housekeeping, but a community. That takes more than doing the dishes. We are asking you to leave your phone in the farm during the work and the dinners. We really like to connect with the land and each other. You will experience that our community lifestyle is very fulfilling, grateful and gives a lot of meaningfulness.
Also important to notice: if you confirm your stay with us and cancel it at short notice this would be unfair for helpers who asked to come but couldn't come because we didn't have a free position anymore and unfair towards us because we also need to plan our projects.
But the uniqueness of our ecological project is what we mentioned before: Living the change and get empowered to share inspiring stories for a sustainable future.Langues
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.Hébergement
Our accommodation is a ancient stone build farmhouse. The farm is situated on the southern slope of a mountain in the Ardeche (Rhône-Alpes). Surrounded by a forest of seven hectares. The river Bésorgues flows along the farm. We have three beautiful rooms to accommodate our volunteers. A spacious loft, “la Boulangerie” with two beds. Another bedroom with two single beds and the former stable "La Bergerie". The Bergerie has a small kitchen and a double bed. We share the sanitary facilities and you will live in the farmhouse as part of the family.
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We are surrounded by beautiful hiking and biking trails and canyoning possibilities. Opportunities for climbing are very close. But the most added value we provide is the opportunity to make a deep and spiritual connection with nature and therefore with yourself.
Do you have the desire to live like an ecological person who respects the earth and chooses a lifestyle that suits it.
Are you interested in connecting more deeply with the earth, the animals, the plants, the water and your inner nature? Would you like to feel that this is a fantastic experience that gives us vitality, liveliness and enthusiasm?
Just join us and write a small motivation why you are attracted to our philosophy and concept. We are really looking forward meeting you.Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
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I had such a beautfiful time at your eco farm and I want to thank you for making my time there so wonderful! You always made me feel welcomed and appreciated. You have a beautiful farm on a beautiful spot on this earth and I feel lucky that I was able to be a part of your project. For other workawayers, I highly recommend to… read more
Thank you very much for your inspiring contribution to our eco habitat. You are a very warm and open minded person. With your sensitive and calm personality you also brought a very peaceful spirit into our small eco community. I have beautiful memories about the two of us laying under de oak tree and sharing our experiences and… read more
Dear Max thanks for your sharing and practice with me your meditation and… read more
They are hospitable, generous and really make you feel part of the place.
This was my first workaway experience, but I loved it and it really made me connect with nature more.
Also I was proud of constructing my first (physical) bridge in my life… read more
my time in the farm was amazing! so careful hosts, trying to make everyone feel comfortable as home. with great understanding and empty treat everyone the best way, a lot of interesting conversation the frame is truly a connection to the spirit and nature.
the work was really fun! everyday I got to do different work in a… read more
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I had such a beautfiful time at your eco farm and I want to thank you for making my time there so wonderful! You always made me feel welcomed and appreciated. You have a beautiful farm on a beautiful spot on this earth and I feel lucky that I was able to be a part of your project. For other workawayers, I highly recommend to… read more
Thank you very much for your inspiring contribution to our eco habitat. You are a very warm and open minded person. With your sensitive and calm personality you also brought a very peaceful spirit into our small eco community. I have beautiful memories about the two of us laying under de oak tree and sharing our experiences and… read more
Dear Max thanks for your sharing and practice with me your meditation and… read more
They are hospitable, generous and really make you feel part of the place.
This was my first workaway experience, but I loved it and it really made me connect with nature more.
Also I was proud of constructing my first (physical) bridge in my life… read more
my time in the farm was amazing! so careful hosts, trying to make everyone feel comfortable as home. with great understanding and empty treat everyone the best way, a lot of interesting conversation the frame is truly a connection to the spirit and nature.
the work was really fun! everyday I got to do different work in a… read more
The accommodation was very good with a big bed for every volunteer and the food was even better!
In terms of work they try to diversify your tasks so you will never be bored with having to do the same… read more
Both Sebo and Basti have a clear view of what they would like to accomplish with the plot of land they are working with and are enthusiastic to share their ideas, of both permaculture and naturism.
Besides that, Basti's cooking alone is a reason to visit the place.
We spend one of the last days; when… read more
I felt welcomed like family arriving at the farm. They took time to ensure I was comfortable and well informed about the house and surrounding area. I found all of my questions and more… read more
It has now been a few days since I was allowed to be part of your project. Even today I tell about this experience almost every day.
Basti and Sebo are incredibly warm and open personalities. From the first minute, you feel welcome. It is a wonderful balance between friendly interaction and a responsible, professional… read more