Vivez l'expérience de l'autosuffisance à Vashon, USA

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  Description

  Our farm is seven acres of woodlands and gardens on a little island in the Salish Sea, a ferry ride away from Seattle. Vashon (named by colonial settlers) is the traditional, unceded land of the sx̌ʷəbabs (“Swift Water People”) known today as part of the Puyallup Tribe. We are dedicated to a culture of gratitude for the abundance we enjoy, including homegrown fruit, vegetables, meat, goat milk, yogurt, cheese, and fresh eggs from free-running hens. Most of what we sustain ourselves with is what we have tended with our hearts and hands alongside our friendly pup Pippin.
  
  We are home to a place-based elementary school in its 17th year. The school is rooted in emotional literacy, ecological awareness, and social justice. Living and learning in a community here means eating kale all winter, preserving a lot of fruits and vegetables, pulling out invasives and planting native plants, milking goats, fires on the beach, listening to the owls in our woods at night, spying on frogs in the pond, passionately recycling, salvaging and composting, keeping warm by the woodstove, rising with the sun and the chickens, lots of laughing and breaking bread together.

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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

  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

  -Learning about sustainability
  -Learning about the plants, animals and ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest
  - Living in a community that values connection, awareness, diversity, and equality

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  Aide

  Farm help: ( needs change with the seasons)
  - seeding, cultivating, planting, weeding, harvesting, preserving...
  - goat and chicken care
  - stewardship tasks include decolonizing the land by eliminating invasive plants and planting native plants.
  - compost building, turning and worm bin tending
  -orchard work
  -building projects

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire

  Cet 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.
  
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  Hébergement

  Workawayers stay in a 25' diameter yurt with a comfy air mattress, electricity, sink, cookstove, and woodstove or a studio loft above the barn with kitchenette and electric heat . Composting toilet and fridge located nearby. Hot shower and laundry are available in the farmhouse.
  We will provide the basics in terms of food and encourage eating as much from the land as possible. Meals are sometimes joyfully shared when schedules permit.

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  Autres infos...

  We are surrounded by water and sometimes orcas circumnavigate Vashon Island. The beaches are full of the wonders of nearshore ecology. Birders and cyclists abound. We have kayaks and bicycles available for use. The island has many amazing trails for hiking and a small town with cafes serving up fair trade coffee and plenty of live music. You must walk or drive onto one of the three ferries to get to the island.

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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

  room for RV /campervan

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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