Breathe life in an abandoned little piece of nature in Sastamala, Finland

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  Description

  !!!Please read the whole profile before writing to us, thank you!!!
  
  Preferred dates for volunteers: end of May-beginning of June; August.
  
  We are a biochemist and engineer couple in their 40s, who after having traveled and volunteered a lot, found a new path in life to follow.
  
  We learned plenty during our volunteering tours, and we would like to give something back.
  We would love to host people with open minds and souls, willing to help in the first steps into our new lifestyle. Who knows, maybe it turns out to be also your path!
  
  We want to live surrounded by forest, a slow life, tending to self-sufficiency and deep respect, especially for nature and the environment.
  So we got an antique abandoned wooden house, and we have been fixing it to make it more comfortable to live in, without disturbing the nature around. There is 1,5ha of land in which we set up self-made greenhouses and we are experimenting with growing our food using ideas of permaculture/ companion planting. We are also setting up an off-grid camper park (mini) so we welcome also volunteers traveling in their vans!
  
  We use mostly recycled materials and do most things with our hands, improvising, solving, and learning on the way.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Vie en van

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Ferme

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Jardinage

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature

  

  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

  You can learn farm skills & creativity when more or less everything is done with recycled material and we invent a lot. You can also learn about Finnish countryside life & culture as well as our way of living.
  You can train your Spanish or Finnish skills :)
  You can enjoy nature at its best, super good quality Nordic air, and maybe find the inspiration for your projects or future life.

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  Aide

  There are lots of projects always going on! We only take volunteers for max 2 weeks at a time.
  
  Summer 2026 we would like to fix a small natural swimming pool/ pond, continue cleaning and restoring the old barn, and gardening, lots of gardening. The green around looks still abandoned, so we would like to have some land care here. As side tasks we always have cooking, baking, tidying around, small DIY projects. Some tasks might be physically demanding, but we won't ask you to do anything we won't do.
  Let's see what is going on and what interests you!
  
  We ask for 5hs help, 5 days/week in exchange for accommodation and food. Flexible.
  
  On your days off you feed yourself. We can offer you a ride to the bus or train stop, so you can visit the beautiful city of Tampere or Pori (with the nicest beach in Finland). There are also national parks around, and you can borrow bikes from us to go to the village 2km from us. In the village, you will find a supermarket, pharmacy and all services, plus the swimming beach (lake) and nice picnic area.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Finnish: Courant

  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

  We can offer accommodation in a modest room outside of the house, we also have a caravan parked in the patio or a parking spot for your campervan. We have electricity, water from the well (biological way of wastewater handling), and compost toilets. We have a traditional sauna and bucket wash, to experience in a very Finnish way!
  
  Please note the location is remote. This is not for you if you like to party.
  
  We try to eat healthy and ethically, but we don't have enough time or money to cook specific diets differently. Basically "we eat what we have'' and we are on the vegetarian side.
  Please note, we are really happy to provide you with fresh, healthy, but basic food, as we eat ourselves. If you require an expensive/specific diet, or special foods, or wish to eat abnormal quantities of anything then we kindly ask that you buy these yourself.
  Cooking & washing dishes are shared equally among everyone - we expect you to participate.
  
  We enjoy a good balance between the shared time and the time by ourselves:
  this means we like having lunch and dinner together on working days. Meal time is a great time to share thoughts, organize the day, plan the working day, laugh, and enjoy the company, so please join us :)
  But we also need time on our own, so we hope you enjoy hanging out on your own in your free time :) Summer 2026 we try to organize the timetables so that volunteers can meet each other as well.

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  Autres infos...

  Please read this: we get many copy-paste and/or AI messages, which is annoying as we're hosts because of the human connection. If you decide to send us a message, answer the questions below so we know you're taking this seriously.
  1. Are you writing to us while you are doing your general planning (don't have anything booked yet) or do you have set dates for your travels already?
  2. What dates would you like to come to our place?
  3. Are humans animals?

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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

  We only have a sketchy 4G internet connection. We only use the internet from our mobile phones, and the hot-spot doesn't reach the rooms. But so far we have been able to figure things out.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Plenty of space!

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Cet hôte a dit qu’il acceptait les personnes voyageant avec un animal.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux

  Manuela is our labrador retriever :)

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