help to build a permaculture farm and community space near Odemira, Portugal

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  Description

  Hello, I’m Eran, and I’d like to welcome you to my small farm in South Alentejo, surrounded by beautiful nature.
  
  I’ve been living in Portugal for about 10 years and bought this land in 2020. Before settling here, I spent many years doing exactly what many of you are doing now — traveling, volunteering and working on eco-projects, permaculture farms and intentional communities. Along the way I learned many practical skills, and also a lot about living and working with people.
  
  These days I work mainly as a carpenter. In the past I also worked in technical special effects for cinema, and have been involved in building wooden structures, solar systems and irrigation systems.
  
  Right now the main focus here is finishing the house I’m building on the land. Most of the help I’m looking for is hands-on building work — carpentry, construction details, creative problem solving and general practical tasks.
  
  If you enjoy building things, learning practical skills and working with your hands, this can be a really interesting place to spend some time.
  
  There is also some farm work, like taking care of trees, maintaining the compost system and other small permaculture tasks around the land.
  
  Life here is quite simple and close to nature. Volunteers stay in a caravan, and we use compost toilets and outdoor hot showers. People who enjoy simple living and being close to nature usually feel very comfortable here.
  
  Two sweet and friendly cats also live here and will most likely try to adopt you during your stay.
  
  What I’m building here is not just a house, but also a kind of creative playground — a place where practical simplicity can meet creativity, honest communication and fun.
  
  I appreciate volunteers who are curious, open-minded and willing to participate. I usually prefer people who can stay at least a couple of weeks, because it takes a few days to get into the rhythm of the place.
  
  One thing that is important for me:
  I believe that life and work can also be play. When people are building something together, learning together and laughing together, the work becomes much more enjoyable.
  
  If you write to me, please tell me a little about yourself and what attracts you to this project.
  And to make sure you read the description, please include the word “carpenter” somewhere in your message.
  
  It should go without saying… but I feel it’s still important to say clearly: this is an LGBTQ+ friendly space.
  
  If this resonates with you — come play and help build something real.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Jardinage

  

  Art et design

  

  LGBT+

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Vie en van

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Auto-stop

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Randonnée

  

  Voile / bateau

  

  Nature

  

  Camping

  

  Danse

  

  Sports d'aventure
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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 love to share our experience in life and my skills, both in matter and spirit.
  Welcome to join our never ending journey towards being a more happy, simple, functional loving human being :)

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  Aide

  looking for people to help with :
  - Natural building in wood, metal and clay of these spaces:
  tool shed
  - compost toilets, outdoor showers
  - renovating the main house
  - makerspace
  - Taking care of the land, fruit trees the veggie garden.
  - cooking for the people that are on the land.
  
  
  happy to share our knowledge and happy to learn from you.
  The work is not complicated and anybody can learn.
  will try that there will be different options for work to choose from
  and the opportunity to learn new things.
  
  
  4 to 5 hours a day 5 days a week that can be flexible (sometimes we like to work a full day and then take a day off)

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Hebrew: Courant
  Portugais: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  a sweet caravan/trailer that can be heate, with a double bed.
  Shared hot showers, compost toilets and a kitchen,

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  Autres infos...

  it is a very beautiful and quiet area and a bit remote. if you don't have a car ill can pick you up from the bus in luzianes or from the train station "Santa Clara saboia"
  prefer people to be independent ( have a car :)
  you're also welcome to park your van on the land.
  
  cook together vegetarian food.
  not smoking tobacco but smokers are welcome with respect.
  We love to listen to music during the day.
  
  In your spare time :
  30 minutes walk from us there is a nice lake to swim in.
  10 minutes by car is the Santa Clara barragem that is the biggest lake in south Portugal.
  there are many trails to walk around in nature.

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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

  can park your caravan on the land and connect to electricity.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux

  nairobi

  tokyo

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