Join our vibrant, off grid, multi-national community and help us recreate a zero net carbon homestead, Orgiva, Spain

Infos

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  Description

  We are starting a Riverbed redevelopment project. There has been chronic mismanagement of the river system since the reconquesidores, 500 years ago! Los Alpujarras were the green jewel of Arabia, a cultural verdant melting pot. Modern monoculture farming and short sighted greed capitalism are turning this green paradise into a desert. Luckily, there’s lots of likeminded people who can see the damage being done and are prepared to try to reverse the trend. Our community want to ensure the valley stays a green paradise. We have successfully fought and won illegal quarrying and entubing the of the ancient water channels (they tried to steal the irrigation water to feed the golf courses on the coast!) Now we want her back to her original glory. Starting on ours, then the neighbours all the way down the valley. We want to recreate & maintain ancient systems for irrigation channels. Many people lost a lot of their land in the last floods, which were in part due to the mismanagement and neglect of the river. Our plan so far is; Erosion minimisation, planting vetiver and replanting the area with local flora and rebuilding flood walls.
  The valley used to be a self sufficient community, producing everything for several families (they even had cows before the big fires in the 70s). We need help replanting, especially trees suited to this environment. There are too many avocado farms being installed in a drought riven area. Ancient olives, some hundreds of years old, are being replaced by cash crops. We want to replant with the naturally occurring trees (olive, almond, carob walnut, mulberry.) There’s been millennia of production here, the land and water are available, as long as we return to living in harmony with the earth, not plundering it.
  We also want to create a safe space for art and music. We´ve been holding events on this land and in this area for over 20 years and the communal areas need some TLC. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in this area, including open mic nights, dance classes, and many workshops.
  We aim to be mostly self sufficient space, so helpers will be able to learn about low impact, off grid living, alternative technologies, permaculture planning and gardening and recreating a zero net carbon homestead., as the ancients of this area strove to do.
  We are part of a self sufficient community, so helpers will also be able to build & strengthen the community, which we wish to leave as a functioning off grid haven for the next generation

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Danse

  

  Végétarien ou végan

  

  Vie en van

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Ferme

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Arts du spectacle

  

  Musique

  

  Histoire

  

  Jardinage

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Livres

  

  Animaux

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Voile / bateau

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Plage
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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

  We specialise in gluten free and vegan delights but are also omnivores so can cater for everyone. We are complete foodies and love showing people how to cook our favourite dishes. We often put on a pop up restaurant so helpers are invited to join in with the meal preparation if they wish.
  We are trying to create a off grid, self sufficient finca in a valley that has been known throughout history to be very independent. We can provide walking tours of the area with our donkey, detailing the history and give herb and plant tours. This area has been settled for millennia, and there is a wealth of history from the Romans, through the Moors and the Spanish civil war. I am very knowledgeable of the local history. In our valley alone, there are many cultural and community-building events, but there are even more within the local town.
  This area caters to every need you could imagine. We ideally situated within an hour of the sea and the snowy mountains. We are close enough to the town to walk, cycle or drive in but far enough away to be rural and quiet. This is an amazing place to raise a family (there are many alternative schools and a midwifery school) or to relax, study, go to retreats, walk, hike, swim or party! You name it, it´s here.

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  Aide

  After a complete technological breakdown, we are happy to be able to invite guests to our project again!
  
  Now autumn is nearly upon us, heralding cooler days but still glorious sunshine, we are about to start up our next wave of the regeneration project..
  
  
  We are hoping to find 2 lovely souls who will join our other confirmed volunteer.; The projects this time are:
  - Dig 10 holes to put posts in ,to start the structure of of tiny home,
  - Put in place check dams to help stop erosion .
  - Finish the bamboo shade cover over the guest caravan, where you will be staying.
  
  We are only able to offer to travelling companions. Please do not apply if you are a solo traveller this time, as our solo accommodation has been reserved
  
  As it is so hot, we start early ( 8am) and finish sometime between 14h and 15h. Once we finish, the day is yours to enjoy...
  
  Please reach out if this appeals to you. We would really appreciate the help, as I have arthritis and my wife has a chronic shoulder injury. Plus, we are not so young anymore! We will take everything slow and easy and work to your rhythm.
  
  Thank you for considering us

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  My partner has been teaching English for 12 years and is more than happy to help We both speak some Spanish but are happy to have language exchanges to learn more!
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  Hébergement

  We have a caravan for volunteers or we have park up space for live-in vehicles or space for tents. We have beautiful canvas bell tents available also.
  There are basic amenities ( gravity fed shower, compost toilet, solar system) mobile phone coverage is great, in fact better than wifi!
  We would like visitors to commit to the minimum of 1 week. Longer-term visitors are welcome, but with a trial period to ensure we all get along. In the future, we are hoping that the right person or people will eventually visit who would like to be involved more long term. As we are getting older, we will need more help.

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  Autres infos...

  We are a vibrant, off grid, multi-national, unintentional community within walking distance of Orgiva, capital of the Alpujarras. This area caters to every need you could imagine, literally! We are ideally situated within an hour of the sea and the snowy mountains. We are close enough to the town to walk, cycle or drive in but far enough away to be rural and quiet. This is an amazing place to raise a family (there are many alternative schools and a midwifery school) or to relax, study, go to retreats, walk, hike, swim or party! You name it, it´s here

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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

  As we are in the mountains, the WiFi can be sporadic if it is very windy or cloudy as all the internet in the valley is on a line of sight antennae. We found that we get better signal using our phones as hotspots and we are happy to share this, within reason (no big uploading or downloading) There is a co-working space in the town however, or we recommend getting a digimobil sim if you plan on staying in Spain for any length of time

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  As we are off grid, we cannot supply electric hook up, so campers will have to be self sufficient. There is a compost toilet on the land, however, if you wish to empty your chemical toilet or refill your water tanks, there is a campervan site especially for this in the local town.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  We have several dogs and cats here so cannot accept aggressive male dogs or ones that hunt. However, well behaved animals are more than welcome

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  Priscilla, Queen of the Alpujarras (5 ans)

  Our donkey. She is very sweet, but also the punk princess. We don´t really know anything about donkeys, but we adopted her and it´s a learning process!

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