Come and help a young family with building a straw bale house in Saint-Jean-de-Paracol, France

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  Description

  We are a young family with a 2 year old boy, I'm from Belgium and Matt is from Australia. We're building a straw bale house in the south of France. We aim to use natural or recycled materials only. At the moment we have finished the car tyre foundations, the wooden structure and the roof. The next step will be the straw bale wales, which we hope to finish before the winter of 2018.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide avec des éco-projets
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We usually take helpers out to local rivers and lakes for a swim after helping us. Helpers can learn about natural building, architecture, solar passive housing, using recycled materials, permaculture and much more!

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We need help with putting up straw bale walls, rendering, building a rocket mass heater, so mostly help with cob, which is easy to learn, as long as you don't mind getting dirty!

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  We provide a caravan or tent on side (there are 5 sleeping spots in the caravan but helpers might prefer the privacy of a tent if there are some other helpers). We provide We have a compost toilet and a shower space made from wooden pallets but there's no running water. If you like more luxury, have some spare cash, there are relatively cheap holiday houses for rent in the village. We provide 3 meals a day, fully vegetarian and mostly vegan.

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  Autres infos...

  There is a local 1 euro bus service which runs from Carcassonne (nice medieval city and also airport/train station) to a nearby village from where we can pick up and drop off helpers.

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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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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week