Join a small community and help with gardening and DIY projects in Belflou, France

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  • Description

    Description

    The project:
    The project consists in creating a welcoming place for a small community of people sharing the same interest for DIY projects, ecology, environment, arts, and human interactions.
    Our goal is to develop this beautiful place with a sustainable and joyful approach.
    To us this means :
    - To try and experiment, to learn from our success and our failures
    - To improve our autonomy for both energy and food
    - To reduce our carbon footprint
    - To protect and conserve the local biodiversity
    - To connect with local people as well as foreigners
    - To welcome new comers
    - To organize cultural events for local people and others
    - And, of course, to have fun in all of these activities!

    Who we are:
    We are a group of 4 people and 3 cats.
    We are also connected with many people around who often come to help, learn, or simply relax and have fun.
    We now have a lot of space to share with workawayers!
    Rachel and Christophe are both working in environment related domains.
    Sarah and Virgil are establishing their own businesses in natural beverage and wood projects.
    After a 3 year stay in the US, we decided to start developing and improving our place in an eco-friendly manner.
    After 15 years of technical steps (vehicle, energy, gardening...), we think it is time to share what we have learnt and learn from others.
    In the future, we see our place being both daring, creative, collective and intergenerational


    The place:
    This is a renovated farm located between Toulouse and Carcassonne in the south west of France.
    It seats over a huge lake (4 square kilometers !) and 10 ha of fields and forest.

    A cooking dedicated room (the "labo") offers all necessary tools to prepare and preserve all kinds of local food : pork, ducks, orchard fruits, garden vegetables, herb teas, or medicinal plants.
    There are 2 workshops: one for mechanics and wood, one for electricity, electronics and plumbing with many tools
    We also have a movie place and what we call "the loft", a place dedicated to art, music, dance, and partying!

    There is a lot of place to park vehicles (vans, RVs, caravans...)
    There is also a nice greeny caravan (when it is not too cold!).

    We have a swimming pool, but needless to say that the lake is just a lot more fun in summer.
    And last, but not least, 3 sailing boats and 2 canoes to explore the lake.

    On the domain, an orchard gives us plenty of fruits from May to October. And a vegetable garden conducted with permaculture techniques offers many opportunities for growing anything!

    From energy standpoint, we use our photovoltaic panels for electricity and thermal solar panels for hot water and heating. Main furnace is ... the fireplace where we use our firewood which makes the global carbon footprint of the house quite decent, not yet in the IPCC target, but working hard to get better!

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Projets artistiques
    Pratique d’une langue
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    S’occuper des animaux
    Aide dans une ferme
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Good fun, good food, good wine, good music, good everything!

  • Aide

    Aide

    So many things to do here! Workawayers will choose what to create at the beginning of their stay.
    Food? Art? Garden? Low-tech DIY projects? Energy? Carpentry? Building renewals? Social events? Geek projects (may the force be with ESPs!)?
    When it is possible, the idea is to design and realize what to do from the very beginning up to the end.

    Globally we would expect from our guests around 4 hours of work 5 days a week. Of course, everything can be discussed!

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Français: Courant
    Espagnol: Intermédiaire
    Allemand: Débutant

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    It can be cool to discuss with workawayers in any language!

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    The house offers 3 bedrooms with double beds, 2 bathrooms for our visitors.
    We also have a nice little caravan.
    We can park vans close to the main house.
    For connected people, we have WiFi and solid 4G.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    If needed, we can provide a car to explore our region which is just amazing!
    We have so many places of interest around here.
    Cultural: Museums, cathares castles, Carcassonne, Prehistoric caves, Canal du midi...
    Nature: Pyrenees mountains, Black mountains forest, hot springs
    Sports: skiing, sailing, hiking
    Food: wine tours, local markets, and our network of local farmers (fruits, vegetables, cheese, ice cream...)

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Internet connection is good here. 4G is also available. Bandwidth is pretty decent.

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    Lot of space to park RVs and motorhomes

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

  • ...

    Nombre d'heures attendues

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

N° de référence hôte : 743335751215

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