Intentional community in Portland Oregon, USA

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  Description

  no smokers please
  
  We are an intentional community in Portland Oregon. We have a big house, a cob oven, a garden, craft areas, lots of games, and a cat. Housemates enjoy playing music together, hiking, mushroom hunting, community activism, and other similar things. We are mostly vegetarian. We have a focus on being a safer space for LGBTQ folks. We are on bus lines and short distance from community center, grocery, parks, and a 20 minute bike ride to downtown Portland. We are a non-smoking household. We can't host additional animals.
  
  We strongly prefer folks that are international travelers and who have references. We can offer around a 2 week stay if everything goes well in the first few days. Because it's important to us to have a good community feel and a safer space for housemates (LGBTQ, POC, and allies) we reserve the right to ask you to leave quickly if you aren't a good fit. (That said this has only happened once, most of you are able to self-select/ are pretty decent human beings!) Especially if you are a US citizen, please explain your reasons for travelling and why you would view this as a cultural exchange.
  
  COVID update: We are currently only accepting travelers who have COVID vaccination and preferably booster shot. We have an updated COVID policy here: . Note that if there's a high level of spread currently and you come via air travel, we'll ask that you mask for 3 days in common areas.
  
  Summer/Fall 2024: Lots of garden care, misc things like helping to build a catio, taking a turns cooking, and maybe help restore Corrina's mom's land on the Oregon coast, which was burned in a forest fire. The trees were old growth and the fire was devastating. Much of it has been replanted (thanks to friends and some workaway help) and now invasive species management and some followup work is needed. We have some housemate turnover, so we both may have extra space in September and October.
  
  There are some opportunities for hiking and even backpacking overnight or several day trips. Mushroom hunting season starts in September and October. River swimming is also fantastic through October.

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  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

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

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

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Our culture has some strong Portland aspects- we are LGBTQ and allies, several roommates are artists and musicians, we like fermenting things, and we spend a lot of time outdoors and foraging recreationally. We also have our own things too that are a little different from typical Portland: we are pretty science oriented, and we don't all drink a ton of beer. We love having guests, especially international ones. Depending on the season and how much time we have, we may take you mushroom hunting, kayaking, to interesting events, or gatherings with other co-ops. We are often doing things like brewing fruit wine, making sauerkraut, playing music, or having board game nights. You would be included in all of these things if you wish.

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  Aide

  We always have projects that need help! Here's a selection of other things: Work on the yard projects, gardening, chicken care and coop cleaning, making food, painting, house bicycle maintenance, cleaning tasks, making a neighborhood gathering / bbq happen, helping with one of our non-profits or another greater community need, or helping to organize something like our craft shelves. For longer stays, we can include volunteering at a local non-profit as part of the task list each week.
  
  Summer/Fall 2024: Lots of garden care, misc things like helping to build a catio, taking a turns cooking, and maybe help restore Corrina's mom's land on the Oregon coast, which was burned in a forest fire. The trees were old growth and the fire was devastating. Much of it has been replanted (thanks to friends and some workaway help) and now invasive species management and some followup work is needed. We have some housemate turnover, so we both may have extra space in September and October.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Corrina and Brenda are learning Spanish at an intermediate level. Several other housemates have various degrees of proficiency in other languages.
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  Hébergement

  You will probably have your own room and bed. If you're staying in our guest room, it has some house storage as well as a super comfy queen size guest bed, which means that we might need to access the room occasionally but only when you're awake and it's not an inconvenience for you. If all the rooms are full, we have tents or a semi-private basement futon for overflow. (Friends and family get first pick, then workaway, then couchsurfers.) Food at a minimum will be help yourself to our fridge and pantry. Typically we cook dinner together most nights and breakfast on weekends. You'd be part of the cook rotation. Shared food is vegetarian. It's ok if you eat meat in the house but it will not be provided as part of the food offered and we have a separate fridge for personal food/meat and restrictions on cooking it.
  
  Coast: Tent camping. Possible access to indoor bathroom depending on quarantine/ vaccination booster status.

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  Autres infos...

  We're on several major bus lines so it's relatively easy to get around the city. Portland is also great for bicyclists and we might have a loaner bike for you. There are many beautiful things to see in the area if you like to be outside. We're not far from Mt Hood and the Cascade Mountains (Skiing, hiking, mushroom hunting, backpacking), the gorge (wineries, hiking, windsurfing, mushroom hunting) the coast (beach, tourist towns, mushroom hunting), and the coast range (hiking, camping, mushroom hunting). (We might be just a bit into mushroom hunting- Oregon is one of the best places in the world for this.) Portland is known for excellent beer, music, foodie culture, LGBTQ culture, and urban planning.

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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 have decent wifi and there are nice work spaces outside (gazebo), in guest rooms (large, desk space), or in common areas. (We like working together in same space.)

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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

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