Learn how to build a clay house while enjoying life in Agioi Pantes, Greece

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  Description

  Yeia sas!
  I am a Greek guy, and I bought three years ago a nice piece of land in Crete, Apokoronas area, with old olive trees. I produce a small quantity of very good and healthy organic olive oil every year. I also grow food in permaculture for my own.
  I have a yurt where I live and a little stone building with a kitchen and a room with beds where some volunteers can share the space.
  Compost toilet and external shower warm by sun are outside. It's simple but nice to live here.
  The soil of the land is pure clay so I want to build other little building like a storage, a workshop and a better accommodation for volunteers, made of wooden structure and clay.
  I'm a carpenter, I know the technics, and I need solid motivated people to help me collecting the clay, preparing the mixture, building the walls with me. No previous experience is needed.
  5 hours a day x 5 days a week, I offer vegetarian organic locally produced food, breakfast and the two meals. Also local fresh orange juice included. Extra drinks and snacks are on the coast of volunteers if they want some.
  I'm close to a nice little village with a bar and two little mini-markets.
  Limited public transportation, you can come by bicycle, motorbike or car.
  Sorry, due to very small access road and narrow flat spaces, no possibility for camper-vans neither vans.
  Also there are many sheep all around and two cats in the home, so I'm sorry I can't accept any dogs.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide à la maison
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Crete is very rich culture from antic times, I don't know a lot about history but I can teach you the basics of Greek alphabet and language.
  We can also go together on some free time to interesting or beautiful places, sometimes to the beach.
  I'm part of nice local events like mantra singing, yoga, sun meditation, nature hiking, volunteers are welcome to join when I go. It's a mix of Greek and other European people.
  I'm happy to learn stories from other countries and also recipes from other culture when we cook.

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  Aide

  The tasks will be mainly to collect the clay from the land and to mix it with straw and to build clay houses with me.
  I need also help to put together the carpentry pieces. I can teach how to work with wood and clay.
  We cook all together local veggie food, vegans are welcome but Crete is the country of sheep cheese, cream and butter.
  We also do together general cleaning of the common spaces once a week.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Greek: Courant
  Anglais: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I can teach you how to read the Greek alphabet and also some useful Greek sentences to help in shops, bars and restaurant.
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  Hébergement

  I live in a yurt, I can host 1 or 2 volunteers in a little separated stone house on the same land, they'll share a private room with two beds. Bed sheets and blankets provided.
  Except in winter, one or two more volunteers can be in their own tent, there I can provide an inflated mattress to put inside.
  Kitchen and terrace are the common spaces, limited 4G reception. I have a small internet contract so wifi is available for emails and chats, not for streaming. Thank you for respecting this.

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  Autres infos...

  Crete is quite big, with a lot of hiking and biking possibilities. Next beach is 10 km. Public transportation is to travel in between cities, no real network in the countryside. I can pick-you up on demand if you arrive by ferry in Xania.

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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

  5 hours a day, 5 days a week, days off on Saturdays and Sundays. You eat on your on on those two days.