Sustainable life-style project in an 18th-century farm in Alsace, France

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  Hello there !
  
  We are a familly living in a beautiful place, in the middle of nature, just next to the border between France (Alsace) and Switzerland. We moved here from Paris after a long travel from France to Japan by bike from 2011 to 2013. We changed our way of life from engineer and financial management in Paris to this life "in the middle of nowhere", as people say, and are very happy of that ! We have two girls : aged 4 and 2 ! :)
  
  The goal of our project is to build a peaceful place with sustainable behaviours, good food and peace of mind. The place is just perfect for that, as you can see on the pictures. Forest is all around, wild animals feel safe here and come very close, and nature grows everywhere.
  
  We are organizing with our NGO a lot of public events : music&dance festivals, nature festivals, workshops and a lot of other activities. We grow a vegetable garden with permaculture in mind. There's a wood workshop too in order to build everything we need, with the wood from the forest. You'll help with all the activities of our NGO. We have many activities at our place but volunteers do not participate in any business.
  
  We have connections with some associations around here to make repair cafes, local exchange and other transitional projects, but unfortunately we don't have time to be everywhere !
  
  We can speak French of course, good English, Italian, Russian, and we learn Japanese but aren't able to have a talk with Japanese people yet !
  
  If you have more question, just ask us or come here ! :)

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Anytime you stay with people you learn something ! We did it a lot in our 2 years trip, everyday, with so many different people ! We like to share experience and are looking forward to hear yours !
  We like to sing, play games, volley ball, etc.

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  The place is huge, and there are lots of projects going on ! We're looking for volunteers for specific projects, listed below :
  
  **Participatory workcamps**
  We're currently building a small barn and now need help on building the inside : wood structure, cob, wood fiber insulation and finishing earth coating tests.
  From April 12th to 20st !!
  And from May 2nd to 12th.
  
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  In May and June are a lot of events organized by our NGO with the help of a lot of volunteers from the association: our Swing music and dance festival, we need volunteers to join our 30 people team for the preparation (from May 10th), then an event around flowers on May the 25th-26st, and again a Nature festival from June 8th to 10th with !
  
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  The vegetable garden is getting bigger and more beautiful every year, and it needs some attention from nature lovers ! The food you'll eat come mainly from our garden.
  
  
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  And many other things : bees, project to have some ducks chickens (the place is still to build), we want to plant many trees (november and march), grow flowers, build wooden furniture, create new projects, enjoying life, doing aikido in our dojo etc.

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente
  Italiano: Intermediário
  Japonês: Iniciante
  Russo: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  We have a dedicated place for volunteers and friends altogether, with kitchen and bathroom. Sometimes we'll eat at our place, sometimes at your place, we'll see !
  
  Winter in Alsace can be very cold : take warm clothes !

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  Algo mais...

  *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️About the place*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
  
  Our place is a very remote one. Don't expect to find any city, any shop or places to visit ! First village (140 people, no shop) is 3km away. First shop is 12km away! Here you can find nature, animals, flowers, open sky. You can hike in the forest, go biking, relax in the old castle from the 12th century 300m away, and so on.
  Some people were not looking for that and I think they were a little disappointed so that's why I write it here.
  
  There's an hotel on the place : we ask the volunteers not to go on this side of the place, it's reserved to the guest of the hotel.
  
  
  *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️How to come*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
  
  Transportation : we are far from everywhere ! Going to our place can be tricky, but it's part why it's so beautiful : by the way it's a great opportunity to meet nice people by hitch hiking !
  
  Coming here by yourself is the first great challenge.
  
  - If you want to come by train you can come to Vendlincourt in Switzerland, 7km from our place.
  - If you come from France, you can take a train to Altkirch or Delle and then bus to Ferrette, Oberlarg, or hitch hike from Delle or Saint Louis : just head up to Ferrette then Oberlarg, our village.
  
  Try to come close to our place, then we can pick you up by car !
  
  See you soon !

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Horas previstas

  As you want! maximum 25 hours, 5 days a week

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