Join a modern family creating a permaculture life near Paris, France

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  Hello! We are a humble modest family who for five years have been building a more responsible lifestyle - balancing a modern life with ecology as the center. We have three children, 11, 8, and 1 years old, cats, free roaming chickens and a decent sized vegetable garden where we cultivate a natural habitat for insects, wild animals, and worms. We are renovating our home to be as respectful to nature as possible, using recycled and natural materials. We host people who too would like to make a transition in their lives to get closer to nature. We live a hour away from Paris but it feels like we are deep in the countryside where many of our guests find the place to be present, meditate, walk barefoot in the nature, rock climb, and swim in the river.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem geral

  Projetos DIY criativos

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Ajuda com computadores/internet
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  Interesses

  

  Política/justiça social

  

  Vegetariano/vegano

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Fazenda

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Desenho e pintura

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Atividades ao ar livre

  

  Montanhas

  

  Naturaleza
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  For six years we have hosted many people from around the world, and this exchange is unique in the transition from a modern life to an ecological life. We are not a business structure, instead we have taken upon ourselves to attempt to make as much of our needs ourselves as possible - so the activities we do here are numerous and function based upon seasons. We are a busy multi cultural family, (French, American, Italian, and Chinese) juggling many things at the same time trying to do our best for the planet so you should be a mature adult able to come and see the value of this exchange. Besides realizing that we cannot do everything ourselves and we do need the help, we've seen how fulfilling it is for our children to play, interact, and learn from people all over the world as it develops their social skills and understanding of our natural world.
  
  Some previous help we've had!
  Michela from Australia
  We spent two amazing weeks with Martine, Jason, June and Cali, we left feeling extremely inspired and full of love for this little family.
  It was beautiful to connect with people who also love nature as much as we do, and experience a lifestyle in which you are conscious of how everything you do impacts the earth. Jason and Martine are super passionate about Permaculture and want to share as much as they can with you.
  The work tasks were varied and usually different every day, we appreciated that Jason put thought into which tasks were suitable to us. We worked in the veggie garden, eco construction and food preservation. We learnt and achieved so much in just two weeks.
  When you stay here, Martine and Jason really treat you like one of their family, we made many amazing memories together and we will definitely love to come back one day.
  
  Toby from UK
  My stay with Jason and Martine at the farm was my first volunteer experience, and it could not have filled me with more fulfilment and gratitude. This is a farm which will fill you with hope for the future, with their clear devotion to permaculture and to caring for nature, and their willingness to pass on their knowledge to those who visit. Lunch and dinner were shared together, which was always nourishing and delicious, and allowed me to understand the potential of a vegetarian diet if the ingredients are understood and sourced from your own garden. Most of all, though, all who live here (including Cali, June and Maui) are kind, pure souls. I learnt a lot from insightful conversations here, either over a good meal, or a garden bed. You will leave here with a new found clarity of the importance of showing love and respect to nature, and managing your waste responsibly. Although my stay was short (5 days) I would love to return one day, and would certainly recommend working here to anybody.

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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

  We exchange ~25 hour work week for amazing food, comfortable accommodation, and the chance to learn about any sustainable practices we place here like breadmaking, kombucha, permaculture gardening with ancient graines and perennial vegetables, worm farming, habitats for wild animals, chickens, clay/lime/hemp building, solar energies, heating by wood stoves, composting, dry toilets, grey water recycling, wild plant and mushroom foraging, and social justice while we are at it =)

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  Idiomas

  Francês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Intermediário
  Chinês (mandarim): Intermediário

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  Acomodação

  We are starting out our dormitory and have a caravan. Both have kitchens for you to cook your meals and toilets.

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  Algo mais...

  The forest is the biggest draw, out area is a mecca of boulder rock climbing, our river is fantastic, and we provide you with a high quality electric bike to scoot around. We are completely accessible to Paris.
  
  We are glad that since we started our sustainable life we never wanted to do things like everyone else was doing. With us you get the real deal, the good and the bad. After all, that’s what life is about, and it's a pleasure to share it with new friends.
  
  We are a no smoking, no drugs, and no debating household.
  
  We find that people who wish to aloha 'aina, love and care for our nature and each other, tend to benefit the best from their stay here. Positive vibes are welcome!

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Our garden has enough space to accommodate almost all except the extremely large campervans.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  

  Our Chickens!

  Pono

  Pono is our huntress, she is super discrete, lives mostly in the garden.

  

  Maui

  Maui is our cat dog - super cuddly and gentle.

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