Join our low-tech, tiny-scale, earth-honouring permaculture project in Monsanto mountain, near Castelo Branco, Portugal

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  • Última atividade: 16 fev. 2024

Disponibilidade

  2024 

 Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 1 semana

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Detalhes

  • Descrição

    Descrição

    Hi there, thanks for choosing to read our entry :))

    We live on a small farm (2.5 hectares) inland of Central Portugal, 30km from the Spanish border in a beautiful wild area. From our land you can see the mountain of Monsanto (Sacred Mountain).

    We have 80 olive trees, 250 vines, various fruit trees and an ever-expanding vegetable garden.
    We are restoring the land; planting trees and digging ponds and swales. We are working towards a food forest, self-sufficiency, and money-less living. Those are our ultimate goals!
    Volunteers will be working on any of the land projects: digging garden beds, planting trees, watering the nursery, working in the veggie garden or helping us build because we are still in the process of creating structures.
    We like to use natural methods of building and work with reclaimed materials as much as possible.

    We are designing our property along the lines of permaculture principles. A friend recently called our life-style 'natural living'. We don't really know what that means but we like the sound of it!

    We have two dogs, three cats, and seven chickens. Water is harvested rainwater. Toilet is a long-drop. It is all pretty basic, but we are having the best time ever!

    Volunteers will be staying in a self-contained cabin on our land. It's a beautiful, spacious, light space. There is a photo of it in our photos.

    Meals are vegetarian, and we eat as much as possible from the garden.
    We speak some English, Dutch, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
    Musicians, children, animals and other interesting people are welcome!

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Prática de idiomas
    Ajuda em projetos ambientais
    Jardinagem
    Construção/faça você mesmo
    Cuidar de animais
    Ajuda em fazenda
    Manutenção geral
  • Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos da ONU
    Erradicar a pobreza
    Erradicar a fome
    Saúde de qualidade
    Educação de qualidade
    Igualdade de género
    Água potável e saneamento
    Energias renováveis e acessíveis
    Trabalho digno e crescimento económico
    Indústria, inovação e infraestruturas
    Reduzir as desigualdades
    Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis
    Produção e consumo sustentáveis
    Ação climática
    Proteger a vida marinha
    Proteger a vida terrestre
    Paz, justiça et instituições eficazes
    Parcerias para a implementação dos objetivos
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Being in Portugal, and especially in this area, travellers will experience traditional Portuguese rural life. Old agricultural techniques and tools are still in daily use and quite a few older people still use only their donkey and cart for transport.

    A small population of foreigners live on small farms through-out the area and there's someone from everywhere! On our land we are using a blend of traditional and alternative methods for both agriculture and construction so whatever you feel like helping with, hopefully you'll learn something new.

    We would also like to learn any new skills from volunteers and are happy for people to experiment.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    Volunteers will be volunteering on any of the land projects, or helping us build because we are still in the process of creating structures. Seasonal harvests are also possible with grapes in September and olives in October/November

  • Idiomas

    Inglês: Fluente
    Holandês: Fluente
    Alemão: Intermediário
    Espanhol: Intermediário
    Francês: Intermediário
    Hebrew: Intermediário
    Português: Intermediário

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    Volunteers will be staying in a self-contained, spacious, light cabin on our land.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    When its hot (often!) we like to go swimming at the Idanha-a-Nova lake or the smaller lake in Penha Garcia. Also the municipal swimming pool in Idanha-a-Nova is surprisingly pleasant.

    The village of Monsanto is really stunning. Its even more beautiful than the photos of it. We often go up there and walk to the top of the mountain. Usually we are the only people there.

    There are lots of signed walking routes around the area, through old olive groves and cork oak forests. You can easily walk to Idanha-Velha from our land. Another little jewel of a village.

    Its best to have your own transport out here, but there are regular buses to the nearest city about an hour away, Castelo Branco, where there are intercity trains and buses.

    We love the quietness and remoteness of our land and the whole area actually.

  • Mais alguns detalhes

    Mais alguns detalhes

    • Acesso à internet

    • Acesso à internet limitado

      Acesso à internet limitado

    • Temos mascotes

    • Somos fumantes

    • Pode hospedar famílias

  • Espaço para estacionar campervans

    Espaço para estacionar campervans

    We have had quite large vans parking up with no problem. The spot is under a big shady tree with amazing views. No electricity or water at the parking.

  • Pode aceitar animais

    Pode aceitar animais

    Dogs that are sociable with other dogs and that don't chase cats or chickens. And any other animals that follow the same guidelines!

  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    2

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    Horas previstas

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

Nº de ref. de anfitrião: 633171337924

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