Permaculture and bioregionalism at our small private farm, edge of the Cinque Terre national park, Italy

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  Descrição

  My name is Peter (36), I'm from UK, and live with my Italian partner Laura (33), our little boy Arno and our little dog Indi on our small homestead on the edge of the Cinque Terre national park, north Italy. We are 4 years into building a permaculture farmstead (a regenerative agriculture project to restore a small farm with accommodation for guests and helpers).
  We are working to restore long abandoned vineyards and olive groves. We grow a variety of fruits and vegetables and we produce white wine, apple cider, olive oil and many other organic/bio products. We also process all our own firewood from the local forest. We don't sell any of our products/produce. Our aim is to provide for ourselves and our community, living as 'off-grid' as reasonably possible to lessen our impact on the environment and to live closer with nature.
  Our project is spread across 3 sites (differing micro-climates, different crops!) all on the beautiful mountain we call home. We are surrounded with diverse forest and stunning sea views.
  After meeting, Laura and I traveled around Oceania and Asia for 4 years, before settling here with the idea of building a sustainable paradise to host travelers and start a family of our own 😁

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  House sitting
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  Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

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  O que é isso?
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Permaculture principles and operations (sustainably and efficiently growing organic fruit and veg), Bioregionalism (living from the resources available locally), Water capture/storage systems/irrigation. Sustainable/off-grid living practices. Local nature and wildlife. Sustainable construction and DIY. Local cuisine and cooking. Language practice (Laura is a language teacher, we both speak English and Italian, Laura also speaks Spanish and Russian).

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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

  LOOKING FOR URGENT HELP PREPARING FIELDS AND GRAPE VINE PLANTING (before FEB 2025) DUE TO LAST MIN CANCELLATIONS! 😅 thanks
  
  We go to great lengths to leave as small an impact as possible on our environment, with the aim of becoming a carbon negative project. Please be prepared to walk up to 30 mins (of steep but beautiful mountain trails) to and from work sites, rather than driving, also where we live is around 500m of mostly steps from the nearest road/parking/bus stops.
  We also strive to avoid using petrol-powered/electric tools (wherever reasonably possible) so expect to see and use a variety of traditional hand tools and techniques in our daily lives! You will often find me repairing and restoring old equipment and tools or keeping my work clothes going on our old sewing machine 😁
  We offer 3 meals a day during your stay, sometimes you will have to cook for yourselves, but a choice of food will always be provided. Bonus points if you can cook for us once in a while 😉. We ask 20 hrs max help a week (including up to 30 min travel times and generous breaks so usually around 16 hrs work), over 4 days a week max. Good weather weeks we can be more flexible with working hours, wet weeks we have to get stuff done while it's dry. We typically don't work in the rain.
  We are ideally looking for a couple or single travelers, to help, live and eat with us and be part of our family. Tasks vary widely depending on month, season and year! Get in touch near the time for a better idea of exact jobs needing doing. Responsibilities may include: planting/harvesting fruits/vegetables, harvesting/processing lumber, vineyard/veg garden maintenance, house tasks.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Italiano: Fluente

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  Acomodação

  We offer the spare room in our beautiful house. We have indoor and outdoor kitchens, veg gardens and a pool available during summer months. We also have 2 other basic farmstays available for use.

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  Algo mais...

  We are situated 10-15 minute bus or car journey from the famous Cinque Terre villages and national park, our vineyard is inside the national park 10 mins drive or 30 mins walk from our home. The area is a hikers paradise, well known for lush, diverse forests and stunning mountain/sea views everywhere. Many beaches are accessible nearby. The area is also a great place for rock climbing, mountain biking, island sightseeing, sailing/kayaking, canyoning, cliff diving, and snorkelling in summer, and also skiing/snowboarding in winter.
  We are also 15 mins bus/drive from La Spezia city, boasting numerous markets and a huge selection of bars and restaurants.
  We are also on edge of Tuscany, 1 hours drive/train from Genoa and Pisa. 2 hrs from Parma, 2.5 hrs from Florence and 3 hrs from Milan.

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    Acesso à internet

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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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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  We have reliable wireless broadband connection and a small office space for working. We recently hosted a remote worker who said the space was ideal.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Free parking is available to smaller vans in the village where we live. Larger vans can park in one of 2 clearings in the forest nearby, regularly used by campervans without issues.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

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