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😸👨🌾🏡 🐒 CAT/LAND/HOUSE SITTERS (August)
🐈⬛🐈 In addition to regular volunteering (below), we need cat/land/house sitters for the full month of August, we'd like to take a well-deserved holiday!
🏖️ 😎 During August, we are taking a long anticipated break and would like 1 or 2 volunteers to lighten the load and allow us to travel around. If you are responsible, autonomous, have experience in animal care and gardening and are looking for a peaceful place to stay for at least a month, this might be for you!
Expect to spend ~1 hour/day on land/cat/house care plus an optional 1 day/week helping out in the forest.You can stay in our guest caravan or camp in our provided tent and would pay for your own groceries.
Since 2019, we've been nurturing the seeds of transformation on 1.5 hectares of young woodland near Paredes de Coura. Our aim is to grow a thriving food forest and co-living space while addressing the pressing challenges of our time. While we've laid the groundwork, we're seeking fellow pioneers to help shape the next chapter of our Silverto's story.
🌿 Our Vision (Want to make it yours too?)
We're developing:
🌳 A flourishing food forest, with some trees already establishing nicely
🏡 A co-living space that balances privacy and living together
🌍 A hub for new rurals, digital nomads, and seasonal workers
♻️ A model for regenerative living in the face of global ecological and social challenges
We're acutely aware of the global challenges we face—climate change, resource depletion, and social upheaval. Our project aims to be a small but meaningful response to these issues, exploring ways to live more sustainably and regeneratively.
🌱 Current Status
🏡 Our stone house renovation is complete, providing a cozy base
🍳 The kitchen, workshop, and living room are functional and welcoming
🌳 Planted trees in our food forest are establishing well
📚 Our library is growing
🚀 The exciting work of further developing the land continues
👥 Current Cast
👨🌾 Mathijs: Founder, Dutch philosopher-physicist, IT pro, and permanent resident since 2019
👩🦱 Berilay: Space Momma, cook, massage therapist and UX & Marketing designer, copy-paste specialist, permanent resident since 2024
🤔 You?: We're actively seeking pioneers to help cultivate Silverto's future
🤝 Our wonderful neighbours: A growing network of local friends who enrich our daily lives
💪 Join the Growing Circle
We're able to host 2-3 households (singles, couples, or small families) ready to roll up their sleeves and be part of our evolving story. Here's how:
🌱 Start with a 3-8 week "taster" experience
🌿 If we click, return for a 2-3 month deeper dive
🌳 For those all-in on the vision, we'll explore a 9-12 month co-creation period
This is an opportunity to be part of something special. The work is hard but purposeful. The conversations are deep, sometimes challenging, as we continue to shape our vision together. We balance our awareness of global issues with a commitment to joyful, meaningful action.
If you're excited by the idea of joining and helping Silverto further develop, this is your call to adventure. We're not a finished utopia —we're a fertile ground with strong roots, ready for new growth and fresh perspectives.
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Ajuda em projetos ambientais
Jardinagem
Construção/faça você mesmo
Cuidar de animais
Ajuda em fazenda
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Manutenção geral
Interesses
Atividades ao ar livre
Idiomas
Jardinagem
Cultura
Mascotes
Fazenda
Filmes e TV
Autodesenvolvimento
Vida na estrada
Vegetariano/vegano
Sustentabilidade
Política/justiça social
Tecnologia
Eventos e social
Carpintaria
Culinária e comida
Faça você mesmo
Cuidar de plantas
Yoga/bem-estar
Animais
Camping
Naturaleza
Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
At any given time, we usually have 3-6 people staying on the land. This creates a cozy atmosphere while still offering plenty of personal space. Here, you're not just joining our project — you're becoming part of a warm regional network with opportunities for:
🧘♀️ Local yoga classes
🍻 Friendly gatherings at the neighbourhood bar
🌡️ Rejuvenating visits to nearby hot springs
🎉 Lively parties, concerts, and cultural events
📽️ Movie nights & discussions
🥾 Hikes to nearby waterfalls
🍲 Creative dinner events
Mathijs is eager to share knowledge with his background in physics, informatics, and interests ranging from technology and economy to deep ecology and social interconnections. At Silverto, we thrive on a diverse exchange of ideas, from practical skills in sustainable living to philosophical discussions.
Ajuda
😸👨🌾🏡 🐒 CAT/LAND/HOUSE SITTERS (August)
🐈⬛🐈 In addition to regular volunteering (below), we need cat/land/house sitters for the full month of August, we'd like to take a well-deserved holiday!
🏖️ 😎 During August, we are taking a long anticipated break and would like 1 or 2 daysvolunteers to lighten the load and allow us to travel around. If you are responsible, autonomous, have experience in animal care and gardening and are looking for a peaceful place to stay for at least a month, this might be for you!
Expect to spend ~1 hour/day on land/cat/house care plus an optional 1 day/week helping out in the forest.You can stay in our guest caravan or camp in our provided tent and would pay for your own groceries.
🏘️🚐🌳 RURAL CO-LIVING with optional garden/forest help
⏰ Contribute about 3 hours daily, 5 days a week to nurturing our dream
🧹 Maintaining clean and comfortable spaces, sharing common household tasks (cleaning, cooking, shopping, animal care) - this is the only absolutely help we need
🌱 Additional options to join in:
- Pruning, chipping wood, preparing firewood
- Clearing weeds
- Pointing our newly built walls with lime mortar
- Light maintenance of our guest caravan
- Forest maintenance with our dedicated forest managers 1 day/week
- Caring for our two cats (one diabetic) when owners travel
💰 We propose to equally share living expenses - or you can buy and prepare your own food if you want
🌱 Be prepared for the challenges (and rewards!) of sharing land with a group of people
🗣️ Communicate your needs and limits clearly
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Holandês: Fluente
Turco: Fluente
Português: Intermediário
Acomodação
🏠 Our renovated stone house with common kitchen, bathroom, workshop, and living room is our common area
🚐 Guest caravan with comfy bed, small table and sink, fast wifi and off-grid solar system (Diesel heater ready to be installed)
🚙 Dedicated space for campervans with water, electricity and fibre internet
🏕️ Forest camping spots for those who want to immerse in nature (tent and blankets available)
🚿 Indoor bathroom with toilet and shower, plus idyllic solar shower in the forest
🚽 Dry toilet that helps feed baby trees
🏠 For long-term visionaries (1+ year residencies):
-A raised insulated round (7.5m) wooden deck (suitable for a yurt, dome or your creative suggestion),
- Two additional spots inside the forest for tiny houses etc., and
-Two locations which are legally constructible.
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This is an opportunity to be part of something special. The work is hard but purposeful. The conversations are deep, sometimes challenging, as we continue to shape our vision together. We balance our awareness of global issues with a commitment to joyful, meaningful action.
To ensure you've read our profile, please start your message with the word strawberry. This small gesture means a lot to us in selecting like-minded individuals for Silverto. Since we receive too many requests, we will not be replying messages without the word strawberry. Thank you!
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Acesso à internet
Acesso à internet limitado
Temos mascotes
Somos fumantes
Pode hospedar famílias
Pode hospedar nômades digitais
We've excellent fibre (full wifi coverage) in the house and throughout most of the forest.
Espaço para estacionar campervans
There is a dedicated parking area with wifi, water and electricity available for cars and small/medium-sized (camper)vans.
Pode aceitar animais
We can receive guests with *well behaved* dogs, chickens, donkeys, horses and ostriches. 😜 We are not able to accommodate cats 😿 beyond our own.
Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?
2
Meus animais / animais de estimação
Mina (5 anos)
Mina is very soft and fluffy. She is curious around people and she will say hi to you when you arrive. She doesn't immediately surrender her whole body to you but give her some gentle space and she will look forward to you. Don't force her when touching her, she will get annoyed at you. She is very friendly especially during the nights when she is looking for a warm lap to get cozy.
Freddy (6 anos)
Freddy is curious about people and loves to socialise. He doesn't scratch or bite and usually immediately surrenders to your touch.
Unfortunately we found out that he has diabetes for cats. Since then he has a strict eating, measuring glucose and administering insulin schedule. Also he is kept in the house most of the time because he may go out and eat the neighbour's animals food which then is bad for his health. But day by day we let him go out when he is stable and he seems to be learning that eating others food are bad for him.
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What we appreciate is the fact that there is freedom in everything, you decide what you would like to do, no pressure! Due to the fact that you only have to work for a couple of hours a day you got plenty of… read more
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What we appreciate is the fact that there is freedom in everything, you decide what you would like to do, no pressure! Due to the fact that you only have to work for a couple of hours a day you got plenty of… read more
I was a little… read more
I was in Silverto for a total of 3 weeks and mainly looked after the house with property and the two cats. It was my first workaway experience and really perfect for it.
Mathijs gave me a very good and clear briefing and was always available the when I had a question. He is very… read more
You kept our plants alive, you helped us build our chicken coop and definitely exceeded our expectations!
Hope to see you again, soon!
We stayed in the yurt for 10 days and in the caravan for another 2 weeks. The yurt was… read more
They even performed same repairs, did some small works and made us a delicious surprise. :)
Autonomous, intelligent, emphatic, hard-working and respectful, I couldn't ask for anything more!
He has very good communication skills and he is doing well with organizing and delegating tasks, always giving options on what a volunteer can do.
He shared many interesting stories from his trips and from his life in Portugal and he knows a lot about many different things.
Together with Diego, they were more than… read more
She singlehandedly did more work than we all did during our volunteering weekend, was amazingly loving towards my cats and she has amazing heart-opening abilities, truly listening and truly seeing others without judgement.
They took care of my cats for a view weeks and I hope to meet them again some time soon!
