Become a part of a non-profit agroforestry project and enjoy the stunning nature of Rubiães, Portugal

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  WORKAWAYERS WELCOME (May 25-June 15):
  On our land we do the annual Silverto Spring Party (29-31 May), where our friends all around Portugal come together and help us build the party. For 2 days we have workshops, live music and dj who are organized by us and our friends. This is a non-profit event where everybody contribute by helping. We need help with preparing the party area, welcoming people, and keeping an eye on the cats. Great for extroverts.
  
  WORKAWAYERS WELCOME (June 15-July 15):
  This is a housesitting/petsitting request. We would like to travel to the Netherlands to visit Mathijs' family, so we are looking for one or two workwayers looking to slow down and enjoy the nature of our region. The necessities are to take care of our cats (one diabetic), take care of the house and some watering of the plants. If you want, you can work and learn alongside the forest managers one day a week, but it is optional. Great for introverts.
  
  Come and spend your days on 1.5 hectares of young food forest near Paredes de Coura, in northern Portugal in exchange for you 3 hours a day. Help and get your hands in the soil and learn about food forest design. This is our way of facing the many disrupting changes facing our lives and world. We have many neighbours in the north of Portugal who are looking to a different way of living with the land and one another.
  
  Berilay and Mathijs have been slowly, intentionally shaping Silverto. The stone house they live in is partly renovated, a flourishing food forest with some trees already establishing nicely. And there's still plenty of meaningful work ahead. This is not a finished project. If you are interested in living at the edge of the forest, being by yourself in nature, can work autonomously, Silverto might be the place for you.
  
  Berilay, 34 from Türkiye, have been a dreamer since the day she left university. Dreaming what she could be capable of if she could live her life at full capacity. So she has touched many careers while growing, UX/UI designer, dubbing translator, photographer, graphic & marketing designer, cook, massage therapist... Since a few years after she arrived to Portugal in 2019 she used housesitting/petsitting as a way to clear stagnation and keep things novel, and also, to get to know cool people.
  
  That's also how she met Mathijs. Now 2 years later after her arrival to the beautiful north of Portugal she is settling at Silverto with him. Mathijs is 40, originally from the Netherlands, and living in Silverto for 7 years. After spending many years in his old Volvo touring the world, looking for a place to settle, he found this lush and abundant area to build his life and vision. He loves working on Open Source software, making the world a better place: tree mapping, food forest design and apps to empower small communities. He is great at solving problems, is up for a deep conversation even if it is challenging and is passionate about shaping vision with an awareness of global issues and commitment to joyful, meaningful action.
  
  Silverto is looking for guests who are interested in a combination of **rest, support, learning, and sharing**. In exchange for around 3 hours of help a day, 5 days a week, you get a place to stay in the forest, shared meals, and full access to everything they're building and learning. They ask for a stay of three to eight weeks — long enough to settle in, find your rhythm, and actually be useful.

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  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

  Cuidar de casas e pets
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  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
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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

  🗺️ Learn about rural life 101, get your hands in the soil
  🌳 Get hands-on with with practical tasks in the food forest
  🌱 Work weekly with our dedicated forest managers and absorb years of practical knowledge
  💡 Bring your own project or idea — if it fits the land and the vision, we're open to it
  🍅 If you are here in August, you can learn how to make fermented tomato paste (salça) with sun power
  
  Beyond the forest, we're part of a friendly local network. Life here includes the occasional coworking session, shared workshop, yoga class, and neighbourhood dinner. We love a deep conversation — physics, ecology, philosophy, technology, economics, social systems — and bringing creativity, care, and a seriously good kitchen. We really appreciate if you teach us a new dish, we love eating food lol. Every week we receive a yummy vegetable basket from our neighbour who practices regenerative agriculture.
  
  Every year we celebrate the land with the **Silverto Spring Party** — this year on **May 30th**. If your visit overlaps, you're very welcome to be part of building it.

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  Ajuda

  ⏰ About 3 hours a day, 5 days a week.
  
  🧹 The baseline: shared household tasks —keeping common spaces tidy.
  
  🌿 Forest help, one dedicated day a week.
  
  🪓 Pruning, chipping, firewood prep, weeding. We are in the process of pointing some walls of the house with lime mortar, if you are interested to learn, you can do it with us.
  
  🍳 If you can take over lunch and dinner preparation when Beri is away, it would be great help.
  
  🐾 Caring for our two cats (one diabetic) when we travel (more on them below).

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Holandês: Fluente
  Turco: Fluente
  Português: Intermediário

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  Acomodação

  Our accommodations are very much in nature — simple, and close to the land. That's the whole point.
  
  🚐 **Guest caravan** — a cosy space with a big bed, small table, sink, solar power, and fast wifi. Your own quiet corner.
  
  🏕️ **Forest camping** — for those who really want to wake up under the trees. Best experienced from May onwards, when the weather cooperates. We provide tent and sleeping gear.
  
  🚐 Are you travelling with your van? We have the perfect spot for you.
  
  🏠 The renovated **stone house** is our shared common space — kitchen, bathroom, workshop, and living room, functional and welcoming.
  
  🚿 Indoor shower and toilet, plus a solar shower tucked into the forest for warmer months. There is also a compost toilet in the forest.

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  Algo mais...

  This is a working piece of land with two people living on it, building something they believe in. The work is real, the conversations are honest, and the forest is great to get to know.
  
  If you like the idea of slowing down without switching off — of contributing something tangible while also having space to breathe, think, and learn — Silverto might be your kind of place. We always have a video call before anything is arranged.
  
  It's very important for us that you can work autonomously (take responsibility withhout needing constant direction), be punctual on agreed check-in times, communicate your needs clearly and empathic while hearing others.
  
  Depending on the time of your arrival, we may or may not have more volunteers. So you need to be comfortable with the probability of being by yourself most of the time. From May to August, we tend to have more than one volunteers.
  
  -Some practical basics that help the place function:
  No smoking in the forest (fire risk).
  Remove shoes in the main house.
  Shared common spaces are available from 08.30 am to 08.30 pm.
  If you break something due to incompetence or maltreatment, please offer to pay for it.
  If you move something, put it back to its place.
  Only use power tools after instruction.
  Clean tools after use.
  Return tools properly.
  Attend morning meetings.
  Only use organic hygiene products (water from shower and kitchen goes to our garden).
  Don't pull a weed out or take a plant unless you know what it is and have been asked to do so.
  
  Just so you know, this is not a business and never has been.
  
  To show you've read this fully, please start your message with the word **strawberry**. We receive a lot of requests and genuinely won't be able to reply to messages that don't include it — thank you for understanding. 🙏🏽

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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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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  We've excellent fibre (full wifi coverage) in the house and throughout most of the forest.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  There is a dedicated parking area with wifi, water and electricity available for cars and small/medium-sized (camper)vans.

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  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.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  

  Mina (6 anos)

  Mina is soft, fluffy, and quietly curious. She'll come and say hello when you arrive, on her own terms. Don't rush her — give her space, move gently, and she'll reward you with her company. She's at her most affectionate in the evenings, when she's on the lookout for a warm lap to settle into.

  

  Freddy (6 anos)

  Freddy is the sociable one — curious, friendly, and immediately at ease with new people. He doesn't scratch or bite and loves a good stroke. We found out he has diabetes, this means he follows a strict daily routine of food, glucose measuring, and insulin. He's doing well, and we take his care seriously. When we travel, we need someone reliable and caring to keep up his schedule.

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