Learn about permaculture, natural building and sustainable health in Viseu, Portugal

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  Descrição

  We are a group of Permaculture teachers, gardeners, natural builders and health practitioners. We function as a Cooperative, on anon-profit basis and as self-sustainable as possible. Four years ago we followed through on our big dream, to settle in Portugal and renovate an abandoned village. The village is located in the area around Viseu. (1,2 hr east from Porto, 1 hr from Aveiro). We are currently setting up our infrastructure as well as growing 70-80 percent of our own food. We have 1000 m2 of greenhouse in which we grow seasonal, regional, and global varieties of produce. We manage around 14 hectares and have a flock of 20sheep on rotational grazing year round(also provide us with meat). In addition we press olive oil and make chestnut puree. Since the project encompasses quite a lot and we are a pretty ambitious group of people, we decided to open towards volunteers to help us with our goals related to self sufficiency and village restoration. Most of us were running a permaculture school (the Panya Project) in Thailand before moving to Portugal. This means we have some experience hosting volunteers and working with you, rather than you working for us.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Interesses

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Fazenda

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Idiomas

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Animais

  

  Naturaleza
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  O que é isso?
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  We are a dynamic group of passionate people who used to run a Permaculture school in Thailand and can offer you a unique experience where your learning could be pretty diverse! We always have building projects in the pipeline, as well as lots of land management and gardening. We also have a passionate Bush doctor, homebirth midwife, contact improv dancer on the land !!

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  Ajuda

  UPDATE August 2025: We are looking for some great hands and hearts to help us during the months of September-October-November. Which tasks are on the menu? Preparing our small village and community to host the anual cooperativa meeting ( tasks: clean up land ,carpentry work, build compost toilets .. )
  Help us garden, process veggies and fruits from the land and garden AND help us out with thr beautiful olive harvest !!
  
  We are also looking for people passionate about cooking and helping us transform our produce into meals and preserves!
  
  Other general tasks include helping out with the sheep and pigs help out with communal cooking and play with our children (age 7 weeks, 15 months, 2 y old, ,8, 12 and 13 y old). If you have very specific skills, let us know! :)

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  Idiomas

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

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  Acomodação

  We are currently setting up our pioneer infrastructure. we have one comfortable community house (with hot shower and toilet, kitchen and living room), a van that is used by guests and a caravan. Inside the communal house there are two cats and two dogs, beware if you have any allergies. If you could come with your own van or tent, you will have a huge advantage!

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  Algo mais...

  We all care deeply for the village we are renovating, so expect us to ramble on and on about our dream for the abandoned village. :) We also have great neighbors, so be prepared to spend some time socializing over red wine and talk about cabbages and beans. We tend to work hard but also enjoy ourselves by cooking spectacular home grown meals. Please come with a tolerant mindset, as this type of early-on pioneering work comes with some challenges, specially when the weather is very hot or very wet. The amount of people living here is 11 adults and 6 children, but during spring and summer we receive often guests and family.We do appreciate our private times in the evenings só people that volunteer here also need to be comfortable spending time independently. As a group, we are a mix of Portuguese, American and Belgian. We speak English, Dutch, French, German and Portuguese.

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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

  We can give you an electrical hookup, definitely great if you can come with your own van or tent.

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  Mais de 2

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