Join us on our permaculture homestead and our new mountain farm in Siquijor, Philippines

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  Descrição

  Hello! We are Julia & Jackie, owners of a permaculture homestead. Julia is a marine biologist and Jackie is an experiential education facilitator. We've been living in the Philippines for 13 years, volunteering for different marine conservation NGOs, until we decided to build our own NGO and home on Siquijor Island. We both love animals, the environment, and we care deeply about the footprint we leave on this world. We run a small environmental education organization. It's volunteer-powered by ourselves and local high school teachers and students who want to form after-school environmental clubs. Ever since we started this lifestyle, we have been able to design our land using inspiration from what we advocate, so that we can practice what we preach!
  
  We're transitioning from a 2000 sq. meter permaculture homestead which we started in 2000 to a one hectare farm which is still in development, and we've put in a lot of effort into living a sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle. We've got a five fields wih plots for organic vegetables, cow and rabbit forage plants, and cover crops, and free-range farm animals-chickens, ducks, rabbits and even two cows! We are off-grid with a solar system. Water is precious on the island, so the toilets are compost toilets (promise they don't smell ;), and we collect rainwater in a big newly constructed cistern under the learning center. We have also created biological greywater treatment systems so that we can reuse sink and shower water in our garden. We've also got a natural dunking pool filtered by plants and air bubble circulation, creating a balanced ecosystem filled with micro and macro-organisms which keep the water clean without chemicals!
  
  We are also sometimes taking in stray kittens and puppies and do our best to rehabilitate and re-home them. Volunteers get to parent two loving rescue dogs, LC and Lupi, and one cute rescue cat, Pumuckl.
  
  It's extremely important to us that volunteers who join us are willing to respect our lifestyle and live like we do whilst working with us. Specifically, we mean that we avoid buying any single-use plastics (straws, chips, cookies, snacks, etc.) and ask that while you stay with us, you also do not bring single use plastics into our home. Thank you!

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem geral

  Projetos DIY criativos

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Interesses

  

  Vegetariano/vegano

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Mascotes

  

  Fazenda

  

  Trabalho beneficente

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Animais

  

  Atividades ao ar livre

  

  Naturaleza
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  As a German marine biologist and American educator who have lived and volunteered abroad for over a decade, we have loads of stories and experiences to share from around the globe. We are especially excited to share our love for the Philippines, where we have been doing community and school-based environmental work since 2013. We are happy to give our workawayers a local language manual, advice on how to best experience local life, and insights into the cultural and social dynamics of this complex and beautiful archipelago. We also have lots of materials on local wildlife above and below water in case our visitors are as enthusiastic about Philippines biodiversity as we are.
  
  Our workawayers will work together with us as a team to operate our experimental permaculture homestead, which is our model for tropics-based rural sustainable homesteading and a home base for our education programs with high school students. Here are a few skills and technologies you will learn through our day to day activities:
  
  Lots of ORGANIC GARDENING--
  How to improve soil fertility and consistency through....
  -vermicomposting
  -thermal composting
  -rice hull carbonization
  -mulching
  -Korean Natural Farming (IMO, LAB, FPJ, FAA, FFJ, WCA, etc.)
  -Compost tea fertilizer and organic pest-control sprays
  
  Lots of ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
  How to feed and care for free-range and semi free-range chickens, ducks, rabbits and our cow Uschi :)
  -collecting forage
  -collecting leaf and straw bedding
  -composting manure
  -cleaning enclosures and ponds
  -mixing feeds
  -black soldierfly maggot farming
  
  PERMACULTURE WATER and WASTE SYSTEMS
  -How to clean and reuse greywater through plant-based filtration.
  -How to maintain a natural dunking pool (filtered only by plants and circulation- no chemicals)
  -How to maintain wildlife ponds with aquaponics filtration.
  -How to operate a composting toilet.
  
  We hope to learn from our workawayers as well, whether it's about permaculture technologies we haven't yet tried, insights and lessons from other places our visitors have traveled to, or feedback on how the permaculture homestead could be improved as an educational center or better shared through social media. We hope to meet people who are equally passionate about nature and sustainable living and share with them the joy of hard work in pursuit of a beautiful goal.

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  Ajuda

  If you are interested in applying here, it's essential that you do not mind getting dirty, and we don't just mean dirty hands. Living on a permaculture homestead is a lifestyle choice that requires a lot of work to maintain a healthy balance. We need volunteers who are physically fit, willing to learn, and willing to get down and dirty with us!
  
  There is never a boring day on the Farm, and there is so much to learn!
  -Gardening: this includes watering all plants, seeding, transplanting, trimming, propagating, weeding, etc.
  -Composting: this includes harvesting vermicompost, turning hot compost piles, gathering organic materials, etc.
  -Animals: this includes feeding the farm animals, cleaning enclosures, fixing/re-building animal infrastructure, keeping the areas tidy, collecting animal manure for fertilizer, etc.
  -Carpentry/Building: assistance with any infrastructure project we need.

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  Idiomas

  Alemão: Fluente
  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  The sleeping area in the Learning Center is loft-style upstairs. There are three separate roomy sleeping areas divided by curtains like in a hostel room. Each area can be fitted with double or single bed/beds and mosquito nets. There are bathrooms downstairs (2 toilets and three showers). Compost toilets, of course ;) The communal kitchens (indoor and outdoor- with wood-powered rocket stoves outdoors), hammocks, couch and dining area are also downstairs.
  
  We stock the kitchen with rice and beans and cooking essentials (oil, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, some spices, drinking water), as well as instant coffee or tea. We also provide a certain amount of our homemade tofu every week :) There's a large fridge and general storage space for volunteers to additionally stock the kitchen with whatever else they need. There's an electric kettle, plenty of pots, pans, cutting boards, etc, and tupperwares. Volunteers are responsible for cooking for themselves.
  
  We're 10 minutes from Siquijor town and 15 minutes from San Juan town, which have plenty of shopping and eating options.
  
  Internet at the farm isn't great yet, but there's a good, cheap wifi point (called "pisowifi") in the village 1 minute away, and plenty of cafes and even co-working space options in San Juan/Siquijor town.

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  Algo mais...

  Some extra info...
  -It is essential for you TO RENT A MOTORBIKE. Between 450 and 250 Php per day depending on the season, but if you rent for longer term, you can get the price down and bargain for a longterm payment.
  Public transport in our area is basically not existing or very difficult.
  -We try not to use single use plastics, so please be mindful of this and help us reduce our waste and do not bring single use plastics into our home!
  
  From Cebu/Manila
  1. Fly from whichever city to Dumaguete Airport. You can check for cheap flights on Traveloka app!
  2. From Dumaguete Airport, take a TRICYCLE to Dumaguete Port. Fair is usually 100 pesos and takes 30 minutes. Or you can walk outside the airport and take a PASSENGER JEEPNEY to Dumaguete City. Then walk a short distance or take a tricycle to the port. Not sure about the price of this option but expect to pay around 30-50 pesos.
  3. At the port, take the next ferry to Siquijor. There are many different ferry companies, but make sure to take the ferry to SIQUIJOR port, and not LARENA. You can take the ferry to Larena but it's a longer distance to our home. Fare is around 150-400 pesos, depending on the time and company. Terminal fee is 15 pesos. Expect to pay extra for your bag if you take OceanJet.
  4. Either rent a motorbike, or take a tricycle to here.
  
  What's around us...
  Closest market 2.4 miles
  Closest gas station 2 miles
  Closest beach 2.5 miles
  Cambugahay Falls 17 miles
  Balete Tree 10 miles
  Paliton Beach 5.3 miles

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