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Currently doing my first workaway stop in the hills north of Barcelona. Getting a permaculture garden spring-ready.
I have worked in desk-jobs for most of my life and straight for the last 10 years. Now I decided to take a little break after my last contract managing a small humanitarian NGO ended in February 2026. I need to clear my head and see and do something different for a while an hope to get new inspirations. A couple of years back I had an amazing time wwoofing in Australia for 3 months, ripping overgrown gardens apart, making bush land fire-safe etc. This inspired me to try something similar again now.
My base has been Berlin for over 20 years but I lived for some time in Ireland, Indonesia and 2 years in Malawi. I am not a professional in anything useful or handy in real life but I can hold a screw driver, shovel sheep shit and drive a medium sized truck on both sides of the road. I am happy to try new things and will be able to sufficiently manage most of it. Up to now I have hardly any experience with animals (except mice and bugs), it's not that I don't like them, it's more a live and let live situation on both sides. But who knows what life brings around the corner.
Since winter in Berlin is bleak, I'm looking forward to going to more southern places in March and April and possibly May. I decided to not yet plan everything out to the last dot.

Interesses

Eventos e social

Cuidar de plantas

Caminhada

Faça você mesmo

Jardinagem

Sustentabilidade

Política/justiça social

Autodesenvolvimento

Filmes e TV

História

Idiomas

Culinária e comida

Montanhas

Naturaleza

Praia

Ciclismo

Idiomas

Idiomas
Alemão: Fluente
Inglês: Fluente
Holandês: Intermediário
Espanhol: Iniciante

Mais detalhes sobre meu interesse em idiomas
I would like to brush up on the languages that are a bit lost because I havenˋt used them in a while: Dutch and Spanish. I don't know if I am a good teacher but willing to try - for German, my native language. My English is rather good but I'm not sure about teaching it.

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Habilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender

Tenho interesse em:  

Projetos ambientais

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Conhecimento de:  

Jardinagem

Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo

Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

Ajuda a cuidar da casa

Manutenção geral

Ajuda com computadores/internet

Idiomas

Quais são suas habilidades?

I have worked around politics, transport, adult education and human rights for the last couple of years. This will probably not be very helpful in the real world.
But I had an allotment where I build a high bed for plants, tried my way around upcycling things and since my well was dry most of the summer, I tried some gardening without water - semi successful, I have to admit. The shed/bungalow was very run down when I took over and I had to rip out a lot of carpet, walls and other disgusting stuff. The rebuilding was mostly done by some professional builder, but around a garden there's always something to hammer, screw, saw, dig. And of course weed, plant and harvest.
I have a driver's licence for cars, trucks up to 7.5t, motorbikes and are not afraid to drive them.
I speak German and English fluently, Dutch I might be able to speak after 2 beers, I once were able to communicate in Spanish, learned French and Indonesian - not much left of these 2 languages though. If necessary I can do a couple of things with a computer.

Idade

50

Algo mais...

I look forward to broaden my horizont. I have been stationary in Berlin for 12 years, The longer I stay in one place and do mostly the same things, the narrower my world feels. So: let's see what is out there in the world where I could be a little helpful and open my mind to new thoughts and possibilities.

Mais algumas informações

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  Fumante

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  Carteira de motorista

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  Alergias
  a little hay fever (mostly grass) and a tiny little bit against cats - they shouldn't sleep on my pillow.

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  Dietas especiais
  I am not a strict vegetarian but it would be nice to be able to not eat much meat.