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Sustainable Gardening Enthusiast Needed for Off-Grid Project

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The experience

Help us cultivate a diverse range of plants to enhance our living conditions. Your role involves planting, watering, and constructing raised beds.

We’re also excited to explore innovative growing methods like food forests, aquaponics, and hydroponics. Your hands-on work will be crucial in establishing and maintaining these green spaces.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Portuguese

Between 18 and 80 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Help us create better living conditions growing food, flowers, trees and other plants.
We need help to grow plants for our consumption. Planting, watering, make raised beds.
We would like to explore different methods of growing plants such as food forests, aquaponics and hydroponics.

You can bring a tent to camp or sleep in your own vehicle. If you can't bring your own tent and camping matress I can buy one for you, let me know in advance.

We live Off Grid, in our case it means we are reliant on our solar panels for electricity and we get water from our well or the waterfountain in the town nearby. We aim to be as resourceful as we can. For the toilet we provide a bucket toilet to each person to use in their tent and we also have a toilet tent with a chemical toilet for the volunteers who prefer that option. The luxury at CatsVille is living together with nature.

You won't be expected to have prior knowledge, you can learn as you go, through watching videos online and experimenting.

Activities & Shift

You will be free to choose what times you find more suitable for you to work and what activities you'd like to do.
We will need help to create:
• an automatic irrigation system to water the plants
• grow plants from seed and root cuttings
• prepaid the soil for starting new plantations
• help with shopping online and at local stores
•implement ways to maintain humidity in the soil and create shade
You are welcome to bring your ideas.
It would be good if you help us with food preparation and cooking and cleaning.
If you need, there will always be someone to help guide you.

Rules

Smoking or state altering substance use is not allowed.
Avoid using pesticides unless its really necessary.