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Permaculture and Natural Building near Abruzzo and Rome Italy

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The experience

Our permaculture food forest provides lots of fun projects, including special composting methods, bio-char garden beds, bamboo creations, to name only a few. We are also practicing some sustainable building methods. And this October we need to plaster the interior walls of our little house. We use all natural lime plasters, and might experiment with some cob/clay on some surfaces. It is very fun and satisfying. Come grow food and sling mud!

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

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.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

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

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 22 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

We are happy to teach you principles of permaculture and work with you in making some good food and beautiful plants grow, as well as work on interesting landscape and structural projects.
If you come in October we will be teaching you the methods of mixing and applying lime plaster, but also teaching you the advantages of natural mineral plasters when working with stone walls. We will work with you, and although the work takes energy and focus it has no particular strength requirements, and does not require working at any great heights. You just need to be willing to get a little dirty and go up on a short step ladder. It's surprisingly fun and interesting.

Activities & Shift

We will work from about 9 until 3, with a 1 hour lunch break in the middle (if it's especially hot, we will adjust this schedule for cooler times of day).
Lunch and dinner are provided. Breakfast is independently provided by volunteer in their own separate kitchen (we are happy to give rides to market for your shopping needs).

Rules

No loud partying or excessive drinking/smoking. We are a couple in 40s/50s who are on the mellower side....though we love playing music and laughing and having fun. Evening activities are limited by off-grid solar system.
facilities are comfortable but using sustainable methods, with outdoor shower (with solar hot water heater), and composting toilet.