Sustainable lifestyle
Sončni Grič, društvo za trajnostno kulturo bivanja, Hrvoji
Gracisce, Slovenia
Description
The core of this activity is learning to live sustainably a with small group of people. Food soveregnity is important skill in everchanging world. You will learn how to grow fresh vegetables, store food for winter, cook from the garden rather than recepie book, make cheese, fresh pasta and bake bread, water management, composting. We have a small herd of goats, and you'll have a chance to milk them and care for them. We sometimes receive visitors, guests or organise weekend-long events. At such occasions you will help with hosting tasks. Depending on your skills and areas of interest you may develop a guide for visitors in the area, describe local points of interest, develop a project, or write blog for the web page. So you will balance outdoor work with desk work. Besides work you will have opportunity for hiking, reading, playing instruments, visit coastal towns.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
We live in a renovated istrian house. You will share the room with another volunteer, and the kitchen and bathroom with everybody in the house. Usually we are 4-5 people in the house. There is a spacious living room, a big garden area, indoor and outdoor kitchen. We use compost toilets, to save water. We cook in turns and provide all ingredients for cooking. The place is very remote, however there are few buses a day that go to Koper and back between Monday and Friday. No buses for weekend. The closest shop and bare are 6 km away.
Training during the activity
We use permaculture priniciples in all we do. After this experience you will know, understand and be able to apply them in any situation. You will also learn ablut group dynamics, and get an insight in cultural differences. You will be mentored and invited to write journal about your learnings.
Participant profile
The oppurtunity is suitalbe for people who like to work outdoor, love peacful environment, and like to spend time alone, with the book or with themselves. You care for the environment and want to experience alternative lifestyle to the mainstream consumeristic model. If you like long walks, do yoga, or are an articstic soul, this environment is good for you.
Activity dates
A total of 8 week(s) during the period 01/08/2025 to 30/11/2025
Activity location
Topolovec, Gracisce, Slovenia
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Ukraine
Activity topics
Nutrition and subsistence agriculture
Deadline for applications
No application deadline