Ecology and education for change. Community building
Fondatzia Otvoren Intelekt - OPEN MIND
OPEN MIND
Shipka, Bulgaria
Description
Join our community of people, striving for an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle. Using permaculure as an inspiration, we experiment with avoiding and reducing waste, production of food in permaculture gardens and orchard, natural building, waste management on a small town level. Come and assist us to preserve and live in harmony with nature, to preserve and develop cultural heritage, the authentic crafts and old traditions. Help us spread the word about permaculture, low waste management, natural building, culture and Erasmus+. Get involved in the organization of Shipka Fest. Come and meet like-minded people and be the change in the world.The project is in 2 locations and you will spend 4 months in Shipka (OPEN MIND) and 8 months in Bunovo (DHARMA DAR - near Kyustendil).
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Shared bedroom. Indoor bathroom for the winter and autumn months. Summer bathroom. Both with hot water. Outdoor compost toilet (preferrable to use, weather permitting). Indoor toilet available. Cooking and meals are arranged on a communal basis with taking turns for cooking. Communal meals are vegetarian. Wood stove heating. There is indoor and outdoor kitchen (BUNOVO - used in different seasons). Meeting/library/yoga room and a meditation hall (BUNOVO). 2 dogs and cats (Shipka), chickens (TBD). Old bikes available (Shipka) for local transport, bus every one hour to Kazanlak/Kyustendil
Training during the activity
- Permaculture design - (building raised beds, perennial plants, observation skills, worm farm, mulching, composting, -Healthy and non-violent living; - Planting endemic and imported plants - nutritional, medicinal, ecological; - Renovation and construction of houses, using wood, clay, stone, straw and other materials; - restoration of an old workshop and construction of a shared bedroom from natural materials, construction of a natural children's corner in the yard. - Maintenance of eco-farms; - Non-dogmatic spirituality, - Natural living, natural birth
Participant profile
No previous experience needed. You need strong motivation and willpower to live the values and principles of the project, to practice it's lifestyle and wanting to learn. To be open and implement the desired habits, regarding food, daily regime and program. To be ready to handle responsibilities. For this, you need to be listening, flexible, hardworking and willing to persevere. The specific knowledge, skills and attitudes transmitted, are demanding openness and respect toward our experience in the last 20 years.
Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 01/09/2024 to 31/12/2025
Activity location
22, Dobri Kartalov 22, Shipka, Bulgaria
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 20/10/2024 23:59