Help in a sustainable project and explore ecological living in the little city of Aarschot, Belgium

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  2024 

 Min stay requested: 1 week or less

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello,
    I'm Christel,

    At this moment I live here on my own with my son Simon.
    4 years ago we have made an ecological swimming pond in the garden with three months of help with you, volunteers! the pond is finished, purifying flowering plants and nice to swim ! thank you all!

    for now, I'm looking for help in the garden, the forest tends to take over the open spaces, that means that the blackberries prepare the parts close to the trees
    so more trees can grow, I'm fan of blackberries, they give nice fruit, good tea, and a place for the eggs for some butterflies, but for now I want to have some parts clean again, ... so if you have the courage to this, I would be very happy! there is other work too in the garden, like re-organising the wood shed, , clieving wood, dismantling some wooden bedframes, to recuperate the wood, .....
    I pick and dry a lot of herbs, So helping me with fine-making and potting is also welcome,
    in the garden I have a cocos-bio bed to purify the wastewater of the house, this needs a renewal of the cocos-fibres, where all the little good bacteries live on to clean the water, so I can give it back to the earth , that means scoop out all the material that is composting now, making a new compost-pile and then refill with fresh cocos-fibres

    we live at the end of a little road in the woods, nearby a little city, 50 km from Brussels and 25 km from Leuven
    Inside the house, we have a lot of wood and round forms with cob-walls.

    there is a lot of little corners, edges, parts of cob inside the house that still want to be completed and with a sponge made round and soft and harmonic

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    many things to experience :) it depends on your interests. I'm used to get to know you and then I can propose possibilities.

    there are a lot of nice walking and biking routes, we can lend a bike for you.
    we live close to the little towncentre of Aarschot, with some medieval nice buildings, tower, bridge
    if you like to visit cities: Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp can be reached by train in less than an hour.
    When there is an opportunity I like to take you for a swim in natural water,....

    we eat together and it's an opportunity to have evenings with laughter and games, or with philosophic/ spiritual exchanges, or just quiet rest. My way of living invites you to encounter, live and feel alternative ways of making society. I'm also in LETS (local exchange trading system)
    and involved in a foodforest/permaculture project on 15 kms.

  • Help

    Help

    You can choose out of several projects where we can need help:

    outside gardening, composting,...
    chopping wood,
    cooking and preservating food,
    creativity for decoration of the house
    finishing works with cob in the house

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent
    German: Beginner
    Spanish: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    you can sleep in the tent, where we make a good bed for you! itis a huge family-tent
    you can share the real kitchen, cooking, eating, bathroom, in the main house. but we have also made a summer outside kitchen
    I'm used to cook a lot of different tastes and diets, with all the good and sometimes special vegetables from the garden. we do eat meat and co , but I can cook vegetarian or vegan if wished.
    in colder season we can arrange a room inside

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    I'am Christel (56y), I live here with my son Simon (21y), David (23 y) is visiting and living in Leuven
    We like simple and peacefull living, we love to play games, and know a lot about nature. Philosophers also,...
    I have the beginning of a muscle disease, so I have to take care about my energy, I have to rest sometimes during the day. I'm a fysiotherapist and know about body-work en the energetical being of body and heart.
    when we are many, I need help in the kitchen.
    I love to serve nice meals.

    I love being creative and thinking out of the box,
    my son Simon writes stories and loves to make performances.
    there is a trainstation in 30' walk, so you can easily reach other places to visit,
    when weather is warm, there is a lake on 10 km, where we love swimming.
    and ther is the pond in the garden :)

    with the pleasure of meeting other people!

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    we have wifi in the house, not a fast one, an ecological jrs eco-router with less radiation, streaming or complicated programs go slower

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    welcome with a campervan! we have a lttle bathroomwith shower that you can use in the house

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    5 hours, 2 days off per week

Host ref number: 184669729911

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