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Project NOW is a farm cooperative with social objectives. It was created by 10 people who were joined by 40 “villagers” from the municipality.

Полное описание

The aim is to make Waulsort attractive for the tourists again, to exploit its potential in order to create jobs, support local producers and at the same time recreate proximity services. On an ecological level, apart from the fact that all products are local, organic and seasonal, nothing is disposable in the Villa 1900, except toilet paper… We favor ecological and raw material. All clothes and home textiles are second hand to not support unethical and non-environmental suppliers. The garden is not chemically treated and includes a few squares of grass. Native species are fostered: there are many birds, fed during the winter. A pond helps to support biodiversity and hens to reduce waste. In the store, we aim at “zero waste”: we buy many bulk products and favor re-usable packaging. Our sustainable management tries to embed all aspects of a sustainable society: cooperative management, participatory democracy using collective intelligence, social justice and integrating differences (insertion of the long-term unemployed, collaboration with people who went through psychiatry, intercultural and inter-generational relations), attention to North –South and present-future balance, through the farm cooperative to favor local exchanges and local resilience (alternative currency, SEL), individual development, promotion of permaculture and other agro ecology types, promotion of soft mobility, reflection on other business and teaching models…

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Work ■ Helping in the restaurant and doing the dishes (evenings /week-ends). ■ Building work: stripping down, sanding, painting, bricking. ■ Garden maintenance. ■ Creation of a little garden of medicinal herbs like in the Middle-Age. ■ Plantation and “seeding” of the pond. ■ Workshops, participation to visits and activities. ■ Data-input work for the library and bookkeeping. ■ Harvesting fruits or wild plants. ■ Promotional actions for the Villa 1900. ■ Maybe (but we will discuss this in the next general meeting) participation to the implementation of an online sales system. ■ Work on the internet and social networks. ■ Establishment and delivery of a local newspaper. ■ Creation of handcrafts. ■ Delivery in the village. ■ Bike-taxi for some events. ■ Cycling ice-cream delivery. ■ On Monday, receipt of the goods. ■ Repairing for the free repairing workshop (Repair Cafe). ■ Eventually: cooking

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Housing in Villa 1900s “Pink Room” with a sink (hot and cold water), a desk, a closet (the bathroom is under work, it will be ready for the second semester). Stay in an exceptional surrounding in the middle of an unspoiled nature with rich biodiversity and in an area with a huge historical heritage. We have a washer and a drier that you are free to use. You will be fed during your stay with the team. You should not be accustomed to eat at regular mealtimes;-) If you are vegetarian, there is no problem. We have difficulty with “vegan” diet, but it can be possible (In this case, you have things to teach to us, we have special goods here, but no soya for example, as a matter of principle).

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