Agroforestry Assistant

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1 - 50 veckor  ·  Ålder 17 - 50+

rating  Briljant 4.7  · 
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Höjdpunkter

  • Stunning nature, wild life, waterfalls and mountains
  • Eat a healthy plant based diet, mostly organic harvested by us and local organic farmers, reduce your impact on climate change and feel the positive change in your life!
  • Learn agroforestry farming, permaculture principles, native stingless bee keeping and help small organic farmers

Höjdpunkter

  • Stunning nature, wild life, waterfalls and mountains
  • Eat a healthy plant based diet, mostly organic harvested by us and local organic farmers, reduce your impact on climate change and feel the positive change in your life!
  • Learn agroforestry farming, permaculture principles, native stingless bee keeping and help small organic farmers
  • We are 2 hours away from the beautiful Rio de Janeiro city and near many fantastic hiking trail.
  • Live among other volunteers and meet friends for life.


  • Särskilt lämplig för

    Ålder 17+
    Singlar
    Par
    Familjer
    Grupper
    50+

    Om programmet

    Help and learn about syntropic agroforestry, a important way to plant food, fixate carbon, generate a biome for biodiversity,and protect soil and water sources.

    We seek

    nature lovers that are really committed to support and help those who are dedicated to protect wild life and its habitat, fight climate change, bring social justice to rural area and that are willing to make positive changes in their own life that will bring more healing to their body, their ...

    Om programmet

    We seek

    nature lovers that are really committed to support and help those who are dedicated to protect wild life and its habitat, fight climate change, bring social justice to rural area and that are willing to make positive changes in their own life that will bring more healing to their body, their mind and the planet. The inequalities and lack of opportunities are much higher in the rural areas in Brazil and that's why so many migrated and continue to migrate to the slums/favelas of big cities and subject themselves to the oppression of violence, drug lords, militia and police.


    We expect 
    • 18 hours of weekly dedication to agroforestry, wild life and  stingless native beekeeping. The schedule can be flexible to accommodate personal needs (home-office).
    • Keep bedroom and personal bathroom clean and return it clean before you leave.
    • Participate in the cleaning of the shared areas of the house (kitchen)
    • Participate in the food preparation for lunch and meal.
    • After use, leave kitchen sink and table clean for the next person to use it.
    • Commit to a healthy, minimally-processed plant based diet, bring awareness to the fact that the food that heals you also heals the planet. We avoid GMO, food from conventional monocultures that destroy the soil, kill bees, contaminates creeks and rivers and dry spring waters and brings poison to people's table. Plant (and fungi)  based diet has proved to be the healthiest diet for you and the planet, that also help fixating carbon back to the soil. 
    • Do  not smoke. I don't drink alcoholics and I expect little or no consumption of alcohol in my place. Same to any other recreational drug. Our recreation is to be present with full awareness  facing the immense beauty that wild life and natural cascades provides. 
    You will learn
    • Agroforestry, permaculture concepts, native beekeeping practices, 
    • Adaptations for climate change, including tropical edible plants; food, clothing and other actions for mitigating climate change,
    • How to boost your energy with anti-oxidant rich, cancer killer plant based diet.
    Your volunteering will
    • bring dignity to rural workers, fight social inequality and bring opportunities to rural areas, stopping the immigration flux of people flooding the favelas/slums of big cities. 
    •  help compensating the invaluable services that we provide to society (clean, cool and moisture the air, sequester carbon from the air, generate rain and water, protect biodiversity, protect crop pollinators)
    And you will experience
    • amazing rivers and waterfalls
    • mountain trails
    • healthy and delicious food
    • exercising outdoors, campfires
    • brething pure air and drinking and bathing on  mineral spring waters





    Typisk dag

     5:30am: We get together at the kitchen to organize kitchen, prepare breakfast and sometimes prepare food for lunch.

    7am: agroforestry 
    12pm: fast cooking and lunch
    1pm: organize kitchen,
    Depending if you want to have 2 or 3 days free, there may be some activities in the afternoon. We ask for 18hs of ...

    Typisk dag

     5:30am: We get together at the kitchen to organize kitchen, prepare breakfast and sometimes prepare food for lunch.

    7am: agroforestry 
    12pm: fast cooking and lunch
    1pm: organize kitchen,
    Depending if you want to have 2 or 3 days free, there may be some activities in the afternoon. We ask for 18hs of volunteering per week.

    It is usual to go for a trail before sunset and once in a week to lit a bonfire and fraternize with tourists and other volunteers and us. 


    Fritidsaktiviteter

    beautiful trails to hike and creeks with waterfalls to enjoy! varieties of birds and animals to observe,  Our swimming pool is 18m long and the water is purely natural, with no chemicals. From time to time we prepare a bonfire to enjoy the night outside. 

    Fritidsaktiviteter

    beautiful trails to hike and creeks with waterfalls to enjoy! varieties of birds and animals to observe,  Our swimming pool is 18m long and the water is purely natural, with no chemicals. From time to time we prepare a bonfire to enjoy the night outside. 


    Krav

    Krav

    Minimiålder: 17 år

    För att kunna delta i programmet måste du vara minst 17 år gammal på programmets startdatum.

    Språkfärdigheter

    Du måste tala Engelska (mellannivå) eller Portugisiska (grundnivå)

    Begränsningar av nationalitet

    Inga begränsningar. Hjälpande händer från hela världen är välkomna.

    Tidsåtgång

    Din hjälp kommer att behövas på Måndag, Tisdag, Onsdag, Torsdag och Fredag från 08:00 - 12:30

    Vad som ingår

    Vad som ingår

    Tjänster av Fazenda São Marcos

    • fast internet (1 person can watch a 4k video)
    • organic plant and fungi based food for you to prepare your meals in group, grown locally  by us or near organic farmers
    • 1 bedroom with bathroom for 1 or 2 (couple) people. It will be yours to keep clean.
    • warm shower
    • eletricity, propane gas
    • eco-friendly cleaning material, including soap for laundry
    • guided hiking
    • working tools (it is normal to break tools when you are learning) 
    • space for home office (with printer available and great wifi)
    • laundry machine
    • Lessons on healthy plant-fungi based diet (minimally processed, organic)
    • Lessons on agroforestry, native beekeeping, mushroom cultivation, edible mushroom identification in the forest, edible plants in the forest for you to camp and survival tips in the Atlantic rainforest
    • biweekly bonfire for bonding and exchange of experience
    • We will plant trees for you to offset  of your carbon footprint in tour trip to Brasil.
    • Rides to Rio de Janeiro city on weekends

    Boende

    Simple, clean 3x3m (10x10ft) bedrooms with bathroom. We provide warm blankets and bedsheet. You will wake up with birds singing in your window. Never hot, never too cold at night. The fresh breeze from the forest  and mountains regulates the local weather.  



    Mat och Dryck

    • 90% organic plant and fungi based diet (non or minimally processed), rich in fruits and vegetables locally grown by organic farmers (here and other partners)
    • agroecological coffee. We have a vegan milk machine for preparing soy or coconut mik or any other plant based milk
    • plenty of fruits and vegetables for juices and green juices anytime.
    • We can provide water kefir if you like it.
    • organic green tea and different infusion tees available.
    • Mate herb.
    • cacau powder
    • plenty of nuts (peanut, almond, Brazil's nut, hazelnut

    Tillgång till Internet

    God tillgång till projektområdet

    Vad ingår INTE?

    Vad ingår INTE?

    Hämtning på flygplatsen på Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport

    Hämtning på flygplatsen ingår inte heller i programavgifterna.

    Flygbiljetter

    Den närmaste flygplatsen är Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) i Rio De Janeiro. Vi hjälper dig att hitta billiga flyg till Brasilien. HITTA BILLIGA FLYG

    Reseförsäkring

    Att resa utomlands är ett äventyr och det är alltid bäst att vara förberedd. Plötslig sjukdom eller skada, avbokning eller stöld - en reseförsäkring för Brasilien ger trygghet och är ett plus att ha. FÅ ETT PRISFÖRSLAG

    Vacciner

    Om du har för avsikt att arbeta som volontär i Brasilien bör du söka medicinsk rådgivning innan du börjar din sociala resa. Kontrollera vilka vaccinationer som krävs för Brasilien. KONTROLL AV VACCIN

    Detaljer vid ankomsten

     If you arrive on Friday, I can pick you up at any airport of Rio de Janeiro and take you to fazenda São Marcos (126km away, 2hs drive) for 150 reais (30 US dollars). Otherwise, you go to Road Station and pick a bus to Cachoeiras de Macacu and I get you there for 60 reais.

    Tillgänglighet
    Jan Febr Mars Apr Maj Jun Jul Aug Sept Okt Nov Dec

    Pris för programmet

    1 vecka (min. vistelse) 299€
    2 veckor 344€
    3 veckor 389€
    4 veckor 434€
    5 veckor 479€
    9 veckor 658€
    10 veckor 703€
    13 veckor 838€
    17 veckor 1 017€
    24 veckor 1 332€
    32 veckor 1 691€
    40 veckor 2 010€
    50 veckor (max. vistelse) 2 499€
    Genomsnittliga priser 175€/vecka

    Pris för programmet

    175€ per vecka 1 - 50 veckor Ålder 17 - 50+

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    Slutbetalning

    Din slutbetalning kommer att överenskommas med Fazenda São Marcos under ansökningsprocessen. Vanliga lösningar är antingen via banköverföring eller kontant betalning på projektplatsen.


    Möt din programledare

    Fazenda São Marcos

    Briljant 4.7 rating (20 fältrapporter)

    Byrå - grundades 1972

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    Värd är

    Marcus

    Talade språk: Engelska, Portugisiska

    Om projektet

    We preserve 95% of our land (~1km^2) as native tropical rainforest, generate income for local people. We also teach people ways to preserve and fight climate change.

    Möt din programledare

    20 years ago, my parents started a major forest regeneration in our land and today we are proudly 95% native forest. Our land stays in an important area for water generation for major urban areas of Rio de Janeiro and we have 12 spring waters protected by our forest that are part of the water supply system for millions. We have borders with a important Rio de Janeiro State Park (Três Picos) that forms an important mountain range of Atlantic rainforest that protects it and its rich biodiversity. We also have borders to another important initiative REGUA.ORG, that has been reforesting thousands of hectares (and acres) of land (or dozens of km^2) and we have borders with a natural spring water company that values forest as a form of preserving water supply.   


    In 2018, we faced a situation of housing a unemployed local person that decided to destroy a small part of our forest to make a conventional plantation to make a living. It was not only a unauthorized act but illegal, since Atlantic Forest is protected by law. We offered him a solution of getting a income using organic(bio) methods of agriculture on available land and cultivating practices that goes along with the forest (native fruit trees, mushrooms, native beekeeping) and respecting the environmental laws. That's how we started!  We started with this realization that we cannot do environmental preservation without including local people in the solution. We plan to become a scalable model that will multiply and 

    Since November 2019 we have volunteer program (we are top hosts at Worldpackers and wwoof host for quite some time), where we educate people about agroforestry, native bees, carbon and ecological  footprint, plant and fungi based diet as a healing diet and a form of fighting climate change and environmental preservation.  In fact, we emphasize the connection of healing yourself and healing the planet, where the student/volunteer realizes not only the physical benefits from chemical free plant and fungi based diet, but also the mental benefits of living in a nature abundant environment, with less high-tec distractions, understanding and appreciating the art of organic farming with his hands and few machinery. Agroforestry farming is a perfect blend of exercising and meditation where you need to bring your presence to the moment whether you're planting a delicate seedling or using a machete. 

    We are already facing climate change challenge of food scarcity and we cultivate food adapted to hotter climate like tropical edible plants that are more productive and adapted than staple foods (some of them with high negative impact in climate change like rice crops that releases a lot of methane).  

    Furthermore, we fixate tons of carbon in our syntropic agroforestry method that cultivates trees  and  develops a rich soil that brings carbon down through its root/microbial system.

    Many of the native plants have medicinal use and we are teaming up with Ayurveda teachers to provide workshops on the use of natural and medicinal use of plants for healing the body and cosmetic use. 

    We have a in house researcher and agroforestry teacher, Alexandre de Almeida, a biologist with  Phd in ecology and specialization in birds (ornithologist), and there is on going research on biodiversity in our land.

    20 fältrapporter · rating4.7

    Elie Beaufils rating5

    2024 at Agroforestry Assistant

    J ai passé 4 semaines à la Fazenda avec Marcus et deux autres volontaires françaises. J' ai appris beaucoup plus que ce que j' aurais pensé car Marcus aime vraiment ce qu il fait et on voit qu il prend plaisir à partager ses larges connaissances . L'endroit est juste magnifique ( les montagnes, ...
    Clara PETIT GARCIA rating5

    2024 at Agroforestry Assistant

    It was a wonderful experience to come here, and I am so happy I have choosen this mission. In the addition of doing a meaningful job and learning a lot about agroforestery and permaculture you have an experience with Marcus and other volonteers, all with the same conviction of making the world ...
    Drim Stokhuijzen rating4.8

    2024 at Agroforestry Assistant

    This January, I've visited Sao Marcos for two weeks. Marcos is a beautiful spirit, truly motivated and I'm really grateful to have experienced what it is like to go work in the jungle and live vegan. The house is very comfortable and I felt at home quickly. I would say I can call Marcos my friend, ...
    Antoine Van Aerde rating5

    2023 at Agroforestry Assistant

    If you're wondering about this opportunity, follow your gut. Whilst I wandered through beautiful Brazil, this was one of the stops I made - an unforgettable experience, counting countless stars at night around the campfire. Marcus and his brother are two remarkable people with such deep ...
    Scott Shanley rating4.4

    2023 at Agroforestry Assistant

    Fazenda São Marcos enjoys a dramatic setting deep in a heavily-forested ravine at the foot of Rio's granite mountains. Being in a rare ecology of mata atlantica (Atlantic Rainforest) the biodiversity there is rightly lauded as rich and fascinating. I stayed two weeks. During the first week the ...
    Scott Shanley rating3

    2023 at Agroforestry Assistant

    I leave tomorrow, having spent two extremely enjoyable weeks at Fazenda São Marcos. Where to begin? Its location in the well-irrigated mountains northeast of Rio is nothing short of cinematic. The ambience is heavenly in this, a lost fragment of Gondwana. I've had this huge farmhouse practically ...

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