Permaculture Education Live-In
Work-Exchange Program
Live on the farm and learn tropical permaculture, homesteading, and off grid living through hands on work, and exclusive class materials.
click here for more about our work exchange program through WWOOF
https://wwoofusa.org/en/host/26935
Location:
Kapoho Hawaii at Malama Aina Permaculture Homestead home to the Tropical Subsistence Demonstration Gardens.
Length of Stay:
1 week trial period at the beginning of your stay.
1 month minimum stay.
3 month stay preferred.
Long term open ended stays are welcome if it's a good fit.
$100 fully refundable security deposit this is primarily to cover possible lost tools or damage.
2 work exchange positions are currently available.
The Work:
21 hrs per week. Tasks will vary with the seasons and the projects needed done on the land. The bulk of recurring maintenance on the homestead involves mulching, both with chop and drop involving a wide variety of coppiced and pollarded trees, and with recycled "County mulch". Weeding, harvesting, and planting are also frequently performed. Building projects, are also sometimes in the works and may require, sanding, painting, light construction etc. Machete, sickles, shovels, digging bars, picks, and loppers are some of the common tools you will be using to , "chop and drop", dig holes for planting. Much of this work is of a physically demanding nature.. Applicants should be able to work for 4 hrs at a time. There are usually multiple different tasks that need done so it is often possible to get assigned less physically demanding work on occasion as needed. Cleaning of common and personal areas, and food prep, are Not included in your work hours.
The Class Materials:
All materials for the 25 part class series "How to Grow a Complete Diet in Hawaii with Permaculture "will be provided to work exchangers. This includes 50 pages of class notes, and 25 slideshows including approximately 2500 photos. As well as recipes and plant identification guides. This material is provided through digital access, and can be viewed on a phone, tablet, or laptop. Work exchangers are not required to study this material, however, ideal applicants will find access to this educational material highly enticing and will be movatited with self study to further their knowledge on the subject.
Food provided:
Roughly about 50 to 75% of your food will be provided from the land. This includes: a wide variety of cooking greens and culinary herbs, bananas, papayas, various fruits and vegetables, coconuts for making coconut milk, and sprouted coconuts, cassava, etc.. Many fruits and vegetables are seasonal so we eat with the seasons and we can't guarantee what will be available. Filtered drinking water will be provided.
You are responsible for the rest of your food, such as rice, beans, eggs, meat, may be required depending on your diet, the season, etc.
Shared Amenities:
Open air kitchen with fridge/freezer, sink, propane 2 burner stove, lights, blender, dishes, pots, pans, coconut opener and grater. Solar oven.
Limited solar electricity for charging phones and devices during the day only.
Hot shower.
Composting toilet that uses sawdust and lime and feeds trees on the land.
Communications: we get decent At&t cell service here, Verizon does not have service here. We do not have wifi.
Personal accommodations:
10x20 covered open air carport tent with close-able ends with 4x8 raised bed platform. 6x6 personal yoga space covered with padded flooring tiles. Two mosquito nets for bed and yoga spaces. No electricity.
Personal skills:
Skills in any of the following areas are helpful but not required: Gardening, farming, Permaculture, Nursery Management, Website Design, Marketing, Natural and conventional Building, photography, videography, video editing, cooking, etc.
Serious only please!
Thank you for being respectful of my time and energy.
All applicants must fill out a detailed application form including references.
For more info on who I am and what I do please see my bio page.
Please contact me with any questions or to request an application
Thanks,
Wade Bauer
Malama Aina Permaculture: Edible Landscape Design, Education & Nursery
[email protected]