FUNDACIÓN YŪTOPIALAB (COL-138)


Type: Environmental/Green Projects: Environmental awareness raising - Country: Colombia

Brief description and main aims

Fundación YtopiaLab is a non-profit organization focused on demonstrating a creative agrarian
lifestyle, inspiring those who come through our farm to think about how we can all work together
to live more harmoniously with nature.
YtopiaLab is located 35 minutes from Cali on the way to the Pacific Ocean. The hub of the farm
is a house constructed of natural materials with 5 rooms, each room with its own bathroom, a big
kitchen/dining/living room, library and yoga room.

Cultural Exposure

Cali, the capital of Valle del Cauca, combines contemporary achievements and traditional
neighborhoods where churches, museums and theaters, now declared national monuments, are
still kept. These architectural values frame the hills of Cristo Rey, the Tres Cruces and the San
Antonio hill..
 
Cali has a lot of history, a very active
cultural life and thanks to its ethnic richness,
has a variety of music ranging from the
currulao of the Pacific coast to the great
protagonist of the city: salsa

Main Activities

We grow most of our own food on our 1.6 hectare
hillside farm, blending the practices of agroecology,
permaculture, biodynamics, and biointensive farming,
but we also understand the importance of the arts, of
language exchange, and of grounded spirituality. To
this end, we host formal and not-so-formal gatherings
to ensure that our lives are well balanced.

Volunteer tasks

  • The majority of the work will be farm work: vegetable bed maintenance, planting, weeding, pruning, building compost, animal chores, harvesting and processing what we harvest.
  • Occasionally there are ongoing construction projects (ex: house painting)
  • Activities with the comunity

Volunteer requirements / Skills

Respectful, open-minded, patient, ready to learn, mature, helpful, curious

Location

Valle del Cauca

Duration

1 year, 6 months, 3 months

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

Project

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