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Jobs with Environmental Organizations, Nonprofits, NGOs, Green Business, Education, Government
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Organic Gardens & Farms across Canada & Worldwide, WWOOF/volunteer/barter/intern/eco-travel. Date posted to GoodWorkCanada.ca:
May 28 2010
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Go Wwoofing 2009
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What: volunteering/learning/living on organic gardens & farms
Why: fun, experience, learning, community, travel, lifestyle
Where: 70 countries -- 600 locations in Canada alone
Who: all ages and levels of experience
When: spring, summer or fall (some hosts also welcome Wwoofers in winter)
Duration: negotiable -- a few days, weeks or a whole season
Cost: Canadian membership is $40 to $50 per year
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What in the World is Wwoofing?
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The variety is endless: from prairies, to mountains, to the
ocean shore... from hobby gardens to full-time farms...
from solar-powered homes to ecovillages... from herbs,
to orchards, to livestock... from swimming holes to
gourmet, natural foods cooking.
WWOOF is an international network of organic farms,
gardens and businesses where you can stay and receive
food, accommodation and training in return for your help
and participation. No experience is required, although any
skills you have can be put to good use. There are about
600 locations in Canada alone -- plus 70 other countries
around the world.
Wwoofing is not only for people who want to garden or
farm. There are also opportunities for handy persons,
cooks, teachers, child carers, consultants -- and just
about anyone else.
Wwoofing is what you make it. For some people, it's a way
to learn about organic gardening, perhaps to start a garden,
a farm or business of their own. For others, it's a way to
live healthily and sustainably for a few days, weeks or a
season -- eating well, breathing fresh air, and enjoying
good company. For yet others, it's an experiment with
non-urban living, a foray into a new lifestyle. And, for
those bitten by the travel bug, it's a unique way to travel
the world and experience other cultures.
How does it work? When you join Wwoof Canada, for
example, you pay a $40 membership fee and receive
a booklet with descriptions of all the hosts in Canada.
You agree not to share the Wwoof book with non-members
-- it's only through memberships that the Wwoof networks
are able to exist.
After that, there's no middle man: you read the book, select
one or more hosts that interest you, and contact them
directly. It's up to you to communicate with the host to give
them a good idea of your interests, limitations, time-frame,
etc. Every host is different -- it's important to ask questions
about what kind of work is involved, accommodations,
meals, preferred length of visit, and anything else that's
on your mind.
If you love this planet, have good communication skills
and a positive, can-do spirit, wwoofing is for you. It can
be an inspiring way to connect to our planet in the most
fundamental way -- by living off the land and helping
grow the food we eat every day.
- Peter Blanchard
http://Planetfriendly.net/wwoof.html
WWOOF LISTINGS, ORGANIZATIONS, RESOURCES
http://www.wwoof.ca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWOOF
http://www.planetfriendly.net/wwoof.html#orgs
ORGANIC JOBS, INTERNSHIPS & APPRENTICESHIPS
GoodWork (Canada) http://planetfriendly.net/gw.php?theme=food
PlanetVolunteer (Canada) http://planetfriendly.net/volunteer/vol.php?theme=food
SOIL (Canada) http://planetfriendly.net/gwd.php?id=6180
ACORN (Atlantic Canada) http://planetfriendly.net/gwd.php?id=6559
CRAFT (Ontario) http://planetfriendly.net/gwd.php?id=7885
ORGANIC GARDENING & FARMING RESOURCES
http://www.planetfriendly.net/organic.html
Gardening http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_gardening
http://directory.google.com/Top/Home/Gardening/Organic/
Farming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_agriculture
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Agriculture/Sustainable_Agricult...
SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESOURCES
http://www.planetfriendly.net/living.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/Sustainability/Susta...
Rural Living http://directory.google.com/Top/Home/Rural_Living/
Homesteading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homesteading
http://directory.google.com/Top/Home/Rural_Living/Homesteading/
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"WWOOF originally stood for Working Weekends
On Organic Farms. These days some call it Willing
Workers On Organic Farms or World Wide
Opportunities on Organic Farms." - wwoofinternational.org
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Why Organic?
http://www.planetfriendly.net/organic.html#whylinks
"Conventional farming produces high yields, but there are
also enormous costs -- pollution of groundwater, rivers,
lakes and coastal areas, and reduced soil productivity
through nutrient leaching. The use of pesticides and
herbicides also kills beneficial non-target species and poses
a health risk to farm workers and potentially to consumers.
None of these 'external' costs are factored in to the price
of conventionally grown crops." -- David Suzuki
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