Watermill – Let’s talk about Plastic! (Giersleben near Magedeburg)

Name: Watermill – Let’s talk about Plastic! (Giersleben near Magedeburg)
Start: 2019-08-03
End: 2019-08-11
Location: Gatersleben, Germany

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Germany Environment Renovation Environment Renovation Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Lucas Mill is located in Giersleben, a small village near Aschersleben in Saxony-Anhalt. The association ‘Lucas Mühle e.V’. was founded in 2018 by 7 people. Being a very new project there is a lot to do, and to get active with. We dedicated our association to strive for an ecological, and organic way of using the land around the mill. Make it a place where people can meet, exchange knowledge, and experience and also traditional skills. No matter how old someone is, or where the person comes from. The people that are active around the mill are very diverse, and put in a lot of effort during their free time.

💼 What the programme involves

- maintenance of the building - general garden/farm work, planting trees, weeding the yard - wood work, handicrafts, re-constructing of parts of buildings on site

🏠 Accommodation on site

Indoor sleeping area with mattresses in a big room (no gender segregation possible). Simple sanitary conditions. Veggies from the garden or grown locally. Little to no meat. Breakfast and Dinner will be prepared by the participants. Lunch will be taken care of by friends of the project. Please bring outdoor clothes, good shoes/boots, a warm sleeping bag and be prepared for cold nights. It is hard to predict the weather in August in Germany.

⚠️ Requirements

Readiness to do physical work up to 6 hours daily. Ability to adapt to very basic conditions. Enjoying farming and crafting work with all its many and varied challenges and possibilities. Curiosity to learn, try and develop new skills. Mindfulness, team-spirit and self-initiative desired. Interest in the topic of plastic.

ℹ️ Additional information

We will visit Aschersleben, the oldest city in Saxony-Anhalt. One day after work we are going to have an intercultural evening where you can share sweets, songs, dance, and so on from your home countries. After the working days we will offer a presentation about what we have done to the public of the region. Bring working clothes, and boots that can get wet. At the moment there is no WiFi on the property, prepare to live without it for one week. We are going to have 3 workshops about plastic, please inform yourself about plastic usage in your country.

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📅 Available sessions

DE-SCI 11.15

03/08/2019 → 11/08/2019

Closed

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

06 Gatersleben, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:54 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German