Hästekasen permaculture farm, learning and adventure center

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2018

What we do

A small scale farm close to the sea on the Swedish west coast. At the end of a road, with a big forest in the back.
Aiming for self-sufficiency by permaculture farming. Hens, bees, sheep, ducks, dog, cat. It’s not aiming for a village (yet), more of a main house and small one-room satellite houses around it. Small off the grid, low impact, low standard houses, tiny houses. 12 hectares. 1 hectare for animals, 1 hectare for farming, the rest for recreation and firewood and building material.
We focus on water, food, shelter, warmth, building (with natural material), sewage (dry toilets).
We are attached to Erasmusplus, ESC, WWOOF and Couchsurfing. In the summertime there is a lot of visitors doing adventure activities and some yoga. Some 30+ people here.
We are looking for volunteers that would like to do an Erasmusplus/ESC volunteering (6-9 months)
A strict no-drug policy. Not even smokers of nicotine are welcome. We try to eat less sugar, avoid carrying and staring into mobiles.
We are not so “hippie-peace-love and understanding”, more like green entrepreneurs.
Hästekasen is preparing for potential collapses in economy, ecology, “energy”. Hard work is needed, more producing, less consuming.
We eat some meat, but only if it is home slaughtered. We are mostly atheists. We like nature, our own music, sport/yoga, handicraft.
We are currently saving money to be able to buy neighboring land and expand, but it is an expensive area due to proximity to the sea.
We have got a few huts for rent.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Swedish
  • Community type
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Permaculture
  • Education
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2018
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2025
  • Started living together

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  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
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How to join

Read the homepage.
Google the name.
Look at all pictures.
Present yourself thoroughly.
Start with a short “couchsurfing”.
Maybe a “workaway”.
Share the vision and lifestyle ambitions.
Land for lease available
Who are you?
What do you eat?
What is your relationship to money?
Is there a god?
How do you define honor?
Are there things you would never do?
How is your agreeableness?
How do you celebrate?
What do you produce?
What is your thoughts on toilets?
Could you produce more than you consume?
At what level do you recycle?
What are your skills in non violent communication?
Are you spiritual? How does that affect your choices?
How do you use music?
Your thoughts on hygiene?
What addictions do you have?
Can you kill?
Are you open minded?
How much energy do you consume?
What are you afraid of?
Have you met your inner child?
Work ethics. What does that mean to you?
Ever thought about your greed?
Do you know the difference between your needs and wants?
Can you build your own house?
What is your relationship to your mobile phone?
Bag with wheels or backpack?
What is in your make-up?
What irritates you?
… or whatever defines you…

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Hästekasen permaculture farm, learning and adventure center

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  • Volunteering
2 weeks ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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