The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2009

What we do

We rescue, rehabilitate and where appropriate rehome animals, both native and introduced, with a particular focus on ex-farm animals. We currently have about 200 animals in our care.
We have intersectional politics and our core values are animals rights, feminist (we encourage non-cis men to build and to use power tools, the project as a whole is run by non cis men), anti racist, anti homophobic / pro queer and the environment.
We have been in operation as a sanctuary for 8 years. We own 26 acres/10.5 hectares of land just over an hour north of Wellington. We have a communal house, sleepouts, house trucks and a caravan as accommodation.
We are mostly run through volunteer and work exchange with a small wage available for long term residents. We have 3 opshops that generate funds towards our mortgage and animal care costs.
We educate through our opshop projects and in conjunction with other animal rights/welfare organisations.

  • Languages
  • English
  • German

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2009
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

Please email and we will send some questions. If you sound like a good match we can arrange a visit and you can also ask questions about us.
Then we arrange a month trial and if it is a great fit then you can apply to stay long term.

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12 years ago

Thai Massage course in Greece

4-11th July: Thai Massage course in Nea Makri, Greece A one week live-in course in Nea Makri, Greece hosted by Nea Guinea Course outline Traditional Thai massage is an ancient healing art that consists of a set of techniques developed in Southeast Asia 2500 years ago. These techniques are applied in order to stimulate and balance the flow of energy in the basic channels that run throughout the body and enhance the system’s potential for self-healing. Application of pressure along the energy lines and passive stretching, release nerve and muscle tension, activate blood and lymph circulation and detoxify the tissues. This workshop is a one week immersion in this traditional healing art, focusing on: – the correct posture and the synchronization of movement and breathing . – basic stretching and pressuring techniques (using thumbs, elbows and forearms) in prone, supine, side. Instructor Aspasia Rarri has been trained in Traditional Thai Massage, in Northern Thailand, by attending seminars and practicing with local teachers. Specifically, she has studied Traditional Thai Yoga Massage with Dot Po at the Sunshine Massage School of Chiang Mai and Advanced Thai Massage and Chi Nei Tsang (abdominal massage) with Ohm Rinraya in the Omsala School in Chiang Mai. For the last 5 years she has been working as a practitioner, immersing in this healing art with love and devotion. Since 2012, she has been organizing Thai massage courses in Nea Guinea and she has been coordinating the Alternative Healing Space, a project that has been developed with the collaboration of natural healers who are committed in diffusing natural healing practices and making them accessible to everyone, through open informative events and therapeutic sessions at very low rates. In addition, she has been practicing Yoga and Capoeira, in search of diverse methods and techniques to approach and explore in depth the complexity of the human body. Venue The course will be held in Nea
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12 years ago

Curso BioconstrucciĂłn: Yurta, domo y

Queremos ofrecer un Curso en el que aprender, experimentar y profundizar en algunos aspectos de la BioconstrucciĂłn, de manera profesional, familiar y cercana al mismo tiempo. En este curso aprenderemos sobre la construcciĂłn de estructuras tales como: domo geodĂ©sico, yurta, techos de cañizo, arcos y columnas de cañas, que pueden ser urilizadas para construcciĂłn de pĂ©rgolas, invernaderos, sombreados, escenarios y mucho más….; todo ello con materiales locales vegetales: caña y pita (ágave). Domo geodĂ©sico. ConstrucciĂłn paso a paso de un domo geodĂ©sico: selecciĂłn y recolecciĂłn de materiales cañas, tipos de domos y elecciĂłn de tamaño, construcciĂłn de segmentos “palos” en sus diferentes fases, montaje de un domo. Hablaremos tambiĂ©n de las posibilidades de acondicionamiento para vivienda: puertas, ventas, suelos, cubierta, aislamiento, etc Yurta. ConstrucciĂłn paso a paso de la estructura de una yurta: selecciĂłn y preparado de materiales vegetales locales ej. madera de pita, construcciĂłn de la “khana” los muros (vaporizado y doblaje ), construcciĂłn de vigas del techo “uni”, construcciĂłn de la corona, tipos de yurtas y elecciĂłn de tamaño, montaje de la estructura de la yurta. Hablaremos tambiĂ©n de las posibilidades de acondicionamiento para vivienda: puertas, ventas, suelos, cubierta, aislamiento, etc..; cambio de tamaño de la yurta. Arcos y colunmas de cañas. Nos familiarizaremos con la caña: selecciĂłn, recolecciĂłn, limpieza, preparaciĂłn y usos. Herramientas y materiales. Diferentes tĂ©cnicas de construcciĂłn de arcos y colunmas de diversas dimensiones. Experimentar sus diversas funciones y posibilidades. Veremos como estas estructuras se pueden utilizar para crear pĂ©rgolas, invernaderos, incluso escenarios y puentes. Y veremos algunos de ellos in situ. Usos tradicionales de las cañas. Si queda tiempo y ganas, veremos como hacer techos cañizos y vallas. Veremos tambiĂ©n como trabajar las cañas para construir techados para exterior o interior y vallas para huer

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