Pan Gaia Permaculture

*Sustainably: In such a manner that, within the defined area, no resources are consumed faster than their natural replenishment, and the enclosed system can continue indefinitely without degradation of its internal resource base or the standard of living of the people and the rest of the ecosystem within it, and without contributing to the non-sustainability of ecosystems outside. 

 

Sustainably

*Sustainably

Regenerative

If you have a dream of owning a farm someday but have never actually farmed, then this program is designed to help you decide if this lifestyle is for you

Please fill out the application below.

Farm Volunteer Program

This is a workshare program to give you some experience and knowledge of what it takes to have a farm or large garden.

There is a required 25 hours per week of your labor to offset the cost of accommodation and food and supervised instruction plus 2,000,000vnd to offset our time for supervised instruction. 20% of this amount will be donated to one of our community outreach programs for the local indigenous community.

We are a working farm, not a farm stay. The living and work conditions can be classified as rustic.

 

What you get being a volunteer

This program gives you some experience and knowledge of what it takes to have your own farm or even a large garden. You may be assigned to assist PDC students in their projects from time to time.

You may sit in on other classes (if held) after the completion of daily chores. You can ask questions to the owner, teachers, or other students as long as it doesn't interfere with their duties/studies.

Any tasks assigned to you will be given a complete explanation as to what you are doing and why it is being done in that manner.

You can expect to gain knowledge on the following (some may not be available due to the season, availability of materials or needs of the farm):

1. How to create and use compost
2. Where to plant annuals
3. Why certain annuals are planted here and not others
4. How to mulch and its importance
5. How, and what, to feed chickens

What we will provide

- Bed with mattress, or a tent

- Blanket

- Pillow

- Bed sheets

- Mosquito net

- Shared, small kitchen w/cooking utensils

- Shared refrigerator/freezer to put your food in

- Rice, chicken, eggs, mushrooms, and vegetables picked by you from the garden or bought at the local garden.

- WiFi

What you should bring, or provide

- Personal Hygiene products that do not contain anti-bacterial ingredients or fluoride

- Towel and washcloth

- Boots during the rainy season

- Shoes or boots during the dry season

- Raincoat

- Long sleeve shirt

- Lightweight long work pants 

- Broad-brimmed hat (traditional straw hat may be provided)

- Sleeping bag if you choose to stay in a tent

- Flashlight

 

 

 

 

What is expected from you

Applicants should have the following;

- Minimum of 18 years of age

- strong work ethic

- a fit and able body and mind (manual work is often repetitive and strenuous.)

- You must be able to work at least 5 hours a day

- excellent communication skills

- work with a task-based approach (as opposed to a time-based system).  This is farming!

- Farm Tasks: Managing the nursery, chickens, goats, building compost, worm farms, weeding, planting, digging earthworks, watering, spreading compost, repairing/creating infrastructure, basically, anything that we need to get done to provide our educational training and move our permaculture projects forward.

- All volunteers must contribute to work in the community garden. There will be fresh produce for you to pick and seeds/seedlings for you to plant to replace what was used.

- When arriving, or leaving, please ensure that the times are between 8am and 8pm.

- This is a smoke, drug, and alcohol-free farm. ( No, that doesn't mean they are free 😉  ) That doesn't mean you can't go out and have a beer or smoke. It just means you can't do it on the farm. We have children that live here and many visit. We don't want to expose them to those.

What experience is required?

You only need the following to apply;

1. Being on Time
2. Good Work Ethic
3. Honest Effort
4. Positive Energy
5. Friendly Attitude
6. Being Coachable
7. Doing Extra
8. Being Prepared
9. Shared Passion

How much does it cost?

2-week Farm Volunteer - This program will give you some experience, and knowledge, in what it takes to be a farmer.

We provide rice and eggs, fruit, and vegetables from the garden or market. Anything else is provided by you

There is a 2,000,000vnd (approx. $82) non-refundable fee, per 2-week period, required of which 20% of this amount will be donated to one of our community outreach programs for the local indigenous or underprivileged community.

See what other volunteers have said about their experience

"The time in Pangaia had so much meaning for me. I love everything in Pan Gaia just I can't drink milk tea there haha. I miss you, Mrs.Le, Vân Chi, Xíu, chị Linh,... so much. Thank you a lot for teaching me new knowledge that I think I would never know anywhere else. I gonna be back soon so I can learn more from you and so many questions go on. " - Thao Phuong

"It’s hard to tell the reason as everything that has happened, each piece of memory during my stay is really precious to me.
I got to be indulged in nature and drown myself in the warm embrace of mother Earth. The knowledge I’ve gained from the talk with Rich every day and also through work/practice is incredibly big and amazing. And there's this wonderful wonderful family, a mother, and two kids who made me feel belong like I'm a kid again, and that I'm cared for.
I love the silence there, the atmosphere, the stars that I can hardly see clearly in the city, the calm forests that when they get a gust of wind, all of the trees start to sing and dance, and the dogs. I love the version of myself when staying there.
And many more." - (10 out of 10) Ngọc Nguyễn

"I think it would be more fun if I didn't forget my sunscreen and had more volunteers on the farm :)). I miss you all." - (10 out of 10) Phuong Nguyen

 

Volunteer Application Form (ID #10318)

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Why do you want to volunteer? *

Please put the dates you would like to volunteer. (2 weeks minimum)

What are your past experience (list all - ex. student, teacher, store clerk, accountant ec) *

What is your highest completed grade? (ex. - High School, some college, --- degree, etc.) *

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Volunteer

What is the most important job in society? Policeman? Politician? Manager? Factory worker? Teacher?

Actually, the most important job in society is the one that feeds you! A Farmer!

Without food, no other job can be performed. Our current method of farming is unsustainable and we will run out of topsoil within the next 30-50 years if we do nothing.

But farming is hard, isn’t it? I don’t own any land. I don’t want to buy land if I don’t know what to do, or how to do it.

The answer is a FARM INTERNSHIP. We have several programs designed to give you a taste of farming.

Internship Programs

We have 3 different Internship programs for you to choose from.

1. 30-day Internship with no training *

2. 60-day Internship with training *

3. 4 month PDC workshare **

* Will recieve a certificate of Internship Completion accepted by most educational institutions

** Will recieve a Permaculture Design Certification

What you get with our Internships

30 Day Internship w/o Training;

- Shared housing or tent
- Modern toilet facilities
- Kitchen facilities
- Food - we provide rice and chicken. Vegetables, eggs, and mushrooms are picked by you from the garden or bought in the market.
- Community living – Cooking, cleaning, socializing

60 day Internship with Training;

- Shared housing or tent
- Hot showers and toilet facilities
- Kitchen facilities
- Food - we provide rice and chicken. Vegetables, eggs, and mushrooms are picked by you from the garden.
- Community living – Cooking, cleaning, socializing

PLUS: - One-on-one/class instruction:
- Soil remediation techniques
- Compost styles
- Earthworks for preserving water
- Trees and their functions
- Food forest design
- Perrenials
- Fungi

4-month workshare with PDC

- Shared housing or tent
- Hot showers and toilet facilities
- Kitchen facilities
- Food - we provide rice and chicken. Vegetables, eggs, and mushrooms are picked by you from the garden.
- Community living – Cooking, cleaning, socializing

Permaculture Design Certificate

Classes in;

• Introduction- What is Permaculture?
• Three Ethics
  • Care for the Earth
    
  • Care for People
  • Care for the Future (Fair share, share of excess)
• Principles & Responsibilities – 
  • Principle of Observation and action
  • Catch and Store Energy
  • Obtain a Yield
  • Apply Self Regulations and Accept Feedback
  • Use and Value Renewable Energy and Resources
  • Produce No Waste
  • Design From Pattern to Detail
  • Integrate Rather Than Segregate
  • Cooperation Not Competition
  • Use Small and Slow Solutions
  • Use and Value Diversity
  • Use Edges and Value the Marginal
  • Creatively Use and Respond to Change
• Patterns of Nature
• Our Regenerative World
• Trees  
• Water
• Soil
• Fungi
• Earthworks & Earth Resources
  
• Permaculture Processes & Frameworks 
• Food Forests & Gardens
• Tropical Climates
• Temperate Climates
• Arid Climates
• Aquaculture
• Alternative Energy
  
• Urban Permaculture
  
• Permatecture
  
• Social Permaculture
• Regenerative Agriculture
• Permaculture in Action
• Careers in Permaculture

 

What we will provide

- Bed with mattress, or a tent

- Blanket

- Pillow

- Bed sheets

- Mosquito net

- Small kitchen w/cooking utensils

- Refrigerator/freezer to put your food in

-WiFi

What you should bring, or provide

- Personal Hygiene products that do not contain anti-bacterial ingredients or fluoride

- Towel and washcloth

- Boots during the rainy season

- Shoes or boots during the dry season

- Raincoat

- Long sleeve shirt

- Lightweight long work pants 

- Broad-brimmed hat (traditional straw hat may be provided)

- Sleeping bag if you choose to stay in a tent

- Flashlight

- Negative covid test within 24hrs before arriving.

- Notebook to document your new-found knowledge

 

 

What is expected from you

Applicants should have the following;

- Minimum of 18 years of age

- strong work ethic

- a fit and able body and mind (manual work is often repetitive and strenuous.)

- You must be able to work at least 5 hours a day

- excellent communication skills

- work with a task-based approach (as opposed to a time-based system).  This is farming!

- Farm Tasks: Managing the nursery, chickens, goats, building compost, worm farms, weeding, planting, digging earthworks, watering, spreading compost, repairing/creating infrastructure, basically, anything that we need to get done to provide our educational training and move our permaculture projects forward.

- All interns must contribute to work in the community garden. There will be fresh produce for you to pick and seeds/seedlings for you to plant to replace what was used.

- This is a smoke, drug, and alcohol-free farm. ( No, that doesn't mean they are free 😉  ) That doesn't mean you can't go out and have a beer or smoke. It just means you can't do it on the farm. We have children that live here and many visit. We don't want to expose them to those.

What experience is required?

You only need the following to apply;

1. Being on Time
2. Good Work Ethic
3. Honest Effort
4. Positive Energy
5. Friendly Attitude
6. Being Coachable
7. Doing Extra
8. Being Prepared
9. Shared Passion

How much does it cost?

30-day Internship without Classes - This is a workshare program to give you some experience in what it takes to be a farmer, and a Certificate of Completion.

Through experience, you will learn the following (depending on the time of year)

1. mulching
2. compost making
3. housing and feeding of chickens
4. making biochar
5. earthworks
6. irrigation
7. Soil remediation techniques
8. Trees and their functions
9. Food forest design

We provide rice and eggs, fruit, and vegetables from the garden. You provide anything else.

We required a 1,000,000vnd non-refundable deposit ($43.00)  

Due on Arrival - 3,000,000vnd

Total                  - 4,000,000vnd ($127)

60-day Internship with classes -

Through experience and one-on-one teaching, you will learn the following (depending on the time of year)

1. identify soil types
2. plant guilds
3. companion planting
4. mulching
5. compost making
6. housing and feeding of chickens
7. making biochar
8. earthworks
9. irrigation

Deposit                      1,000,000vnd (non-refundable)($43.00)  

Due upon Arrival  6,000,000 Due upon arrival

TOTAL -                 7,000,000vnd ($300)

 

To apply, fill out this form

Internship Application Form

Name *

Email *

Email

Confirm Email

How old are you? *

City of residence *

Why do you want to be an intern? *

What are your past experience (list all - ex. student, teacher, store clerk, accountant ec) *

What is your highest completed grade? (ex. - High School, some college, --- degree, etc.) *

Emergency contact (who should we call in case of an emergency?) *

Please share any special skills you have.

Please put your Facebook profile here so we can contact you via messenger. *

Submit

Farm Internship

Eight week PDC Internship
– shared housing or tent
– hot showers and toilet facilities
– Kitchen facilities
– Food – we provide rice and eggs, anything else is provided by you We will arrange to buy these items for you or you can go to the local market. Vegetables are picked by you from the garden.
– Community living – Cooking, cleaning, socializing
– Farm Tasks: Managing the nursery, chickens, goats, building compost, worm farms, weeding, planting, digging earthworks, watering, spreading compost, repairing/creating infrastructure, basically, anything that we need to get done to provide our educational trainings and move our permaculture projects forward.
– All interns must contribute work in the community garden. There will be fresh produce for you to pick and seeds/seedlings for you to plant to replace what was used. We will provide you with our farm-fresh produce and eggs as available. Interns are responsible for providing all other groceries.

PLUS: – Certified Permaculture Design Certificate

 

Permaculture Design Certification Internship