Join us as Resident - Avnø Oasis

Be our resident

For a natural, connected and balanced life, find your sanctuary here

Our days take many colourful forms and are filled with a broad variety of activities (and unexpected events). Realizing a project of this size requires commitment, a variety of skills, practical work and communal involvement. It also offers rich possibilities for development of personal, practical, organisational, social and communal skills.

If you are eager to put your body, mind & soul
in an intense combination of social interaction, research, experiment, design, practical tasks and the creation of a more sustainable model of life, we invite you to start with exploring life in our ecovillage. That is the first step. You can read more about the process of becoming a member in our Infopackage for explorers.

TAKE YOUR FIRST STEP

An enjoyable long-term participation is based on 3 factors:

A personal vision and values that align with our 7 keys.
You have found one or more roles and functions that that makes your heart sing and satisfy a need of the community.
You like to connect with other community members.

We have vacancies in these areas:

Promotion — with a background in marketing
Maintenance
Hosting – dealing with spaces, people & event partnerships
A kitchen chef (3-4 people with this role ideally)
A person attracting and managing business partnerships
Economy — bookkeeping, economy overview, pocketmoney
Legal matters and contact with Authorities (ideally a Danish speaking person)
Vegetable and herbal gardens.
Grants/fundings (Erasmus+, ESC, CISU etc.)
Event coordination (Erasmus, ESC, CISU etc)

Great if you have skills, but we can also train you.

Our community life & culture

We have many shared Facilities including a car share association. A large common area and many shared facilities require that each of us spend around 2 hours/day + 1 day/month on daily chores and upkeep of our home.
As much as possible we try to align work tasks with skills and interests, so we can work from inspiration rather than obligation.
We aim to find a healthy balance between work, social life and withdrawing to connect with ourselves or nature.
We’re in a nature reserve area, so we strongly recommend taking walks or bikerides in the area!
As a community, we sometimes sing, play games, watch a movie, sit by the fireplace or do other social activities. Other days we take time on our own. In your free time it is often possible to participate in some of Avnø højskole’s activities.

With the intention to co-create a more sustainable lifestyle, Avnø Oasis is a melting pot of people with different cultural backgrounds and skills ranging from ecovillage-design, permaculture, holistic nutrition, personal and spiritual development to entrepreneurship and sociocracy.
With 7 to 11 different nationalities around the table we mostly speak English.
Our community kitchen serves 3 daily meals prepared using macrobiotic principles. Recreational use of drugs and alcohol doesn’t align with our values, therefore everyone is kindly asked not to bring or consume them at Avnø Oasis.
All bedrooms have private bathrooms.

Curious if Avnø Oasis could be a place for you?

Beneath you can find the 10 ways to participate in our community life, live with us for a while or become a member of the project.

TAKE YOUR FIRST STEP