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If you also think Project Kamp is a useful research for the planet, please consider supporting our work. We still have a long way to go!
Choose how to support below :)

Single Donation

There is still a lot to build and figure out for Project Kamp. The most crucial help we need now is setting up our infrastructure. Your money would go directly into setting up the project.

$7 Monthly support

Project Kamp is part of One Army an we use a platform called Patreon to support our project. This really helps us a lot as we can plan our finances in the long term. Your money will fund research, development, bills, core team salaries, food, hosting etc. Sign up and you get special insights, a badge + sticker and can see the video one week ahead!

donate your workforce

There is a lot of work to be done in Project Kamp. You can come and join us hands-on! We work with specific tasks to make sure we are not wasting each others time and you can mentally prepare upfront. Read the descriptions carefully and fill in a form if you would like to come!

Build us a pizza oven

Let’s get straight to the point. We need a pizza oven. Essential for a community to build a strong Saturday night routine. And we want a super nice one. Stone oven wood fired and made without using cement. You might need to do some research for that first, get the materials, build it and test it. We needs lot’s of testing.
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Duration: 3-4 weeks
Requirements: Just convince us you can do it.
Apply here

Build compost toilets

Kind of essential, toilets. We need 2 compost toilets. There are many variations and different methods on the web, we need the version that works in our climate. Up to you to figure out. We need a 3D drawing (for sharing) and you need to come and build the structure around it from wood. With some improvised tooling. If you are lucky there is pizza as well. Gives us some good material for testing.

Duration: 2-3 weeks
Requirements: building experience.
Apply here

Help to build a weather station

We want to setup a few weather station as mention in this update video. To keep track of humidity/temperature/wind/rainfall etc. It will be shared open source online so others can replicate. The community already started working on this in a Special Discord Server. You can join them to help out or see the project on Github

Join the Weather Discord

Video maker for weekly updates

We need video making skills to produce weekly updates. We aim to have two people on sight to capture the work the is going on. Filming + edditing skills are needed. The main challenge is that it needs to happen weekly and the setting here is very basic (not a climate control office) If you are up for a wild video making experience in the nature with a growing Youtube channel sign up! The period is from now untill end season ( 21st November 2022)

Sign up here

Vegan Chef

This year we have a small community shaping Project Kamp. And we would love to integrate a creative foodlover. Therefore we invite a vegan chef with a wild spirit, ready to cook in a funky kitchen container.
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Starts: Between June and November.
Duration: Minumum 1 month
Requirements: Previous experience in cooking for groups
Apply here

LAndscape Design

We have a big 10 hectares land. It bruned down 5 years ago and currently being taken over by (invasive) Mimosa trees. There is a big ecological job ahead of us to retain water, manage fires and bring back native trees. We're looking for an expert in ecology or landscape to make a plan for the coming years ahead.
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Starts: Between March - October 2022
Duration: Minimum 1 month.
Requirements: Examples of previous work

Closed

Help Ruin Renovation

We have a small Ruin (video) that we want to renovate this year. The goal is to make it our dry, insulated warm space for coming winter. The foundation is granite and on top hollow bricks. We need to remove the bricks, clean the granite, reinforce the structure, build new walls and roof on top. Let us know if you want to help :)
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Starts: Between April - October 2022
Duration: Minimum 1 month.
Requirements: Expereince with construction

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General help (3)

Project Kamp has a lot of work ahead and many hands are needed. We could use help in chopping bushes, making pathways, digging pipelines, help renovating our ruin (or suggest us something else). If you want to come here, eat vegan meals, live close to nature and support the project. Sign up
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Starts: Between March - October 2022
Duration: Minimum 1 month
Requirements: Convince us
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Yearly Timelapses

We would love to track our progress overtime in long timelapses. That are setup in various locations, weatherproof in a box with their own powersupply. Taking a picture everyday. Ideally we find a way to utilize old compact camera's, DSLR's and gopro's that are dusting away. Would be a great use for them. And this would benifit other projects around the world. more info about long timelapses and canon hack kit
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Starts: March 2022 (or start remote)
Duration: As long as it takes you to setup
Requirements: We share our solution open source.
Join in Discord

New Version Compost toilet

We’ve built a first version of our compost toilet last year. We need another toilet and want to iterate on the design, V2. Come and design an improved version with upgrades, build it, document it. And test it 💩
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Starts: April onwards
Duration: 1-2 months
Requirements: Design/Building experience + CAD

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Make a Height Map

For our ecological planning (and fun) we could really use a height map with contour lines. This map/model will be used to plan our landscape. There are some height maps available online but not complete enough. We are not sure what it takes to finish a good map in a 3D model. If you feel up for the task let us know what you need :)
Edit: We started a research here. Have a look and help out remotely!‍

3D model & documentation (Remote)

Medium priority

We've built a few structures and setup systems like water and solar. But we are a bit behind with our documentation. We have some 3D models and schematics but we could use some help from someone excited by documentation to wrap it up properly for the community.
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Starts: April onwards
Duration: +/- 1 Month
Requirements: Good in CAD
Join our Discord #kamp-chat

JoIN our videomaking team

We need help to produce our videos! This year we are setting up a small video team. You will join Javier to produce our weekly videos. Help to edit, write stories capture shots. The main challenge is that it needs to happen weekly, and the setting here is very basic. But we have an office this year! :) If you are up for a wild video-making experience in nature with a growing Youtube channel, sign up! The period is from now until the end season

Minimum duration: 2 months

Sign up here

ADVISE FOR a new compost toilet

We built the first version of our compost toilet during season one. So far, so good, but since we are increasing the number of people in the Kamp, we have to increase our toilet capacity and processing people´s outcomes. We need another toilet for the community. We will take care of the building but we could use help with the principles behind it.
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We've started the research so toilet experts can join and give feedback.

Help with the development remote

Vegan Chef (1x)

This year we want to take the kitchen project and diet to the next level. We are looking to integrate someone into the team interested in finding sustainable ways of eating, from cooking mostly regional, seasonal and vegan to searching ways to process food and store food.

Starts: 1st April - November
Duration: Minimum 2 months. The longer, the better :)
Requirements: Knowledge about balanced vegan diet and vegan cooking

Positions are covered.

Lake Builder (1x)

This year we want to revitalise one of the ponds on the land, clean it up and increase the size to store more water for the summer and have a buffer for fire season. The actual digging of the lake will be outsourced, but we could use the help of someone with experience building lakes and can help make a proper plan. Ideally, you come onsight to analyse the place and shape the strategy together

Requirements: Made a Lake before
Starts: April 1st 2023

Sign up here

workspace helpER (2X)

In Project Kamp there is still a lot to be made. Ruin renovations, small kitchen upgrades, new storage containers etc. You can sign up for specific projects or bring general help to our workspace team. This means a very diverse job with a good overview of all the ongoing projects in the workspace. An additional helpful skill to have is being able to make CAD drawings. This is needed for our documentation. So being able to do this is a plus.

Start: April 1st 2023
Minimum amount: 2 months. The longer, the better :)
Skills: Woodworking, General building, CAD.
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Closed for this year. Sign up for Season 4

General helpER (3x)

Project Kamp has a lot of work ahead, and many hands are needed. Our to-do list keeps on growing and gets more variety. For now, we could mainly use help in chopping bushes, clearing land and making pathways (or suggest us something else). If you want to come here, eat vegan meals, live close to nature and support the project. Sign up
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Starts: April 1st 2023
Duration: Minimum 2 months
Requirements: Convince us

Closed for this year. Sign up for Season 4

FINISHING THE "sketchy" RUIN (4x)

High priority

Last year we renovated our sketchy ruin. We built a roof, insulated the walls and finished the inside with wood. It’s been an excellent place for winter and will serve this year as an office. But the work isn’t ready yet. Inside we want to install a shower, toilet, and very basic kitchen and connect it to the water. This will require some plumbing and woodworking. The bottom granite part is still in a rougher state and needs to be cleaned up and coated and doors need to be added to turn it into two small rooms.

Duration: Minimum two months, ideally longer
Requirements: Examples of previous work
Starts: August

Sign up here

WEB DEVELOPER + NATURE (1x) 

Project Kamp aims to provide people with the knowledge to live more sustainably. For this, we develop our own software to document our research and build an online community. Other projects will also use the Open Source software. More info about it is here. It's a big project; you can always help remotely on GitHub. But this year, we are opening up the space for a web developer to come and help out to code here in the office. We are aware full-time coding here can be intense. So we envision this task to be 50% coding 50% working in nature doing bushwork to bring some balance.

Minimum Duration: 1 month
Starts: April 1st 2023
Required: React, using Firebase and Typescript.
Check out the Github repository before to see if it fits

Sign up here

Build FIRST “LEVEL 2” HOUSING (2x)

High priority

So far, everyone in Project Kamp is living in Tents and vans. We call these Level 1 house. This year we want to build our first Level 2 House. These type of houses are more permanent but don't need legalization. This house will be built on top of a truck trailer. People living here will use the shared facilities, which makes the complexity of the house low since it won't have utilities like a shower/toilet or its own solar system. We need help to get the trailer ready, build the frame on top, install windows and insulation and finish the interior. It requires some building experience with wood & metal. The theme for this house is to make it as much out of recycled materials as possible. So it would help if you were flexible to adapt to what you find. The goal is to have it finished end of the year.

Starts: June
Minimum Duration: 2 months
Building experience needed
Bonus: Being able to make CAD drawings

Sign up here

BUILD our Third Container

We have a new container in Basekamp, but this one still needs to be shaped. There is a plan on what it needs, but we need help to make it happen. So far, we've used it this winter to stuff our things and protect them from rain, but we want to do a proper project out of it. We will document it properly and open-source it, a container that could serve us and the world in their way of living in a more sustainable way.

Starts: April 1st 2023
Duration: Minimum 2 months
Requirements: Basic woodwork/metalwork and electricity skills

Upgrade the yellow van

We are still in the early days of Project Kamp and the housing is still not fully developed. A couple of years ago, we got a great present from a friend (thanks Mattia!). A yellow van that the people in the Kamp could use as a temporary housing solution. It is an old Mercedes from the Deutsche Post, which so far has been serving us very well, but time is acting on it, and it is getting a bit deteriorated. Some leaks here and there, and we won’t drive it anymore. The goal is to make it a place for 1 person to sleep. That's why we want to give it some love this season and a little renovation that can adapt it to the Kamp nowadays. If you feel that van building is something where you fit, we would be more than happy to have you here for this.

Requirements: Woodworking skills.
Ideally, previous experience with van building.
Bonus: CAD skills to be able to document it
Starts: April 1st 2023
Duration: Minimum 2 months

Fundraiser

Project Kamp has a lot of bills to pay. So far, we have been running mainly on Youtube income and some donations every now and then. As the Kamp grows, the bills grow with it, and it is time to start looking into more funding methods, from crowdfunding to grants. We have no experience with it, but we believe we have the potential to apply for some of these kinds of funds. We are looking for someone that can help us with this crucial task, someone with experience in this field that would like to help us to develop this part of the project.
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Requirements: Previous experience in fundraising or grant applications, ideally in Portugal, but not essential.
Starts: April 1st 2023
Duration: Minimum 2 months

Sign up here

Digital Community Manager

Medium priority

There are so many things happening to be captured on the land that we could use a hand to take photos, write little updates and share with the growing online community. We use Youtube and Instagram to share our work. Are you ready to walk around this lovely piece of land and see from close by how this place is getting transformed? sign up :)

Starts: April 1st 2023
Duration: Minimum 3 months
Requirements: Photography experience and okay with writing short texts

Sign up here

Coding community Platform (remote)

always priority:)

We develop our own (open source) software to document our research and build an online community. This will be a crucial part for Project Kamp in the coming years to distrubute knowledge. It's a big project and needs contributers! It's build in React, using Firebase and Typescript. You can read more about the software here and find all the code on Github.
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Starts: now
Code: On Github
Chat: On Discord)

Sponsor big development

We have a few big and crucial developments in the pipeline. Things that will require additional funding besides our beloved Patreon. This where we could really use the support of you, your company or organisation. Below a list of the current most important updates. Get in touch
*We also like Crypto ;)

Better camera gear - €1.5K

The update videos are currently filmed with a Canon g7xii in HD. We would like to capture this in 4K for the archive in the future. (Current camera overheats after 3 minutes..We are not a fan) We would like to upgrade our setup and step up our game. Also if you happen to have an unsued gopro? We could use it to make more timelapse videos :)

⭐️ Reward: Shoutout in Update video

Special thanks to: Degennifer + Sandra & Antun

Upgrade our tools - €3K

As the project grows and more people join we also need to upgrade our tools. From batteries, to chainsaws, to screwdrivers, kitchen pans, shovels to camera gear. Donating this would give us the oppertunity to update all our tools at once.

⭐️ Reward: We mention you in video :)

Double our Workspace - €5K

Our workspace is setup in a shipping container. It's great to store our tools safe and do basic work in there. But in order to expand, grow and take on more research we need to double our workspace. From 1 to 2 containers! This donation would allow us to get another container shipped to the land and equip it as a workspace.

⭐️ Reward: We will write your name on the roof so you can see it on google map

Tractor + woodchipper €18K

High priority

We have a big piece of land that needs a lot of work. It needs landscaping to retain water, clean up bruned down trees, chip wood, cut gras and dig pipes and lakes. At the moment everything is done by hand. A tractor would allow us to really work the land and speed up massivly. DOnating this would allow us to get a tractor with accesories like chippers and diggers. (we are also up for donating a second hand tractor)

⭐️ Reward: Thanks in video and we name the tractor after you.

Fund Our first guesthouse - €40K

Project Kamp is not for tourism, its a place to live and work. However we would have visitors dropping by experts, specialist, ecologist etc. We would like to be able to host them so they can share their wisdom with us. (and we share with you in a video) This would be the first comfortable, proper housing structure in Project Kamp. Sorry Vans, we love you but  its not for everyone..
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⭐️ Reward: You have the only tourist exception. You can always drop by and stay in the guesthouse :)

Special thanks to: cp287

Renovate big ruin/Community Center- €100K

High priority

We will renovate our big old ruin (seen in our most watched video) in a community center. This will allow us to host and facility many more people and visitors to help. At the moment its a burned down shed and needs a lot of work. We need to renovate it. Make architectural plans, rebuild the structure, add electricity, clear the area round and add solar panels to the roof. Follow the progress here. As a bonus try-out we want to make 1 wall from Precious Plastic :)

⭐️ Reward: We will make an awesome memorial tile for you at the entrance

Ecology + Reforestation - €20K

The entire land was fully burned down in 2017, destroying a big part of the native trees. Now what is growing back is basically 1 species, mimosas. A non native invasive tree that grows fast and takes the sunlight for other plants. This makes it in the long term very hard to create a healthy diverse forest life and will have much higher changes for wild fires again in the future. Forest fires are a big challenge in Portugal but we can help to prevent them. We will work with ecologists to analyse the land, create a landscape plan. For years to come.

⭐️ Reward: Help prevent forest fire, offset your footprint and we name the the forest after you

Upgrade our energy supply- €40K

Currently we are running fully off-grid on our own solar power. (4kw) Its awesome. That said we still need to use a generator for our big machines (3phase). If we want to be really offgrid, run machines, and scale up the community we need to setup ourselves with a better energy infrastructure. In the coming years we will scale up with four times the amount of people but are simply not equipped for it. (we are also up for collaborations)

⭐️ Reward: Named in the video and you can come here anytime to charge your Tesla.

Hook us up to solar - €100K

Running 100% on renewable energy is a long term goal for us. Easy to achieve for a small household, difficult to achieve with 380V machines like welding and a metal lathe. Is requires a big battery pack, solar panels and a backup like hydro/wind energy for the days without sun. It’s mainly a long term goal because it would take us a while before we have the funds. You can speed this up by providing the capital or sponsoring it.

⭐️ Reward: We will mention your name/help/company in our videos

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