Individual education: a steady home in southern France
Helping young people find their place in the world.
- Nature
- Craft
- Technology
- Education
A home with a steady daily life in southern France, with a workshop, a studio and a garden, for young people who struggle to find their way in our society. Now and then, journeys into nature come on top.
The Project
A space, the time and the tools to learn and to grow.
How it works
- Step 01
Arrive
Settle in. Get to know each other. Find out together which talents and interests are waiting to be discovered.
- Step 02
Grow
Learn, train and practise: in the workshop, the studio, the house and outdoors. What we go for: creativity plus discipline.
- Step 03
Move on
See your time here as an apprenticeship: an adventure that prepares you for life and makes you stronger.
The base: a house in Mirepoix
The heart of the project is my home in Mirepoix, in the south of France: a large house in a small, cosy village near the mountains. This is where we live together and build a steady daily life.
The house serves me in many ways: it is where I do my work and pursue my passions, and a place I share with those who need time to figure out their lives.
At the house we have:
On top: travel and adventure
Now and then, we head out from the base into the world and go wherever our feet take us: an add-on to daily life at the house, not its centre.
Travel projects can last from a few days to weeks or even months. The way I travel with young people is rooted in nature: on foot with a backpack, carrying tent and sleeping bag, through forests and mountains.
Here is an overview of travel projects I have done with young people in the past.
0. Base
Ariège, my home for 15 years now, and where everything sets out from.
1. Camino de Santiago, northern Spain
Several months
Travel project on foot along the Camino de Santiago through northern Spain.
2. Romania
Several months
Residential project with young people in Romania.
3. Southern Spain
Several months
Travel project on foot through southern Spain.
On horseback from southern France to Norway
4.1 France
2 years
With one young person on horseback through France.
On horseback from southern France to Norway
4.2 Northern Germany
Several months
With another young person on through northern Germany.
On horseback from southern France to Norway
4.3 Sweden and Norway
With a third young person through Sweden to Norway.
5. Kayak trip, eastern Germany
Several months
Travel project by kayak through eastern Germany.
6. Cape Verde
Several months
Travel project in the Cape Verde islands.
Past journeys
- 0
Base
Ariège, my home for 15 years now, and where everything sets out from.
- 1
Camino de Santiago, northern Spain
Several months
Travel project on foot along the Camino de Santiago through northern Spain.
- 2
Romania
Several months
Residential project with young people in Romania.
- 3
Southern Spain
Several months
Travel project on foot through southern Spain.
- 4
On horseback from southern France to Norway
Several years
Travel project on horseback in three stages, each with a different young person.
4.1 France · 2 years
With one young person on horseback through France.
4.2 Northern Germany · Several months
With another young person on through northern Germany.
4.3 Sweden and Norway
With a third young person through Sweden to Norway.
- 5
Kayak trip, eastern Germany
Several months
Travel project by kayak through eastern Germany.
- 6
Cape Verde
Several months
Travel project in the Cape Verde islands.