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What is Kuckucksmühle?
(KuM)
Kuckucksmühle (Cuckoo Mill) is a historical water mill in the North East of Germany, (Branderburg Federal State). We aim to restore the mill and its outbuilding, set up a Hackerspace / Hackbase and permaculture farm.
Kuckucksmühle is part of the Eco Hacker Farm project.
Who is it for?
Anyone who shares our ideals is welcome to participate online or on site in the ongoing projects.
What goes on at the location?
We would like people to come, share their knowledge and participate in community activities linked to restoration of the old mill and its outbuildings, gardening, digital and hardware infrastructure, organizing and planning the future.
What's in the garden?
Have a look at the garden article.
What's cooking?
What we need
Support us with things we need, things that maybe garbage to you or things that you realize you don't use but in a community it would make sense: List of things we use and want
Feel free to contact us if you think we could use something, that you would like to give away: kuckucksmuehle@ecohackerfarm.org
Donations for seeds
We ask all our friends, visitors and supporters from near and far to help us buy organic seeds for our garden.
Donate to our seed pool by paypal or in person when you come for a visit. You can also pledge an amount and donate the money on your next visit, send us an email with your pledge amount to kuckucksmuehle@ecohackerfarm.org. You can also read more about the garden to find out what we are planting.
Research & Projects
As a community we want to document our research and our projects so that other communities or the future us can replicate or improve them when we need to with minimum effort.
Calendar & Events
Find out about events coming up periodically for people to hang out and work together as a community.
For a quick view you can also have a look at our calendar.
I would like to visit the project…
Please read our Conditions
You are more than welcome to come visit us, if you'd like to come stay please use the form here.
We offer free stays as part of our Volunteering programm when we have space and funding.
You can also write an Email to kuckucksmuehle@ecohackerfarm.org
How to find us…
Find out the directions here
What if I want to volunteer my time remotely?
You're very welcome to do so, you can start by reading our Project Management System Guide and contact us directly to let us know how you would like to help us.
Membership, Bureaucracy & Finances
If you are interested you can read about our structure, official set up and look at our financial records.
Read our membership definition article to find out how to become one.
Services
Members of our community provide services in order to support themselves and the project.
As our community grows so do our skills and the services we can offer.
Support our project
We currently receive no financial support from governmental bodies, foundations, or other NGOs. Make a donation to support us.
How to contact us & keeping in touch
You can send a message to our Facebook page
Or send an email to kuckucksmuehle@ecohackerfarm.org
Sign up to our mailing list to participate in our discussions and find out about what is going on at the project.
Here is a list of platforms you can find us on.