The eco-community Grain&Sens at Lavenant in boffres, france

A nourishing place to live and to share

 
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Pronounced with 'and' or 'et', Grain&Sens is an original project that has the ambition of creating a multiculturel and bilingual eco-community. The project consists of 8 adults and 4 children sharing their passion for the environment and their openness to the world. 

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About the Project
The Eco-camps
The Bread

Upcoming Events 

While all of our trainings take place in France, we are a multicultural community and can often organize tranlation in English, German and Italian. We even have some trainings that are held principally in English with French translation!

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EN-CHANTiER décembre 2026 🌳🕺🏽👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼👩🏼‍🌾🌳 - chantiers participatifs de l'Association Grain&Sens
Dec 10
EN-CHANTiER décembre 2026 🌳🕺🏽👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼👩🏼‍🌾🌳 - chantiers participatifs de l'Association Grain&Sens

Les Assises Debout de l’Association Grain&Sens 🌳🕺🏽👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼👩🏼‍🌾🌳

Pour bien débuter ensemble l’hiver, l’association Grain&Sens réunit ses membres actifs, associations et partenaires pour tisser ensemble les activités et le futur de l’Oasis dans la Forêt de Lavenant.

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Stage de danse avec Claude Magne
May 18
Stage de danse avec Claude Magne

💃🕺stage de danse en immersion à l’éco-lieu Grain&Sens

Le corps est mouvement, le corps est émotion. Danser dans l’intention de se relier aux lois qui régissent la vie sur terre ; une attention d’où émerge naturellement la forme d’un mouvement.

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The Latest News from the community

Here you can find our latest blog posts (some in french, some in english, some in both ;)

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Grain & Sens — Un écolieu qui a tout appris sur le tas
Grain & Sens — Un écolieu qui a tout appris sur le tas

Un bel article publié par Jon & Aline après leur visite à Grain&Sens lors de la pépinière oasis 2026!

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Resilient Youth Methodological Guide Now Available in English!
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RISE - Retour sur une expérience Erasmus+ en Slovaquie à Ekokomunita Sekier
RISE - Retour sur une expérience Erasmus+ en Slovaquie à Ekokomunita Sekier

An Inner and Outer Journey Through Nature, Self, and Community

From the 8th to the 16th of July 2025, 27 youth workers gathered in Slovakia, hosted at Ekokomunita Sekier - an intentional community nestled in the hills and embraced by the surrounding forest.

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Nos amies a La Droguerie – tiers lieu militant - recrute un.e Cuisinière!
Nos amies a La Droguerie – tiers lieu militant - recrute un.e Cuisinière!

Aujourd’hui, leur équipe cherche a s’agrandir!

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Assises Dehors 2026 : un temps de soins pour Lavenant
Assises Dehors 2026 : un temps de soins pour Lavenant

Pour la 3ème fois nous avons organisé une semaine de chantiers participatifs afin de prendre soins des lieux de Lavenant avant le début de la grande saison d’accueil de l’été.
Une sorte de grand ménage de printemps pour les espaces extérieurs et les espaces d’accueil.

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2025: Une page se tourne pour Grain&Sens // 2025: The turning of a page for Grain&Sens
2025: Une page se tourne pour Grain&Sens // 2025: The turning of a page for Grain&Sens

L'année 2025 a été marqué par de nombreux changements pour le collectif Grain&Sens. Dans cet article, nous souhaitons vous faire part de cette évolution. // 2025 represented a lot of changes for the collective, Grain&Sens. In this article, we would like to share some of that movement with you.

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Long live children climbing in trees and sweet succulent cherries! Blog post with more photos from our days picking cherries with the collective and some dear volunteers on the website :) Thank you to the friends and neighbors who invited us for the
We spent the last few weeks of the quarantine bird sitting this gorgeous girl, Hulot, for some friends. Here she is checking in on the oak logs inoculated with shiitake mycelium :)
While we are on a role of expressing gratitude for the wonderful things our community members are making these days at Lavenant... Kim came through with a huge try of delicious vegan cinnamon rolls yesterday! And what made them even sweeter was takin
Some of the gorgeous woodwork of community member, Ed! One of the biggest gifts of living in community is close-up witnessing all of the talent and passions pursued by those around you :) Here is a look at some of his cutting boards (one is a bread
If you do anything today let it be to pick a bouquet! Anything you can find will do just fine ;)
Happy Sunday friends :)
Moving the girls around Lavenant to maintain some of the areas that would otherwise need to be mowed. The sound of them crunchy the long dandelion stems is much more pleasant than the sound of a motor turning!