The Barracks Reading Retreat
About:
An intimate retreat, nestling in the Barracks tranquility, a sanctuary for book lovers. Our sole focus for this unique fully catered vegan weekend is on allowing you ample time and space for losing yourself in reading, fireside tales and bedtime stories for grown ups.
The Reading Retreat
An intimate retreat, nestling in the Barracks tranquility, a sanctuary for book lovers. Our sole focus for this unique fully catered vegan weekend is on allowing you ample time and space for losing yourself in reading, fireside tales and bedtime stories for grown ups.Do you remember when you used to have the time to completely enjoy hours filled with adventures and enchanting worlds?
Or when was the last time someone read you a goodnight story?
Treat yourself to a long weekend of ultimate reading bliss. Turn off, tune out, forget those work emails, and dive into reading like you haven't done in years.
This is an intimate retreat, over the long Whitsun weekend, nestled in the tranquility of the Barracks - a true sanctuary for book lovers. With a sole focus on providing you ample time and space for reading, we ensure your every need is met. From delectable vegan meals to healthy snacks, specialty teas, freshly brewed coffee, and a variety of soft drinks, everything is taken care of. Whether you prefer solitary reading or engaging discussions with fellow bibliophiles, the choice is yours.
This is your weekend, and you can keep it as free-form as you like. But also, we provide:
buffet breakfast Good News of the Day
a narrated woodland walking story
rivetting stories by a roaring campfire
bedtime stories for grown ups
all your vegan meals lovingly prepared, using as far as possible ingredients grown on site
unlimited coffee from Kaipo - possibly the best, most ethical coffee in Europe
comfy chairs inside and out
time spent with fellow book nerds, nerding out on books!
Time & Location
17th May 2024, 12:00 – 20th May 2024, 18:00
The Barracks, Vogtland, Germany
Assets:
link:
https://www.thebarracks.de/event-details-registration/the-reading-retreat
About the Barracks
The Barracks has variously been described as "An Arc against climate collapse", "a living art project" and the "home of the Happy Doomer".
We are here to contemplate the accelerating climate collapse, and exist to pose the following two questions *fully aware that there might not be answers:
What can we do to minimise the amount of time humans spend in collapse?
Is there anything that we can do this side of collapse to help with the rebuilding effort on the other side?
We believe that the best state of mind and body, and the best backdrop to ask these questions is one of Radical Authenticity. On a practical level, that means things like we:
grow all our own food
have an extensive medical herb garden (in progress)
contemplate rebuilding after collapse
practice radical authenticity
rescue piggies
love being alive, in the middle of a beautiful forest, far abstracted from civilisation.
we are working towards self sufficiency in energy. We are self sufficient in almost everything else, including water and waste management.