📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Legambiente Varese Onlus is a local group of Legambiente, that, beside giving contributions to main Legambiente national campaigns minds about the environment of the district of Varese since the '80s'.Legambiente Varese coordinates 14 local groups of Legambiente volunteers and it's the connection between local, regional and national offices of the association. Thanks to this organization we can carry out several activities such as the management of natural areas, the organization of work-camps, environmental education addressed to youngest generations and promotion of environmentally friendly lifestyles.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: We’ll work in collaboration with the technical staff of the park and with local volunteers and citizens. The work will be: footpaths cleaning and maintenance, removing weeds and rubbish, paint little bridges, etc Is planned the participation in “Big jump”, international campaign for living rivers (on sunday 14th july)
STUDY PART: Part of the time will be dedicated to study the natural characteristic of the Park focusing in the difficult relationship between man and nature near the river.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in tent (provided) with camp-beds and they'll use a common kitchen with canteen. There will be an nvironmental friendly diet with local and seasonal products and little meat
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE: The Park is located between the provinces of Como and Varese, immersed in the green of the first Prealpine foothills, in the lakes region and at the start of the great plan of the Po river. The park surface follows the river Lanza till it reach is end in the River Olona, the valley is covered with several kinds of vegetation and rich of animals’ presences.The Park is crossed by the old “Valmorea” railroad, now used for tourist with little steam trains.
TERMINAL: Milano Malpensa, Malnate train station
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers have to be able to use bicicles.