📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The organization Base Nature Vercors, located on the mountain of the same name in the heart of a Regional Natural Park, has hosted for several years all kinds of projects, with one goal: to enable a wider audience to live in the wilderness. The site where the organization is established, named La grange aux loups, is meant to become an educational place about energy transition; since 2011, workcamp volunteers have contributed to this project. Indeed the last five years the association hosted groups of young volunteers for an eco-construction project and collective outdoors life, and wishes to repeat the experience this year. This is a French speaking workcamp : French will be the main language of the daily life, the work and the activities ; we expect the volunteers to have a least a basic level of French! More information : http://www.basenaturevercors.info/page-8099476.html
💼 What the programme involves
During the stay, your mission will be to continue the work done by the volunteers last year. You will be guided by the site’s supervisors and will accomplish varied tasks of eco-construction: for example redoing the primers, making the finishing touches on the roofs and the paths. Natural/recycled materials are used for these recreation light houses. You will also be asked to accomplish other tasks in order to maintain and to keep the site alive such as looking after the vegetable garden, writing the association’s blog, doing varied little improvements and constructions and realising a radio podcast. You will take part to leisure activities for the kids hosted in the site. This is the prefect project for nature lovers and creators of all stripes!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Be aware that the facility is comfy but basic, made for the outdoor life lovers! You will be accommodated in camping tents on the site of La Grange aux Loups’ managed by the association. The floor mattresses will be provided, but please bring your own sleeping bag! With the help of your leaders, you will actively participate in the organization of daily life: cooking, doing the dishes, storage, cleaning, garden maintenance ... The association Base Nature Vercors carries a special attention to the management of resources, energy and waste on the site, but also to the source of materials and food. Whenever possible, meals are prepared with local and organic products. You will surely eat less meat than you are used to, but this is for our planet’s good!
📍 About the location
Base Nature Vercors is located a few miles from Vassieux en Vercors, a mountain village of more than 1000m. Warning: nights are cold!! With leaders of the association you can organize numerous activities for leisure and discovery: group games in nature, hiking, visiting local food producers... The Vercors plateau is known for having sheltered a large scrub resistance during the second world war, you can also explore this piece of local history.
ℹ️ Additional information
Chantiers pour adolescents, 380 de frais supplémentaires / Project for teenagers, 380 extra fees.