📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Legambiente Green Eyes is a Legambiente local group based in Pontecagnano, a city in the south of Italy; volunteers started to be active 20 years ago cleaning a green area from rubbish and transforming it in a wonderful park with 100 urban gardens for old and young people, a small archeological area, a library open air, a wood oven and more. In this park we organize environmental activities for schools, events, workshops, shows. Two years ago we started also to manage the Green Station, an apartment above the train station of city. In this apartament we also organize a lot of activities for families, children, young and old people. Park and Green Station are two common goods ever open to citizens.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: The volunteers will be engaged in socio-urban regeneration practices in the city areas; after mapping of the city and meeting with local actors an unused space will be identified and it will start a regeneration process with the volunteers through street art practices and environmental, cultural and social interventions. Volunteers will also be involved in organizing the Civil Economy Festival in the city. STUDY PART: Volunteers will explore the issues of circular and civil economy, community welfare, socio-urban regeneration and youth work through workshops, moments of comparison and reflection using non-formal education methodologies.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in Green Station, apartament above the train station of city manage by Legambiente local group. Wifi is provided. Food will be mainly vegetarian.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE: Pontecagnano is a small city in south of Italy really full of archeological history (it was Etruscal and Roman homeland). His history is also connected to Paestum history, a Magna Grecia city. Pontecagnano is a seaside city very close to Amalfi coast and Cilento coasts, two amazing natural landscapes. The whole area of the coast is the land of the Mediterranean diet, the place where the culture of healthy eating was born. Volunteers will visit some of these places and Naples as well.
TERMINAL: Closer airport is Napoli Capodichino Airport. From there is possible take a bus for Napoli train station and then another train to Pontecagnano. Our apartment is exactly above to train station!
⚠️ Requirements
Just enthusiasm, cheerfulness, creativity, will and spirit of adaptation!