Eco-friendly and Sustainable Project in a Castle

Name: Eco-friendly and Sustainable Project in a Castle
Start: 2021-08-29
End: 2021-09-11
Location: France

France Environment Manual work Renovation Environment Manual work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Langenberg castle is home for an environmentally-friendly oriented community. The castle stands in the middle of a forest in France, really close to the German border. The community welcomes French and German people, young people, older people, families or anyone who wants to join. The only rules is to be ready to live with respect and solidarity while taking care of the environment. The community seeks for a sustainable and environmentally-friendly lifestyle. In order to achieve that, they transform and build energy-efficient houses, they are growing a permaculture garden and many other activities. Furthermore, the community owns 3 horses and boards many others.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteer will be part of every projects the community is running such as - creating and operating a permaculture garden - helping in the work at the stable - renovating the castle with a sustainable and environmentally-friendly approach - Building straw and clay houses (depending in authorization) All these projects are created and run by the community

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will camp inside a building but insulation is bad. Therefore, they need to bring with a WARM sleeping bag, a pillow, etc. Toilets and showers will be available during the whole project.

📍 About the location

Wissembourg, near Strasbourg in eastern France, the castle is really close to the border with Germany

⚠️ Requirements

Be ready to live environmentally-friendly, to work and to share an amazing experience in this unique surroundings

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

FR-SCI 11.4

29/08/2021 → 11/09/2021

Closed

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:42 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French