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ESC: Build Godzilla Save the Universe @ FreeandReal

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About the project

ESC: Build Godzilla Save the Universe @ FreeandReal

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

2023 is our 12th year of practical and intellectual action in Evia Island, Greece. We have made it our life’s journey to research, create and implement an efficient social structure in a prototype, sustainable eco-community in Greece, which can be copied, combined and transformed to any part of Greece and the world, to work as a research school on self-sufficiency and sustainability. During this time we encourage and actively support like-minded people and groups in their effort to research and/or realize their own productive and sustainable ideas, structures and communities. This way, our community serves as a school for anyone who wishes to learn about self-sufficiency and sustainability. Our focus groups in the last 12 years of developing have been from ages 15 to 70, participating in non-formal and informal education programs (workshops, seminars, festivals and other activities). More than 60000 humans have visited and participated in our actions, one way or another during this time. We organize in a yearly rotation schedule practical and theoretical workshops with the following thematic areas: Energy sufficiency and low impact technologies, Permaculture, Self-sufficiency, natural farming, eco-building, body and health, sustainability at home, non-violent communication, mushrooms cultivation, composting, and many more. We also hosted successfully, long term ESC programs and short term ESC programs for volunteering teams, for 3 consecutive years.

💼 What the programme involves

About the Project: Continuing on the work that was done during May 2024 on the Telethrion Land we want to grab the oppurtunity that was given to as by the ESC program and complete the new magnificent building that will serve as the main hub of the Telethrion Community Project, through skill sharing, resilient community building and creating a new paradigm of sustainable life. This ESC volunteering team will run for 21 days *including travel days, from the 17 Septemper to the 7 October 2024, the FreeAndReal School of Sustainability, will welcome 10 motivated participants from EU countries, who together with the skilled trainers of the Free and Real team will get their hands dirty and minds full on sustainability and resilience in practice. The aim of this 21 day experience is to combine the basic aspects of sustainable infrastructure in the topics of mainly natural building adding some agroforestry, renewable energy and community development.

🏠 Accommodation on site

️Participants will be staying in the FreeAndReal offgrid test site, at the natural buildings of FreeAndReal, will be “powered” by plant based cuisine, and experience a communal sustainable lifestyle within walking distance by the sea! ️We shall be mainly working on a new 100sqm megayurt strawbale building at the mountain site called Telethrion and also taking care of the new trees that were planted in May. During our time in the Test Site location we will completing the new cob kitchen using other natural building methods, combining theory and practice, using innovative non formal ed.

🎒 Leisure activities

mainly natural building adding some agroforestry, renewable energy and community development

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Eligibility Criteria: Age: Up Until 30 years old Experience or honest interest in sustainability, community building, or related fields Strong motivation and willingness to actively participate in all project activities Open-mindedness and willingness to work in a multicultural environment including the dissemination activities and goals Sufficient use of English language Be willing to experience a low impact lifestyle such as using compost toilets, vegan/plant based diet and community respectful way of life
Deadline: 20/08/2024 20:00

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
  • Training before and after the project
  • Health insurance during your project
  • round-trip travel reimbursement
  • accommodation and food
  • pocket money
  • language course
  • Return Week-end
  • Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📅 Available sessions

EL41560

24/09/2024 → 14/10/2024

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 20/08/2024

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

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

📍 Location

Agiokampos 400 03, Greece

Greece

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Summer Time

Local time: 21:25 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English