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ESC: For The World Is Hollow And We Have Touched The Sky

Code: 49473 Copied

Greece European Voluntary Service Environment Education Culture European Voluntary Service Environment +2 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: For The World Is Hollow And We Have Touched The Sky

📝 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

Continuing on the work that was done during the previous years (building on site since 2010), we want to grab the opportunity that was given to as by the ESC Volunteering program, and complete tree on-going new eco-buildings, the new magnificent building that will serve as the main hub of the Telethrion Community Project and also complete our new "Food Temple" and Nursery at the Test Site land. We will also improve existing constructions, through skill sharing, resilient community building and creating a new paradigm of sustainable life. This ESC individual volunteering team will run for 61 days *including travel days, from the 26th of March 2026 to the 25th of May. The FreeAndReal School of Sustainability, will welcome 4 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. During this time we plan to run 3 or 4 workshops

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants will be staying in the FreeAndReal offgrid "The 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!

🎒 Leisure activities

We shall be mainly working on many new buildings on the Test Site and also on a new 100sqm megayurt strawbale building at the mountain site called Telethrion. We will also taking care of the new trees that were planted in the past, but also plant new ones. During our time in the Test Site location we will completing the new cob Food Temple, using other natural building methods, combining theory and practice, using innovative non formal educational methods. And enjoying every moment.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We welcome all motivated youth that are under 30 years old that are interested into the topics of practical sustainability and resilience and live in the EU
Deadline: 29/01/2026 22:22

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

EL49473

26/03/2026 → 25/05/2026

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 29/01/2026

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

Edipsos 343 00, Greece

Greece

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 22:11 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English