📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Initiative et Developpement Citoyen is a non-profit cooperative based in a small village in the south of France. Its main activities include an ecologic campsite, open to tourists from April to October, environmental education activities, organic gardening, international youth mobility activities, such as youth exchanges and European Solidarity Corps, workcamps, green building, events for local community and much more. The volunteers will support the eco-entrepreneurship projects and promotion of sustainability mainly in our eco-boutique at Carcassonne. Some of the activitites they will perform: the growing of mushrooms (circular economy), revaluation and selling of local and organic products, dissemination of information related to climate change and ways of being more sustainable and resilient, organization of intercultural activities (Café Langue).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will live at Camping Le Belvédère, Lastours, where they will have shared rooms with another volunteer from the same sex. They will share a common kitchen, food storage and outdoor chill spaces between all the team. The food is bought twice per month for everybody. We are mainly vegetarian/vegan and we don't buy industrial food or ingredients with a big print in the environment. Volunteers will mainly do their activities in Carcassonne, and they will take the organization's car, the bus or the bicycle to get there. They will also take the food they need for the days in the city.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers will have the chance to learn from our experienced staff, how to develop eco-actions and eco-projects. They will be able to lead them after or to propose new ideas/projects around sustainability, local and organic agriculture, intercultural exchange... They will learn how to grow mushrooms from coffee waste (from the collection step to the selling of the products), how to structure and communicate workshops and events in our eco-boutique, and they will learn different sustainable practices to be more ethical and respectful with the environment.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are looking for volunteers interested in nature connection, minimal and eco-lifestyle, sustainability and ecology. Some experience in service and interaction with people will be a plus. There will also be some communal activities like cooking and cleaning; and others such as logistics, administrative tasks, communications and social media, workshops in schools. Some characteristics for the profile are: - Open-minded and with will to learn from new experiences. - Autonomy towards responsabilities. - Initiative, creativity, proactivity. - Adaptable. - Honesty. - Goal oriented - Teamwork.
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/09/2021
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.