ESC: Permaculture in Practice - Learn and Act!

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

This project is organised with the Association for Development 3K and focuses on education, language learning, international understanding, and permaculture-based land management. For over ten years, the organisation has run a French-language summer camp and, for the fourth year, an international permaculture workcamp. The goal of Living Permaculture – Changed by Nature is to continue building a permaculture orchard and food forest biocorridor that strengthens biodiversity, ecological resilience, and sustainable food production. Volunteers gain practical permaculture experience while contributing to a long-term community project. The project supports SDG 15 and SDG 12. Volunteers will do intensive hands-on permaculture and landscape work such as digging tree pits, mulching soil, making compost, mowing grass, planting honey plants, painting beehives, supporting water retention, and processing garden produce. The work is mostly outdoors and physically demanding.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will stay in two shared rooms and sleep on their own mat and sleeping bag. Facilities include a washing machine, fridge, kitchenette, Wi-Fi, two toilets, and two showers. Volunteers prepare their own breakfast, lunch, and dinner from purchased ingredients and garden produce. The diet is mainly vegetarian. A fully equipped kitchen and outdoor cooking options, including a campfire, are available. The travel will be reimbursed based on the distance traveled to the activity. Check the distance on the link: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/distance-calculator

🎒 Leisure activities

The educational programme includes lectures and discussions on permaculture, edible forests, composting, biodiversity, and water retention. Volunteers explore links between people and nature and discuss practical ways to reduce climate impacts in daily life. It also includes practical learning on sustainable food and cooking with simple local ingredients, plus a one-day interactive workshop on participatory cross-media storytelling, including accessible filming, editing, and digital storytelling skills. Held in English.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: A suitable participant for this project is someone who enjoys intensive outdoor work and has a strong interest in permaculture, biodiversity, and sustainable living. They should be ready for physically demanding manual tasks such as digging, mulching, mowing, planting, composting, and landscape maintenance in varying weather conditions. This opportunity fits volunteers who are practical, resilient, and motivated to learn by doing. Participants should also be interested in environmental education, food sustainability, and the relationship between people and nature. An openness to simple shared living, mainly vegetarian food, and collective cooking is important. Because the programme is held in English and includes discussions and a storytelling workshop, volunteers should be comfortable communicating in English and willing to take part in reflective and creative learning activities. For more info about ESC, you can read our FAQ here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LIthaEzZ3dY7FNoMdoDheueXMwTUDQVa/view?usp=sharing This project could also be suitable for volunteers with fewer opportunities under the program Volunteering for All.
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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.

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

📅 Available sessions

CZ50552

01/08/2026 → 15/08/2026

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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

Újezdec, 281 63 Horní Kruty-Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czechia

Czech Republic

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Czech Republic Koruna (CZK / Kč)

Exchange rate

1 CZK = 0.041274 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 20:57 (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 Czech Slovak