ESC: Permaculture teaching materials, events and food growing

Name: ESC: Permaculture teaching materials, events and food growing
Start: 2024-03-01
End: 2025-02-28
Location: Ísafjörður, Iceland

Code: 38631 Copied

Iceland European Voluntary Service Social work Environment Education Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +3 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Gróandi is a small NGO that educates and demonstrates permaculture methods and ways of living. One of our main activities is to keep an open vegetable garden where people can participate and learn about sustainable growing methods and get access to healthy food, without chemicals or packaging. Our main activities are growing food both outside and in a greenhouse, holding permaculture/sustainability events and courses and making teaching materials to make sustainability education as accessible as possible.

💼 What the programme involves

Gróandi is a small organization that has been focusing on permaculture education and growing healthy, chemical- and packaging free food for the wider community with sustainable methods for the last 8 years. We welcome you to take part in three different long term activities that we are running this year: >> Developing teaching materials in Icelandic / Norwegian / Danish. Incorporate sustainability learning into math and social science and make teaching materials for kids to grow food during school hours. The materials will be tested by schools in Iceland, Norway & Denmark. >> Holding varied Permaculture Events & Courses (online or in person). Promote sustainable living and community building - empower people to make the change! >> Growing healthy food, taking part in running the a CSA open to the public of Ísafjörður. Hands-on learning about effective sustainable ways to grow variety of vegetables, herbs and berries, both in greenhouses & outdoor growing areas.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Gróandi is in Ísafjörður, a little town in the Westfjords of Iceland. Volunteers would have accommodation close to the town center - walking distance to all service and to Gróandi's working facilities. Each volunteer would have a private room, sharing toilet and kitchen with other volunteers.

🎒 Leisure activities

You will have access to different kind of training through the activities: >> Developing sustainability teaching materials - training in making teaching materials, illustrations and development of it's accessibility over the internet - testing and evaluation process >> Holding varied Permaculture Events & Courses (online or in person). - training in planning, marketing and holding events & courses >> Growing healthy food, taking part in running the our CSA - hands on experience and learning about sustainable growing methods - social media storytelling to engage the community

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for people that: > are enthusiastic about permaculture and sustainable practices > are interested in teaching / have teaching background > speak & write one of these languages: Icelandic / Norwegian / Danish > would like to take part in growing food for the whole community
Deadline: Application deadline: 28/02/2024

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

IS38631

01/03/2024 → 28/02/2025

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Deadline: 28/02/2024

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

Fjarðarstræti 47 400 400, 400 Ísafjörður, Iceland

Iceland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Iceland Krona (ISK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 ISK = 0.007321 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Greenwich Mean 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 Icelandic German Danish Swedish Norwegian