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ESC: ReGreen - Ecovillage volunteering

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About the project

ESC: ReGreen - Ecovillage volunteering

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

RELEARN Suderbyn is a non-profit NGO working locally and internationally on the topics of environmental resilience, social justice, respect for human rights, democratic development, transformative education and international cooperation for sustainable development. We have experience in working with and leading various projects: locally, within the Baltic region and internationally.

The NGO was founded in Suderbyn Permaculture Ecovillage on Gotland in 2007. Over the years the NGO shifted its focus from local promotion of ecological lifestyle to regional and international work with the focus on education and holistic models of social and environmental sustainability. Our activity areas are:
1. Non-formal education for youth and adults;
2. Action Research and outreach;
3. Cross-border cooperation: across national borders and across different sectors.

Our mission is to work for a sustainable society where innovative solutions are integrated with rediscovered traditional knowledge. Through experiential methods we work with holistic learning, considering the society, nature, economy, culture and individuals as integrated parts of one complex system. To maximise and diversify our contribution towards social/ecological transition, we work with individuals, groups and international projects in various aspects of global, local and inner sustainability.

💼 What the programme involves

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY APPLICATIONS MADE THROUGH OUR APPLICATION FORM ARE CONSIDERED! https://forms.gle/sRpLku4zoqF21iXz8 Any other form of application will be ignored. ReGreen will bring together 12 young people for a 21-day educational, practical, and social adventure in the Suderbyn Permaculture Ecovillage. Suderbyn is home to an international community of people who care about the environment, and who apply permaculture principles and voluntary simplicity in their everyday lives. The working days will include both theory and practice, enabling the volunteers to directly apply everything that has been learnt at a conceptual level. This means that we hope to provide you with skills and competencies that you can carry with you after your journey with us has ended.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants will either stay in a mixed shared room (big enough for a dozen people) or in tents. The project is designed to bring together young people from different countries and backgrounds and expose them to community living. This means that all volunteers eat, work, sleep and celebrate together in simple conditions while they build up a sense of solidarity, expand their comfort zone, and learn to actively cooperate.

🍲 Food

Travel, food and rent is covered by the programme. Food will be vegan only, participants are expected to participate in cooking.

🎒 Leisure activities


⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The main criterion selection is the personal motivation of candidates to engage in sustainable lifestyle and community living. It’s important to demonstrate a basic understanding of actual living conditions in Suderbyn. Those who show curiosity and enthusiasm towards the areas mentioned above are more likely to be selected. The project setting ultimately involves a rural lifestyle and might not be suitable for those who prefer urban activities. Participants should be from the European Union or have a visa in Sweden.
Deadline: 18/05/2025 23:30

ℹ️ Additional information

The project will weave together 3 themes over the course of 3 weeks: Creating sustainable living spaces through activities organised by the infrastructure/building domain of Suderbyn. Applied permaculture design through activities organised by the garden domain of Suderbyn. Personal and group development with activities organised by the social domain and the community’s NGO RELEARN.

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

SE45756

09/07/2025 at 00:00 → 30/07/2025 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 18/05/2025

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

Västerhejde Toftavägen 211, 621 99 Visby, Sweden

Sweden

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Sweden Krona (SEK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 SEK = 0.091120 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 20:59 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swedish