📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
1. Organic Farming: planting, cultivating and harvesting vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.
2. Food Processing: cooking, baking and preservation of food.
3. Ethical Animal Husbandry: taking care of cows.
4. Sustainable Forestry: care for the forest and processing of wood.
5. Construction Work: assisting in constructing different projects.
6. Waste-management: recycle, reuse, repair, separate and dispose waste.
7. Arts and Crafts: sewing, embroidery, reuse material.
8. Healthy Lifestyle: hatha-yoga, bhakti-yoga, meditation, forest walks.
9. Community Services: guest-care, assisting community members, temple and flower decorations.
10. Small-scale Management: co-organising youth gatherings; getting info about Erasmus+ possibilities.
11. Digitalisation/Media: digital competences, posterdesign.
12. Swedish Language Course OLS.
13. Self-assessment and reflection.
🏠 Accommodation on site
A cozy guest house with two spacious and furnished shared bedrooms for two volunteers in each room.
WIFI-access, a common pantry, two shared bathrooms, a washing machine and ironing facilities.
Vegetarian/vegan breakfast, lunch and light dinner are served daily in the community building.
The guest house is only 200 meters from the community building. All activities will take place on the premises of the community.
Our ecovillage is located 10 km from the town Järna. We can arrange transportation to and from Järna as there is no public transport available. Bicycles available.
🎒 Leisure activities
Informal and non-formal learning opportunities:
Training in organic farming, vegetarian/vegan cooking, baking, and food preservation.
Training in animal care: taking care of cows.
Training in community services and small-scale management.
Arts and crafts workshops including sewing, embroidery.
Workshops on healthy lifestyle, yoga, mindfulness and meditation.
Workshops on waste-management.
Self-assessment and reflection, Youthpass.
Swedish language.
Cultural excursions
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Our community follows a lacto- vegetarian/vegan diet and an alcohol and intoxicants-free healthy lifestyle. We wish to request our volunteers to kindly follow this etiquette during their stay in our community.
An interest in organic gardening, vegetarian cooking, cow-care and community care would be important, as well as an open-mindedness for the ancient Vedic Indian tradition and the Hare Krishna movement.
Deadline: No application deadline
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.