ESC: Think Future 5 - Learning By Doing

Name: ESC: Think Future 5 - Learning By Doing
Start: 2025-03-04
End: 2025-12-16
Location: Poussan, France

Code: 432116733393730ed6 Copied

France Culture Education Environment European Voluntary Service Culture Education +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

We are Catfarm Education, an association supported by an intentional community located in a farm, in Poussan. Our vision aligns with social innovation and autonomy by raising awareness of the world around us, and broadening cultural understanding. We aim to empower youngsters by providing appealing non-formal education methods through human creativity and technologies. We want at the same time being a playground for the general public to promote mindfulness and to create awareness about our world’s limited resources. In order to contribute with an innovative approach in the educational field, our objectives are: promote the youth activism and implement European volunteer projects; support and develop the knowledge transfer through leaders related to the needs of their home country; influence the general public and motivate them through real opportunities to work, participate, giving and receiving, by following our core values : Community, Sustainability and Creativity. For reaching our aims, we are developing the following activities: -Entrepreneurship, to enhance individual sense of initiative from the idea into the action, manage projects, achieve objectives and strengthen their key skills in a changing society. -Non Violent Communication, to develop empathetic listening, honest expressing and compassion through observations, feelings, needs and requests that leads to mindfulness, tolerance, respect, conflict resolution. -Gender equality, to raise awareness on the gender dynamics, transform old patterns into equal and inclusive communities and challenge sexual orientation discrimination. -Women’s empowerment in the process that creates power in individuals and decision-making over their own lives, society and in their communities. -Permaculture and natural buildings, to construct and inform about the future's need for respectful structures and local development.

💼 What the programme involves

APPLY HERE TO BE CONSIDERED : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrwOGWCiVztk7XndiyJRCFRqfjJfgJp3z5pVPWqPuo5ii0Sg/viewform?usp=sf_link Catfarm, a multicultural ecoplace in the south of France is opening applications for 6 volunteers in between the 4th of March to the 16th of December 25. We hope to attract driven beings which want to strive for a sustainable future ! Volunteers can take roles in 5 circles in the community : The Garden Circle, where we wish to manifest in the reality our permaculture design ; The Building Circle, where we experiment on natural buildings and showcase alternative ways of energy and resources consumption ; The Art circle, where cultural practices and art projects birth ; The Balance circle, where we uphold the community standards, policies and well-being ; The Vision circle, where we manage future projects, we develop our strategies and maintain our social media.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will sleep in a double room/caravan, in Catfarm community (699 chemin de cabrolous, 34560 Poussan). Two kitchens, a dry toilet, a bathroom, a terrasse, common areas are at disposal.

🍲 Food

The collective diet is Vegan, but you are free to buy your own complementary food if needed.

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: --> B2 english level minimum --> In between 18 and 30 Yo --> Comply with our community policies (check https://catfarm.net/community-living/guidelines-policies/)
Deadline: 24/02/2025 20:45

ℹ️ Additional information

The hosting organisation has 4 bikes and a community car, as well as bus stops 5 minutes away. The participant can join Montpellier in 40 minutes, or Sète in 15 minutes.

By taking part in this project, the volunteer will gain the following competencies: - Project management and group facilitation - Collective governance system (Holacraty) - Conflict resolution tools - Non-violent communication basics and more depending of the roles undertaken in the association. Youthpass, EU-key competences related : - Multilingual competences (A lot of languages to learn here !) - Cultural awareness and expression competences (We practice group activities such as sharing circles, in order to self-express and understand each other) - Entrepreneurship competences

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.

📷 Project photos

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📅 Available sessions

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04/03/2025 at 00:00 → 16/12/2025 at 00:00

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Deadline: 24/02/2025

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

699 Cabrolous, 34560 Poussan, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 20:58 (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 French