Skip to main content

ESC: Urgent Call :) Short term volunteer to grow mushrooms with us!

Code: 38254 Copied

France European Voluntary Service Environment European Voluntary Service Environment Fixed dates
Sign in to apply

About the project

ESC: Urgent Call :) Short term volunteer to grow mushrooms with us!

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

We are looking for mushroom and nature lovers, who will work in this circular economy project called Café Vert! Our cooperative IDC's projects aim to raise awareness about the actual context we are living and to propose and create solutions to be part of a positive change in a social, cultural and environmental aspect. In this project especifically, we will reuse waste to create new life. We collect coffee waste from cafés and restaurants and we mix it with mycellieum to grow oyster mushrooms. And after harvesting, we use that new “waste” in our earth-worm farm, which is great to create new and rich soil for plants. Infopack here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/crydulvv4aylut7/IDC_InfopackMushroomGrowers.pdf?dl=0 We are looking for one volunteer to help in the fruiting room and harvest, plus some animal and plant tasks in our little farm.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteer for fruiting room will stay at our campsite, in shared rooms in mobile homes. We share common tasks of cleaning, cooking and arranging the place. All food is covered! We don’t buy artificial food and we try to eat as local and seasonal as possible. We make the shopping twice per month, both in the supermarket and the vegetables and fruits from a cooperative of the city. Of course, we eat very, very local, eco and fresh mushrooms!

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteers will learn how to grow mushrooms from coffee waste and they will learn different sustainable practices to be more ethical and respectful with the environment. Volunteers will have the chance to learn from our experienced staff, how to develop eco-actions and eco-projects. They will be able to lead them after or to propose new ideas/projects around sustainability, local and organic agriculture, intercultural exchange...

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for youngsters who want to invest themselves in a new life experience, with lots of challenges and learnings! Motivation to learn how to grow mushrooms is a must! The activities are a bit of a routine, since the mushroom processes are the same, but it demands lots of observation in the details to make sure that the production will go as planned. There is also space for creativity and new ideas, in terms of improvement of the activities, creating cool content to share the project, etc. French is a bonus! For the one living at campsite, we ask some interest in caring farm animals!
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/01/2024

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.

Sign in to apply

📅 Available sessions

FR38254

21/02/2024 → 18/04/2024

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 31/01/2024

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

11600 Lastours, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:03 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

WhatsApp

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French