ESC: Utopic Urban Garden

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Italy European Voluntary Service Environment European Voluntary Service Environment Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Urban gardening is the practice of growing plants, fruits, and vegetables in urbanareas. There are an immeasurable number of benefits when it comes to urban gardening: reducing food miles, promoting healthy eating, improving air quality, and providing green spaces for communities. The garden of La Città dell’Utopia is a wonderful green space in the middle of the urban context, which has meant for many people social co-planning for the protection and preservation of the medium environment. In this small green island in the city, communities of people active on social and political issues coexist with animal species that find refuge where, in the urban environment, they are much more subject to urban impact. The garden was built thanks to the passion and commitment of local activists, enriching itself with a botanical collection of Mediterranean and exotic plants. Even now a group of activists takes care of it by continuing to add new plants.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Simple life: You will be hosted in the hostel of "La Città dell' Utopia". You will share a room with other volunteers. You will also share the two bathrooms of the hostel. We provide sheets and blankets, but don’t forget to bring your own towels! Money,: we can cover all essential costs of the program (including food, travel costs up to a maximum amount per country, visa costs, accommodation, and pocket money). The travel is reimbursed after tickets and boarding passes submission. Sustainable food: food we will cook will be vegan/vegetarian.

🎒 Leisure activities

The Camp will be divided in two parts: a study part and a more practical one working in the garden. During the workcamp, the volunteers will have a workload of around 6 hours per day. The study part will be dedicated to naturalistic research in the garden to begin to build a collection of observations useful for reflecting on the importance of green areas in the city. Furthermore, a map of the botanical species present will be built and labels will be installed in the garden to identify them along the path.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Requirements - Interest in gardening - Group working skills - Interest in organizing and creating events - Artistic and manual skills - Motivation for cooking and gardening - Basic cooking skills - Being between 18 - 30 years old.
Deadline: Application deadline: 28/04/2024

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

IT39663

27/05/2024 → 11/06/2024

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Deadline: 28/04/2024

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

Via Valeriano, 3f, 00145 Roma RM, Italy

Italy

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:10 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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🏠 Accommodation

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🗣️ Languages spoken

English Italian