📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Evolving Cycles in an NGO based in Greece since 2018 serving eco-conscious projects providing non-formal education. Evolving Cycles has ecotopias, projects around Greece that are based on Permaculture and Sociocracy. Its current projects are Calme Garden (near Athens), Komposotpia (caravan eco-artistic project) and Dio Pigadia (South Peloponnese). The ESC opportunity is about 6 months volunteering in these projects. We are looking for 6 volunteers from all over Europe, two for each project. The volunteers will be living in these projects and learning about permaculture, practising it in a daily basis. Permaculture is defined as a regenerative practice working with the land and the people in order to create systems both beneficially for the inhabitants and the nature.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The travel costs from and to the sending country is covered. Food and accommodation are in a community setting sharing life with more volunteers and the coordinators of the projects. Food is vegetarian or vegan depending on the project. Food processing and food cultivation is part of the project learning outcomes.
🎒 Leisure activities
The participants will gain a good understanding of what permaculture is and how to practice it in their lives. They will gain practical and theoretical background of it, with focus either on land care (Dio Pigadia), on education (Calme Garden) or eco-artivistc workshops (Kompostopia). They will get to know the network of Permaculture in Greece guided by experienced permaculturists such as Tina Lymperis, Kostas Keremels and Jules Weiler. Skills such as learn how to make compost, gardening, animal care, food processing, foraging etc.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Evolving Cycles and its ecotopias looks for 6 people intersted in permaculture. Specifically, Kompostopia project looks for One person with general all round-skills (cooking etc) and one person with skills in organisation, coordinating artistic events and community engagement. Ideally, you can creatively guide our social media too. Dio pigadia project looks for one person with gardening and manual work skills and one person with experience in cooking/processing food. Calme garden looks for two people with skills in gardens and animal care, in events and workshops organisation.
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.