📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The European Green Belt is a valuable ecological network along the former Iron curtain which divided Europe into east and west for nearly 40 years. The European Green Belt forms the backbone of Pan-European ecological network and provides a significant contribution to European “Green Infrastructure“. The Greenbelt-Initiative is an example of cross border cooperation and nature conservation. European Green Belt is a space for encounters between people and cultures and opportunities for a joint sustainable approach to natural and cultural heritage.
With this project in the Green Belt at the Austrian-Czech border, the Austrian League for Nature Conservation - Lower Austria and SCI Austria want to link international cooperation and nature conservation.
💼 What the programme involves
In this Workcamp, you will take concrete action to maintain biodiversity in a part of the European Green Belt zone along the border between Austria and Czech Republic and contribute to preservation of endangered species in this area. Almost every day, we will work together for 5-6 hours. We will mow steep meadows and remove bushes from dry rocky grasslands that are threatened to be over grown by bushes and trees. But don't worry, we will have enough free days in between to rest and get to know each other and the region.
🏠 Accommodation on site
We will all together live in a big room at a campsite in the village of Poysdorf. Please bring your sleeping bag and sleeping mat, as we will sleep on the floor (no beds and no mattresses are provided!). If you bring a tent, it is also possible to sleep outside. Usually we will cook for ourselves (breakfast and dinner). Lunch will be packed; sometimes we will have lunch at a canteen or restaurant. Additional free-time activities like barbecue are planned depending on the weather. There's a nice pond next to the accommodation where is possible to swim
📍 About the location
Poysdorf is a small city located in the very northeast of Austria, close to the common border of Austria with the Czech Republic and Slovakia and close to the rivers Dyje and Morava, which form beautiful floodplains in the area. Brno (CZ) and Vienna (AT) are the closest bigger cities.
⚠️ Requirements
Participants should be motivated for physical work and be ready to work outdoors (warm and weatherproof clothes and working-boots are strongly recommended!). A small motivation letter is required.
ℹ️ Additional information
The camp is supported by the European Solidarity Corps and the participation is totaly free and the travel cost to the camp and return will be reimbursed.