📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The camp is organized by GEN Finland, which is the organization for Finnish ecovillages andcommunity-led initiatives for sustainability. The organizers under GEN Finland work for a nutbreeding project which aims to create nut orchards to produce sowing seeds from different species of nuts in Finland to enable nut growing as a part of sustainable food production. They want to support the transition to regenerative agriculture and creation of a sustainable future. Main work is being done on a farm and in a communal food forest/ nut orchard in the area.Organizers hold expertise on permaculture design, plant nursing and creating forest gardens. During the camp you can learn about different methods of sustainable gardening and plant nursing while working on diverse tasks.This camp is a part of the project European Youth in Action: policymakers for climate justice, supported by the CERV programme, improving competences in concrete actions for climate justice. The horizontal theme of this camp is biodiversity.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers work will include gardening in a nut tree nursery, making new growing beds, transplanting trees, mulching, potting the plants, preparation work for the food forest sites, forest work, preparing firewood and transplanting perennials. Volunteers will also have other work such as reorganizing summer kitchen and other outdoor spaces, preparational work for renovating an old traditional log house and other small projects.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Simple accommodation is organized in a shared room. The accommodation is located 2,7 km away from the main project site. We offer bicycles for the volunteers for the period of the camp to move around. Near the accommodation there is a lake and a little protected forest. The volunteers will have a chance to heat up a traditional Finnish sauna and go swimming on some days. On the worksite there is a dry toilet, but near the accommodation there are regular toilets and showers. Delicious organic vegan food will be provided for breakfast and lunch, while the dinner will be prepared by the volunteers together.
📍 About the location
Karjalohja is a rural village 85 km from Helsinki. In the Karjalohja area there is a lot of movement towards alternative and sustainable lifestyles. There are beautiful natural places to visit around lakes Lohjanjarvi and Puujarvi. There is a possibility to borrow a canoe to make some trips to the islands or have small hikes in nature.
⚠️ Requirements
The volunteers need travel insurance for the duration of their stay. The EYA project is primarily targeted to European volunteers but open for all. Green travelling is encouraged. Volunteers traveling by land (bus or train) for most of their journey will be eligible for a travel grant up to 100euro.