📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Legambiente Basilicata carries out its activities on a regional basis, with more than 10 local groups. It focuses to a society based on a balanced relationship between man and nature and to the correct use of natural resources. It promotes Citiziens Science and environmental volunteering activities, supports local and biological agriculture, in order to improve society.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: The San Fele waterfalls are a strong tourist attraction. The large presence of visitors caused, over time, damage and deterioration of the nature trails. Volunteers, in accordance with the indications of the Park Authority and the Municipality of San Fele, will be involved in the maintenance and in the cleaning of the paths of the Park in Cascate di San Fele area. In particular, they will deal with the arrangement and repair of paths, detached and damaged horizontal and vertical signs. STUDY PART: Volunteers will participate in seminars and training courses about the environmental sustainability. The main topics will be conservation and protection of biodiversity, local flora and fauna and agricultural biodiversity. In particular biological agriculture. So volunteers will visit ScamBioLogico, the first italian green station. An emporium of organic products at km 0, connected to fair and sustainable trade.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in the rectory. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a common area with a self-managed kitchen. They will eat local products and moderate meat.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE: San Fele is a small village of 2.882 inhabitants. Rich of history and traditions, the village is situated in the Vulture Regional Natural Park. Volunteers will visit the Monticchio Lakes, ancient volcanic craters, extinguished 130 thousand years ago, natural habitat of night butterfly, the Brahmaea europaea; the Vulture Museum in Monticchio tells the Vulture’s story. TERMINAL: Airport Napoli Capodichino and Airport Bari Palese;Train Station Rionero-Atella-Ripacandida.
⚠️ Requirements
attitude for manual work; propensity to go hiking and walking for short or long path.