📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Resilience Earth SCCL, a non-profit cooperative dedicated to the development of resilience in regions that face cultural, social, economic and / or ecological challenges.
The members of the cooperative carry out research, training, advisory and implementation services to community organizations and public and private institutions, both locally and internationally, to ensure that these entities have a greater capacity to effect a social and ecological transformation,
The values of this cooperative are: empathy, equity and resilience. And the lines of work: personal empowerment, ecological sustainability, community resilience and economic sovereignty.
💼 What the programme involves
First of all, the volunteers will be taught about different permaculture techniques. The main work will be arranging the space, especially the main access, in order to create a spiral of stones and aromatic plants and a sample of a little medical centre. The project will also be about the bioconstruction of ecological toilets and an intendance zone.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation will be in a polyvalent hall called “Ca les Hermanes”. The volunteers have to bring a sleeping bag and a camping mat. There will be a catering service which will prepare breakfasts, lunches and dinners. The different meals will be cooked in a little adaptable kitchen that will be arranged. There will be toilets and showers in the hall and in the municipal swimming pool.
📍 About the location
Volunteers will have a wide range of afternoon activities, evening and night games, which aim to improve group relationships and venture into the area of human values. They will have the opportunity to visit volcanos Natural Park of la Garrotxa, the castle of Hosteles and the city of Olot. They will do also an excursion to the beach and to Barcelona.