Sustainable Living Lab
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About the project
Sustainable Living Lab
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is an experiential learning project focusing on spirituality, sustainability and community. It is located at Ananda Gaorii Ashram, Farm and Learning Center one hour drive from Copenhagen. Ananda Gaorii offers retreats and workshops on the topics of yoga and meditation, health, personal growth, organic food growing, alternative economic models and other topics associated with personal and social change. We also host volunteers from around the world seeking a more meaningful and sustainable way of life. We have an organic bakery and grow organic veggies for market and for our own use. Yoga and meditation are part of our daily routine and we follow a vegetarian diet
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteer tasks include learning and practicing yoga and meditation, garden work, renovation and construction, cooking and cleaning, event organizing and hosting, organizing community activities, group facilitation, social media promotion, guiding guests and short term volunteers and regular household chores.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation is provided in shared rooms and dormitories depending on the number of volunteers present. Vegetarian food is also provided. Public transport is available to the nearby town of Vig and to Copenhagen. Note: The food we eat is a combination of food we grow, food we purchase and food we collect from what the supermarkets throw away. Collected food is a significant part of our diet. It enables us to support a larger number of volunteers and it helps to reduce food waste. "Roughly one third of the food produced in the world, approx 1.3 billion tonnes, gets lost or wasted" UN FAO.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers will be given guidance and coaching in yoga and meditation and those who have an interest and aptitude can also take yoga teacher training. The Bio-Intensive system of organic food growing is taught as well as workshops on Permaculture and various DIY topics. Weekly classes on yoga philosophy are offered and volunteers will learn various practical skills such as vegetarian cooking, group facilitation and handyman skills through participation in the daily work of the Ashram.
⚠️ Requirements
Belgian volunteer required !
Looking for volunteers with strong interest in yoga & meditation & willing to practice on a daily basis. Cigarettes, drugs & alcohol not permitted. Would like volunteers with an interest in community living ready to take an active part in community life. Practical skills: gardening, carpentry, car/bike/appliance repair, music production, cooking. Social skills: group facilitation, organizing youth activities, social media advertising, fund-raising, project management & volunteer management. Teaching ability: any of above, NVC, conflict resolution, yoga, permaculture, etc., Art/music talent.
ℹ️ Additional information
This is an European Solidarity Corps project.
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SVI_SVE_ESC_AGA_Denmark
01/08/2018 → 31/07/2019
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
4560 Vig, Denmark
Denmark
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Denmark Krone (DKK / kr)
Exchange rate
1 DKK = 0.134370 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:39 (12/11/2026)
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