📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
egambiente Voghera-Oltrepò has been active in the area for 30 years. Environmental and cultural variety defense, fight against all forms of discrimination and social injustice, promotion of volunteering, solidarity and peace are main objective of our local activities as well as promotion of a more modern waste management, renewable energies, biodiversity and sustainable development. We coordinate green areas cleaning days, planting trees, educational workshops in schools. The volunteer camp will provide an opportunity for environmental awareness, helping out and live an eco-friendly life experience.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: The volunteers will be involved in the creation of Parco del Castello di Verde footpaths and road signs with the aim to improve the usability of the Park. The work will be always in direct collaboration with the local technical staff.
STUDY PART: Naturalists and skilled staff will be available to volunteers during the whole workcamp duration.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in a hostel, which is a building completely remodeled in 2015, with self-managed kitchen. Wi-fi internet is provided.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE: The Park is a conservation area at 750 metres of altitude. It's located between Val Tidone and Valle Staffora. It has various natural features in its area. There are interesting and naturalistic point of views. It includes the beautiful Giardino delle farfalle (Butterfly's garden) where specific plants and flowers lures butterflies with their scent so that it's easy to observe many of them.
TERMINAL: Milan airports, Voghera train station and bus stop in Ponte Nizza (bus line Voghera-Varzi). Car rides provided from Ponte Nizza to Camp location on request
⚠️ Requirements
Motivation letter is required.