European Solidarity volunteering in Ecovillages and Ecoprojects
Your travel, accommodation and even pocket money is funded, so you don’t need to be out of pocket to travel abroad and discover community living. You’ll be assigned a mentor to help you get the best out of your experience, and there’s even free language training! Many of our member ecovillages and ecoprojects offer an opportunity to volunteer in their communities – explore them here!
Charlottendal Ecovillage
On a hill below a pre-Viking hillfort ruin and above an open meadow, is Charlottendal’s farm. We have built a small ecological community here, with six households using alternative energy and sewage technology, a handful of yurts and buses, and a Waldorf kindergarten. The purpose of Charlottendal is to develop different types of activities on a small farm, with a permaculture perspective that integrates animals, gardens and nature with social and educational aspects.
The place is home to about twenty people – four families, individuals young and old, a new women’s collective and some international volunteers. Sheep, horses, goats and chickens are some of the animals you can spot while walking around. The farm is owned by the Hagerrot family and co-managed by the Charlottendal Animals and Culture association, Lilla Bullerbyn kindergarten and the Charlottendal Housing Cooperative.
- involved activities on animal and environmental care, that is acting locally on global issues and up to carry out tasks that involve getting your hands dirty! We would prefer a candidate who has a minimum of experience working with gardening, building and animal care and interest in permaculture. Other tasks include youth leadership, promotion and administration.
- Length of Volunteering
10 months
- Usual start/end time
08/03/2025 to 20/12/2025
- Charlottendal: https://charlottendal.se/about-charlottendal/
- ESC portal entry: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/34826_en
- Contact details for applicants and application deadlines
- To apply, please send CV and a motivational letter to evs.charlottendal@gmail.com. If possible also specify the desired duration as well as starting date of the volunteering.
- No application deadline.k
Landsforeningen for Økosamfund – Danish Ecovillage Network
Organisational affiliation: Danish Ecovillage Network (LOES)
Hosting community: www.hallingelille.dk
- Gardening, administration, Erasmus+ and other International Project Coordination & Educational Activities, Communications, and practical work in the ecovillage.
- Projects in Ghana, Ukraine and Erasmus+ (with the project coordinator in LOES, Camilla) and Educational activities (with both Signe and Camilla). Once every fortnight, the whole team will have an office day together. Apart from working with LOES 3 days a week, 2 days will be in the hosting ecovillage, where tasks can include everything from cooking shared dinners in the community with the cooking teams, assisting in the gardens and running activities in a nearby asylum centre.
Read more here: https://okosamfund.dk/aktiviteter/projekter/european-solidarity-corps-esc/
- Length of Volunteering
8,5 months
- Usual start/end time
Once a year: From 1st of March 2025 – 31st of December 2025
- Link to News/Call/ESC Website/EU portal entry: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/40441_en
- Contact info: camilla@okosamfund.dk
Danish Ecovillage Network
Organisational affiliation: Danish Ecovillage Network (LOES)
Hosting community: www.hallingelille.dk
- Gardening, administration, Erasmus+ and other International Project Coordination & Educational Activities, Communications, and practical work in the ecovillage.
- Projects in Ghana, Ukraine and Erasmus+ (with the project coordinator in LOES, Camilla) and Educational activities (with both Signe and Camilla). Once every fortnight, the whole team will have an office day together. Apart from working with LOES 3 days a week, 2 days will be in the hosting ecovillage, where tasks can include everything from cooking shared dinners in the community with the cooking teams, assisting in the gardens and running activities in a nearby asylum centre.
Read more here: https://okosamfund.dk/aktiviteter/projekter/european-solidarity-corps-esc/
- Length of Volunteering
8,5 months
- Usual start/end time
Once a year: From 1st of March 2025 – 31st of December 2025
- Link to News/Call/ESC Website/EU portal entry: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/40441_en
- Contact info: camilla@okosamfund.dk
Landsforeningen for Økosamfund – Danish Ecovillage Network
Organisational affiliation: Danish Ecovillage Network (LOES)
Hosting community: www.hallingelille.dk
- Gardening, administration, Erasmus+ and other International Project Coordination & Educational Activities, Communications, and practical work in the ecovillage.
- Projects in Ghana, Ukraine and Erasmus+ (with the project coordinator in LOES, Camilla) and Educational activities (with both Signe and Camilla). Once every fortnight, the whole team will have an office day together. Apart from working with LOES 3 days a week, 2 days will be in the hosting ecovillage, where tasks can include everything from cooking shared dinners in the community with the cooking teams, assisting in the gardens and running activities in a nearby asylum centre.
Read more here: https://okosamfund.dk/aktiviteter/projekter/european-solidarity-corps-esc/
- Length of Volunteering
8,5 months
- Usual start/end time
Once a year: From 1st of March 2025 – 31st of December 2025
- Link to News/Call/ESC Website/EU portal entry: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/40441_en
- Contact info: camilla@okosamfund.dk
Sieben Linden Ecovillage
Sieben Linden is a large ecovillage with a small ecological footprint, housing 150 people living on 100 ha of land, since 1997. The community contains sustainable gardens, renewable energy concepts, and straw bale houses. Visiting their ecovillage will impart techniques on community building, personality development, ecology, non-violent communication and more. They host a wide range of seminars, and have a rich selection of online webinars on their website.
Organic Vegetable Gardening
- 8 months: 1st of March – 31st of October (2 places)
- 12 months: 31st of March – 28th of February (1 place)
- Link to the webpage for applications: https://siebenlinden.org/de/european-voluntary-service-europaeischer-freiwilligendienst/
- Link to interview of past ESC volunteers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u3NL-lsnEo
- Contact details for applicants and application deadlines: Lorena Castro as ESC-Coordinator: freiwilligenkoordination@fk.siebenlinden.org
Netherlands Ecovillage Network – Bergen Ecovillage
Ecovillage Bergen covers an area of 15 hectares and is located in the northwest of the Netherlands,
close to the sea. The terrain is a former war airport, now transforming into a place of peace and creativity. The community consists of a group of about 25 people. The common focus is living with a low ecological footprint in a natural environment.
You may expect shared housing, common facilities and diverse social activities. There is an events terrain, a vegetable garden, a giveaway shop, a small bulk shop and many green areas of smallwilderness.
The Hosting Organisation is GEN NL.
- Different areas
- Duration of Volunteering
4,5 months
- Usual start/end time
1 September – 15 January
Ecovillage Bergen: www.ecodorpbergen.nl
GEN Netherlands: www.gen-nl.nl
Contact details for applicants and application deadline questions to Petra : info@ekostam.nl
ESC application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg5ddsMKhvRSa9JMR10tdl9F97DfbrVOxSgxFgQ72Loe_mMg/viewform
Sunseed Desert Technology Ecoproject
Sunseed Desert technology is an ecoproject, and non-formal education project for the transition towards sustainability. They dedicate themselves to realise, demonstrate and communicate solutions that support a low-impact lifestyle.
- Sunseed is a multifaceted project developing and experimenting with various topics from non-formal education, sustainability, biodiversity and self-sufficiency. As a volunteer you can join different fields: Sustainable Living, Organic Gardens, Ecosystem restoration, Appropriate Technology, Eco-maintenance, Office, Education, Communication.
- Length of Volunteering
6 months
- Usual start/end time
Beginning of March or September
