Finlândia

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Data de início: 13-04-2026

Data de fim: 12-12-2026

Vagas: 1

Duração: 8 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 19-12-2025

Financiamento: Aprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 120 €

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Resumo: (environment)
The objective of the hosting organization is to vivify the countryside life in many ways, promote holistic ecological lifestyle and global sustainable development, as well as encourage communality and inclusion, and be open for surroundings and cooperate in many local, national and international ways. The fulfilment of these aims is a major part of our routine work in the village, where the association operates and which also acts as a home to some of its members and the volunteers alike. We want to be well known in the town among all citizens and support tolerance, strengthen the local community, enriching the culture inside our village and bring the communities surrounding us close together. Our organization is cooperating with GEN Finland, GEN Europe (Global Ecovillage Network) and Finnish Permaculture Association, bringing us many other understandings and ways of operating in our own community, with nature and with the volunteers. We do our small steps here in our village and surroundings and other ecovillages and permaculture places are doing theirs. We are happy to corporate and embrace collaborations to harmonize our ideas about sustainability around Europe.

Everyone easily gets a lot of information about how bad the situation is on the planet, and we are crossing people that often feel alone, hopeless and stuck in the process of looking for solutions, not knowing what to do. Our organization believes that all the small things can make a big difference. We do our best to live more sustainably, bring life to the countryside, build up communality, be open to new ideas and make our baby steps for a better and safer future. Bringing more awareness to people about these topics and helping them to create concrete actions is our ultimate objective.

Our strategy is to develop a center of sustainable lifestyle and diversity which is open for everyone interested. We will develop and strengthen cooperation between different people, groups and actors and between urban and rural areas. We promote actions based by sustainable development goals like increasing biodiversity by planting large variety of perennial plants, also promoting wellbeing of pollinators and other animals; increasing knowledge of food security and sustainable food production by making reference garden and food forest based on permaculture principles; taking part of the nature conservation projects; increasing inclusion and equality; promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns. We will vivify the countryside by hosting visitors and groups, and organizing happenings, open door days and weekly summer cafeteria. We will bring solidarity, internationality and inclusion by cooperating and organizing things with at Vesilahti municipality, organizations and other actors like Finnish permaculture association, Shero ry, ecovillages, GEN (Global ecovillage network) Finland, cooperating with, organizing things and bringing together different people groups like immigrants, refugees, disabled people, sexual minority, elderly people, youth and children. We are developing our role as an international cooperator and creating good and active partnerships.

The main goals are to encourage sustainable and Eco-friendly practices, create a diverse and multicultural environment, support youngsters with fewer opportunities, promote tolerance and solidarity.

Perfil: Age: 18-30
- open-minded and respectful
- interested in sustainable lifestyle and ecological development
- willing to learn new things
- able to adapt and to share their space with others
- someone who can take initiative and work independently as well as in group

Tarefas: The volunteers' work tasks include planning and cooking community lunches, caretaker tasks (heating sauna, compost and dry-toilets maintenance, etc), taking care of our small food gardens, seasonal work (picking berries, mushrooms, wild herbs...), assisting in building tasks (barn renovation), collaborating with local schools, youth centers and solidarity organizations, helping organize cultural events, etc. This project is a great chance to get to know a new country and its traditions, be in contact with nature, make meaningful connections, implement your own ideas and projects, take time to reflect on the world and yourself, get out of your comfort zone and experience new adventures! :)

Condições: Our volunteers live together, sharing a house with mini-kitchen, beds in two floors (about 56 m2).
Our community house is most of the time for their use. There are kitchen, living room and dry toilet downstairs and open upper floor for resting, reading etc. We also have lunch in the community house.
That is very important time for really meet each others daily. For other meals food allowance is provided.
In our sauna building volunteers there is laundry room and shower/washing room. We make arrangements to make sure that privacy is available when needed.

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter