ECUADOR / WorkingAbroad Projects
Join now as an environmental volunteer in Ecuador. The aim of this programme is help to conserve a part of the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest by participating in tree planting, trail work, research activities, sustainable living and food production as well as some community projects. You can take part in: Cloud Forest Conservation & Sustainable Food Production and Building and we offer a short term Travelling, Volunteering, Learning (TVL) programme for groups.
Cloud Forest Conservation & Sustainable Food Production and Building:
Conservation and Sustainability Volunteers can join this programme all year round from 1 week up to 3 months in duration. Activities include:
-Planting 150 native trees per person within the group (groups of 4-8 usually)
-Designing and opening a new trail in the reserve
-Maintaining existing trails
-Collecting data for the station’s research projects
-Maintaining and improving the medicinal and meditation garden
-Working in the organic vegetable garden
-Alternative animal production
-Coffee, banana and citric production
-Bio-food production
-Eco-construction
-Sustainable wood production, and
-Medicinal garden work
2 weeks – Travelling, Volunteering and Learning Programme (TVL):
This is a programme which is ideal for volunteers who do not have much time to travel (two weeks), but still want to do something worthwhile and for groups (minimum 4 participants). It includes:
-reforestation, forest conservation and planting native and endangered species,
-hiking in the cloud forest,
-trip and overnight stay to a local indigenous community,
-opportunity to learn about medicinal plants and meet shaman for healing (optional),
-eco-construction workshops,
-ecological research techniques,
-sustainability – organic agriculture as well as bio food production, (ie cheese, yoghourt, pasta, coffee etc)
-conservation lectures and practices,
-camping and learning about survival techniques, shelter building, finding edible foods,
-visiting local school and nursery.
You can join for 1 week up to 12 weeks year round.
Individuals, groups, students doing research and families all welcome.
Cost includes shared lodging in cabins, 3 meals a day, training and supervision, project materials, backup and support; starts at £300.
For more information/how to apply, visit: http://www.workingabroad.com/projects/ecuador-cloud-forest-volunteer
Expires: Apr 1, 2016
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