A fully immersive ecological ESC opportunity is waiting for you in Bitonto, Puglia, Italy 🇮🇹. “Let’s Regenerate!” takes place at Regen, an agroforestry farm with more than 15,000 fruit trees, shrubs, herbs, and vegetable gardens — a living laboratory of regenerative agriculture and sustainable living.
If you are passionate about ecology, agroforestry, permaculture, and community-based environmental activism, this project offers hands-on learning and real impact.
📌 Project Overview
🌍 Programme: European Solidarity Corps – ESC Individual Volunteering
📍 Location: Bitonto (Palombaio), Puglia, Italy 🇮🇹
🗓 Activity Dates: 01 March 2026 – 01 September 2026
⏳ Total Duration: 24 weeks
🏷 Activity Type: Individual Volunteering
🆔 Project Code: 2025-1-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000348869
🎯 Main Themes
🌿 Environment and natural protection
🌱 Agroforestry and regenerative agriculture
📚 Education and ecological training
🎨 Creativity within sustainable living models
💡 What Will You Learn and Do?
🌳 Explore permaculture design principles and ecosystem thinking
✂️ Practice pruning and agroforestry management
🌾 Observe natural successions and agro-ecological layers
🌱 Build plant nurseries and participate in planting activities
♻️ Learn composting, worm compost systems, biochar, and natural fertilization
💧 Understand hydrological management and soil regeneration
Regen regularly organises training courses combining theory and practice, focusing on agro-ecology, bio-construction, and ecological activism. The association has over 8 years of experience in ecological training and regenerative models.
🏠 Accommodation and Lifestyle
🏡 Shared rooms with volunteers and staff
🥗 Vegetarian diet on the farm (mostly organic and locally produced)
🍳 Eggs and weekly cheese night included
🌍 Focus on critical consumption and minimal packaging
🌿 Eco-friendly, plant-based, biodegradable toiletries required
This is not only a volunteering project — it is a community lifestyle based on sustainability and ecological ethics.
📚 Learning Experience
🌍 Deep understanding of ecological systems
🤝 Team-based agroforestry management
🌱 Hands-on regenerative agriculture practices
🎓 Professional and personal development in sustainability
👤 Participant Profile
🌱 Strong commitment to ecology and sustainability
🤝 Able to work in a team and live in a shared community
💪 Hard-working, proactive, sociable, and creative
🗣 Knowledge of English or Italian
🌍 From eligible European countries
🎯 Aged 18–30
🌾 Previous experience in agriculture, communication, eco-building or carpentry is an asset but not mandatory
🌎 Eligible Countries
🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden
📅 Application Deadline
⏰ 30 March 2026 – 23:59
🔗 Application Link
👉 https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49433_en
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