🇬🇷🌱 ESC Volunteering Teams in Greece 🇬🇷 Civic Ecology Garden II in Katerini 🌍 Community Gardening Sustainability Solidarity and Environmental Action in Practice 🇬🇷

🌍 Project Overview

Civic Ecology Garden II is an ESC Volunteering Teams project hosted by KAPNIKOS STATHMOS KATERINIS in Katerini, Greece.

The Civic Ecology Garden functions both as a productive ecological garden and as an open community space that promotes sustainability, reuse and responsible food production. The project combines environmental action with solidarity-based initiatives, showing how ecological work can directly support social impact within the community.

Part of the garden’s production contributes to the organisation’s solidarity actions, linking food production with social support. Volunteers’ responsibilities are cross-project and interconnected, combining garden activities with participation in other social initiatives of the organisation. This allows participants to experience how ecological, social and solidarity-based actions reinforce one another in real life.

Through daily cooperation and practical work, volunteers gain insight into the environmental and social impact of small-scale initiatives, while contributing to the successful reclamation and adaptive reuse of an abandoned public space for community benefit.

This activity is funded by SNJ Luxembourg.

🌿 Main Activities

Volunteers will engage in hands-on, practical tasks including:

🌱 Planting and seasonal maintenance
♻️ Composting and soil care
💧 Water-saving practices
🌾 Sustainable food production activities
🤝 Supporting solidarity-related actions connected to garden output
🏡 Contributing to other social initiatives within the organisation

The work is collaborative and community-based, offering a holistic experience that integrates sustainability, environmental protection and civic engagement.

🏠 Accommodation Food and Financial Support

For the entire duration of the activity, the organisation fully covers:

🏡 Accommodation
🍽 Food
🚍 Local transport

Participants will be accommodated in one of the organisation’s fully equipped apartments located directly inside the premises.

Meals are provided Monday through Sunday in the form of cooked dishes prepared on-site according to the organisation’s meal plan.

💶 Each volunteer receives a fixed amount of pocket money.

🎓 Training and Learning

Volunteers will receive:

📘 Task-related training
🇬🇷 Weekly real-life Greek lessons
🛠 Various thematic workshops

This ensures both technical learning and intercultural development.

👤 Participant Profile

The organisation is looking for volunteers who:

🌍 Are open to multicultural exchange and community living
🤝 Are willing to interact and cooperate with diverse people
💪 Are adaptable and not afraid of physical work
🌱 Are motivated to engage in sustainability and solidarity actions

No specific competence is required. Gardening experience is helpful but not mandatory. Every unique skill is appreciated.

📍 Activity Details

📌 Location: Fleming 8, Katerini, Greece
📂 Activity Type: Volunteering teams
🗓 Activity Dates: From 20/04/2026 to 12/06/2026
🆔 Project Code: 2024-2-LU01-ESC51-VTJ-000289317

🌎 Eligible Countries

🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇺🇦 Ukraine

📚 Activity Topics

🗳 Citizenship and democratic participation
🌳 Environment and natural protection
🌾 Nutrition and subsistence agriculture

⏳ Application Deadline

Application deadline: 27/03/2026 11:59

🔗 Application Link

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49564_en

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