🇸🇪 ESC Volunteering in Sweden 🌿 ReGreen Summer Camp: Permaculture, Sustainability and Community Life at Suderbyn Ecovillage 🏕️

An international permaculture ecovillage on the island of Gotland. A fire pit area being built by hand. An organic community garden. And a group of 10 young people spending 21 days learning how to live and work in genuine harmony with the land. ReGreen is an ESC team volunteering project at Suderbyn Permaculture Ecovillage in Sweden — one of the most immersive sustainability experiences available through the ESC programme.

🌱 About Suderbyn and the Project

Suderbyn is home to an international community of people who care about the environment and who apply permaculture principles and voluntary simplicity in their everyday lives. ReGreen brings together 10 young volunteers for a 21-day educational, practical, and social adventure — weaving together three interconnected themes across three weeks.

⚠️ Suderbyn is a vegan community. Participants must be open to following a vegan diet and not consuming any meat during the stay.

⚠️ Flying to the island is not possible. Participants must arrive via green travel — this is a condition of the programme.

📋 Three Project Themes

🔨 Theme 1: Infrastructure Project

This year Suderbyn is working on improving outdoor spaces — including the fire pit area and a potential sauna. All construction work will be done according to permaculture principles, as sustainably and naturally as possible, working in harmony with the land.

🌾 Theme 2: Permaculture

Volunteers will explore permaculture design principles and their application in the organic community garden. Tasks include:

🌿 Foraging and processing natural materials

🌳 Forest-garden care and ecosystem understanding

🪴 Weeding, harvesting, and composting

🌍 Developing a deeper connection with the soil, the ecosystem, and the food the land provides

🤝 Theme 3: Personal and Group Development

Working with the community’s NGO RELEARN, volunteers explore the social domain — personal growth, group dynamics, community building, and sociocracy as a model for collective decision-making.

🎁 What the Project Provides

🏕️ Accommodation at Suderbyn Ecovillage — living as part of the international resident community

🥗 Vegan food provided throughout the stay

💶 Pocket money provided

✈️ Travel costs covered by the European Solidarity Corps programme — green travel only

👤 Who Should Apply

ReGreen is for young people aged 18–30 who:

🌍 Live in Europe or have a valid visa for staying in Europe during the project period

🌿 Are genuinely interested in permaculture, sustainability, and community living

🌱 Are open to vegan diet throughout the stay

🚆 Are committed to arriving via green travel — no flying

⚠️ The application form may close before the deadline if too many applications are received — apply early.

For more about Suderbyn: 🔗 www.suderbyn.se

🔎 New to ESC volunteering? Everything you need to know about how the programme works is right here: https://youthworkshub.org/15101/

🌍 Eligible Countries

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

📅 Activity Dates

🗓️ 24 June — 14 July 2026

📍 Suderbyn Ecovillage, Gotland, Sweden

⏰ Deadline

11 May 2026 (form may close early if too many applications are received)

📬 How to Apply

📝 Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScH8cSsYixd3lNXjvRaJ5Aiwg54IOzNBtG1QqLtq2aCnFZD1g/viewform

📧 education@suderbyn.se

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