🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🌱 Syntropic and Regenerative Agriculture on an Ecological Farm 🐐

Description

To fully apply and be considered as a candidate, please read all the information on our webpage and fill out the application form you will find on fincaluna.org

The program offers permaculture education, practical ecological farm work, multicultural volunteer community experience, all with a focus on learning by doing. You will share this experience in a group of 6 volunteers from different countries, included from Spain. Our small farm of 6000m2 is located in the northwest of the island of La Palma, Canary Island. This 10 months experience is perfect for a solid introduction to the principles of permaculture design, the practice of regenerative and syntropic agriculture , and to the work and life in an ecological farm. We work 7 hours daily ranging from routine farm work (garden, forest, animals, plant nursery), milking goats and make cheese, group projects, workshops, and community work in other farms.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Volunteers are hosted in our farm, in shared bedrooms. Most of the year, external facilities are used (solar shower, compost toilet). Comfort is basic as we mostly live outside during the year. In winter, rain is frequent and temperature can go down to 3 degrees celsius by night (it can be cold inside too because of humidity). Up to 45 degrees in summer. Food is covered partially by farm produces and our own warehouse. Meals are cooked and shared among volunteers. There is one family living permanently on the farm, they are your hosts and coordinators.

Training during the activity

The aim of our project is to train you so that you can become a social and environmental changemaker, improve your awareness of the natural environment, become proactive actor of your personal and professional life. We focus on learning by doing, where mistakes are part of the process. Our goal is that you enhance your confidence and autonomy in conducting ecological farm tasks. Volunteers are trained through workshops (permaculture design, composting, microorganisms development, etc.) offered by the coordinators as well as by fellow volunteers.

Participant profile

To be passionate about the environment, ecological farming, and permaculture; To be willing to learn rural and manual skills and to enjoy doing physical hard work; To be ready to spend 10 months living and working on a farm located in rural area far away from the city, with basic comfort with cold rainy weather in winter and dry and hot in summer; To be interested in permaculture design theory; Open-minded and predisposition to learning; ready to participate in maintenance activities such as cooking and cleaning; Commitment to learn basic spanish before arrival. Preference will be given to candidates with fewer opportunities.

Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

From 20/02/2026 to 10/12/2026

Location

Calle El Brezal 1, Garafía, Spain

Deadline

15/11/2026

Project code

2026-1-ES02-ESC51-VTJ-000400635

Topics

Looking for participants from

32 countries can apply. The activity takes place in 🇪🇸 Spain.