STRAWBALE BUILDING TEAM AT SIEBEN LINDEN ECOVILLAGE 🇩🇪🧱 Build, Learn, and Live Sustainably in the Heart of Nature!
Join this two-week ESC volunteering experience and become part of an intentional eco-community in Germany! Help construct an eco-family house using strawbale insulation, learn hands-on natural building skills, and immerse yourself in a life close to nature and sustainability.
💡 Activity Type:
European Solidarity Corps – Volunteering Teams
🏢 Host Organization:
GEN-Deutschland – Netzwerk für Gemeinschaften e.V.
In cooperation with Wohnungsgenossenschaft Sieben Linden
📍 Location:
Sieben Linden Ecovillage, Beetzendorf, Germany
📆 Activity Dates:
20 September 2025 – 05 October 2025
⏳ Duration:
2 weeks
📚 Fields:
Environmental Education, Sustainable Construction, Climate Action, Community Living
💬 Language(s):
English (basic understanding required)
German (some community events are in German)
🎯 Eligibility Criteria (Who can apply?):
- Open to young people from ESC-eligible countries
- Strong interest in natural building and ecological living
- Willingness to live in a rural ecovillage and share rooms with other volunteers
- Respectful of intentional community values
- Applications must include a motivation letter addressed to “Dear Sieben Linden” — applications without this will be rejected
🧪 Responsibilities / Tasks:
- Install strawbales as insulation for a new eco-family house
- Engage in natural building practices under expert supervision
- Participate in weekly thematic workshops
- Join community events and get a glimpse of ecovillage life
- Learn eco-skills and contribute to a sustainable lifestyle initiative
🌟 Why to Join?:
🛠️ Learn practical sustainable construction techniques
🏕️ Experience authentic community living
🌿 Connect with nature and support climate-friendly practices
🍽️ Enjoy organic, mostly vegan food from a communal kitchen
👷 Gain hands-on green skills in a real-world project
🌎 Be part of a positive environmental movement
📩 Application Info:
🔗 ESC Portal: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/47745_en
📅 Application Deadline: 13 August 2025 – 23:00
💰 Compensation:
- Free accommodation in shared rooms (4 per room)
- Organic breakfast ingredients provided for self-preparation
- Community kitchen serves lunch & dinner (mostly vegan)
- Travel reimbursement according to ESC distance rules
- Participation is fully funded under the ESC programme
🌐 Official Link:
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/47745_en
🌍 Eligible Countries:
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
