Revive Traditions, Learn Sustainability, and Create Meaningful Change!
🏛️ Host Organisation
Ökográf Egyesület
Hásságy, Hungary
🌍 About the Project
Are you passionate about environment, tradition, and sustainability?
Join Green, Slow and Soulful — a unique ESC volunteering project that combines eco-friendly living, cultural heritage revival, and creative recycling in rural Hungary!
Volunteers will explore the intersection of ecology, art, and social enterprise while living close to nature and contributing to meaningful community initiatives.
Through hands-on learning, you’ll help renovate a 100-year-old cultural heritage house using traditional adobe techniques, promote creative recycling, and support sustainable entrepreneurship projects.
🌱 Main Activities
🏡 Revival of Traditions – Help renovate a historic peasant house using traditional adobe techniques and rediscover local heritage.
♻️ Creative Recycling – Learn and teach upcycling techniques, giving old materials new life through creative reuse.
💼 Social Entrepreneurship – Gain insights into social enterprise management, from idea development to product marketing.
📣 Project Coordination – Assist in organizing and implementing Erasmus+ and volunteer team projects, supporting communication and logistics.
🏡 Accommodation, Food & Transport
🏙 Volunteers will live in Pécs, a beautiful city near the project site, in a shared 3-room apartment close to the city center.
🍽 Food and pocket money will be provided according to ESC standards.
✈️ Travel costs to and from Hungary are reimbursed up to the official limit defined by the program.
🎓 Training & Learning Opportunities
🎯 Volunteers will participate in ESC On-Arrival and Mid-Term Trainings provided by the Hungarian National Agency.
💬 Hungarian language support and intercultural learning sessions will be included.
🌿 Skills gained: team cooperation, eco-building, recycling, entrepreneurship, and event organization.
👥 Participant Profile
We’re looking for open-minded, creative, and curious young people (18–30 years old) who are:
✅ Interested in sustainability, culture, and social impact
✅ Ready to learn and adapt to new cultures and lifestyles
✅ Motivated to work with others and engage in rural community life
✅ Basic English knowledge is sufficient — enthusiasm matters more than experience!
If you’re eager to learn, explore new ways of sustainable living, and contribute to community development, this project is for you!
🌍 Eligible Countries
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🗓️ Application Deadline
31 December 2025
