🌿🏗️ European Solidarity Corps Individual Volunteering in Greece Exploring Practical Sustainability, Natural Building and Community Resilience by the Sea and Mountains 🌊⛰️ Touch the Sky, Build the Future 🇬🇷

✨ A fully funded European Solidarity Corps opportunity is waiting for you in Greece, combining hands-on eco-building, community life, and sustainability in practice.

🌱 Project Overview
This ESC Individual Volunteering project continues long-term sustainability work carried out since 2010 within the Telethrion Community Project. Volunteers will actively contribute to completing new eco-buildings, improving existing natural constructions, and supporting the development of a resilient, off-grid community model focused on sustainable living.

🛠️ Main Activities
🏗️ Hands-on natural building using cob, strawbale, and other eco-construction techniques
🌳 Tree care, reforestation activities, and nursery development
🏡 Completion of the new “Food Temple” and community hub buildings
🧠 Learning by doing through non-formal education and skill-sharing workshops
🤝 Community life, cooperation, and resilience-focused practices

🏡 Accommodation, Food & Living Conditions
🌿 Volunteers stay at the FreeAndReal off-grid “Test Site”
🥗 Plant-based communal meals provided
🌊 Walking distance to the sea and close connection to nature
🏕️ Experience a fully sustainable, communal lifestyle

🎓 Training During the Activity
🧱 Practical construction work at the Test Site and the Telethrion mountain location
🏠 Participation in building a 100 m² megayurt strawbale structure
🌲 Maintenance and planting of trees
📚 Combination of theory and practice through innovative non-formal education methods

👤 Participant Profile
🌍 Young people aged 18–30
🌱 Strong motivation and interest in sustainability, resilience, and eco-living
🇪🇺 Residents of EU and programme countries

📅 Activity Dates
26 March 2026 – 25 May 2026

📅 Application Deadline
29 January 2026 (22:22 CET)

🌍 Activity Location
Aghios, Istiaias Edipsou, Greece

📌 Activity Type
European Solidarity Corps – Individual Volunteering

🌍 Eligible Countries
🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49473_en

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