🌿 Volunteer in Italy on a Long-Term ESC Project in Nature-Based Environmental Education at Monte Barro Hostel 🏞️📚♻️🇮🇹

Join a unique nature-based ESC experience at Monte Barro Regional Park! Support eco-tourism, environmental education, and sustainability while living in an inspiring and peaceful setting.

💡 Activity Type
European Solidarity Corps – Individual Volunteering

🏢 Host Organization
Legambiente Lecco Onlus (Coordinated by No Borders)

📍 Location
Monte Barro, Italy

📆 Period
15 September 2025 – 14 August 2026

⏳ Duration
11 months

📚 Fields
Environmental education, sustainability, creative recycling, tourism, community engagement

💬 Language(s)
Intermediate English (required); willingness to learn Italian

🎯 Eligibility criteria (Who can apply?)
We’re looking for motivated volunteers aged 18–30 who are:
– Excited about environmental sustainability and education
– Comfortable living in a remote, natural setting
– Flexible, organized, and eager to work on diverse tasks
– Respectful, open-minded, and willing to engage in team life
– Happy to follow a vegetarian/vegan diet
– Interested in working with school children and international visitors
– Willing to share space and daily routines with a small team

Participants must be from: 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden

🧪 Responsibilities / tasks
– Help design eco-tourism paths and content for international visitors
– Facilitate and implement educational workshops for schoolchildren
– Create and lead new didactic activities on art, nature, or recycling
– Participate in summer camps, manage logistics and environmental sessions
– Handle guest check-ins, room prep, and cleaning at the hostel
– Support the organization’s communication and international outreach

🌟 Why to join?
– Live inside a beautiful natural park in northern Italy
– Deepen your skills in environmental education and sustainable tourism
– Contribute your creativity to real community initiatives
– Grow personally while living and working in a peaceful, team-oriented environment
– Learn Italian and immerse yourself in local culture

📩 Application info
Apply via the official ESC portal:
👉 https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/47106_en
🗓 Deadline: 07 July 2025 – 12:00 (noon)

💰 Compensation
– Accommodation provided at the hostel
– Vegetarian food and local transport covered by the host organization
– Pocket money of €6 per day
– Travel costs reimbursed up to ESC limits

🌐 Official link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/47106_en