Short term volunteer for mushrooms eco-support
INITIATIVE ET DEVELOPPEMENT CITOYEN
Gardie, France
Description
We are looking for a mushroom and nature lover, who will work at our mushroom farm in this circular economy project called Café Vert! Our cooperative IDC's projects aim to raise awareness about the actual context we are living and to propose and create solutions to be part of a positive change in a social, cultural and environmental aspect. In this project especifically, we will reuse waste to create new life. We collect coffee waste from cafés and restaurants and we mix it with mycellieum to grow oyster mushrooms. And after harvesting, we use that new “waste” in our earth-worm farm, which is great to create new and rich soil for plants. We are looking for 2 volunteers to stay at our eco-place, and take care of the fruiting room, harvesting of the mushrooms, the hospital and the worms compost. In addition, the volunteer will help in other taks of the organization, related to the eco-place, the moving and more.
Modalités d'hébergement, de restauration et de transport
Volunteer for fruiting room will stay at our eco-place, in shared rooms in mobile homes. We share common tasks of cleaning, cooking and arranging the place. All food is covered! We don’t buy artificial food and we try to eat as local and seasonal as possible. We make the shopping twice per month. Of course, we eat very, very local, eco and fresh mushrooms! The volunteer will share with one other volunteer who is a long term who takes care of the animals of the farm. We are located in Lastours, a small village about 25 mins away from Carcassonne, the nearest city. The place is very rural!!!
Formation pendant l’activité
Volunteers will learn how to grow mushrooms from coffee waste and they will learn different sustainable practices to be more ethical and respectful with the environment. They will be able to lead them after or to propose new ideas/projects around sustainability, local and organic agriculture, intercultural exchange...
Profil du participant
We are looking for youngsters who want to invest themselves in a new life experience, with lots of challenges and learnings! Motivation to learn how to grow mushrooms and live in the rural area are a must! The activities are a bit of a routine, since the mushroom processes are the same, but it demands lots of observation in the details to make sure that the production will go as planned. Life at campsite is for nature lovers, and those who are looking to connect with it. Simple lifestyle, rural, resilient.
Dates de l’activité
Du 09/09/2025 au 06/11/2025
Lieu de l’activité
Gardie, France
Type d’activité
Volontariat individuel
Nous recherchons des participants venus de
Allemagne, Autriche, Belgique, Bulgarie, Croatie, Czechia, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Grèce, Hongrie, Italie, Lituanie, Portugal, Roumanie, Suède
Thèmes de l’activité
Environment and natural protection
Date limite de dépôt des candidatures
Pas de date limite de dépôt de candidature