I know how, empower the group, and heal the Earth (duration 8 months - 35 weeks ) From July 2026 - March 2027
"Trinoga" association
Zhelen, Bulgaria
Description
We happily invite you to live and grow together in this wild area of the Balkan Mountains: enhancing biodiversity, social unity, and personal growth! Master and be the host of our place, discover other eco-projects in Bulgaria. Give a hand and share authentic lifestyles! During your stay we will be focused on: -Self-improvement, family, and community life: healthy daily regime and habits, morning practices, regular sharing circle, healthy nutrition, teamwork. Helping local community and eco projects in Zhelen and Bulgaria. -Developing green skills: handling different tools, grow food sustainably, renovate and build a home, organise an eco-friendly householding, balance between nature, local community, markets, and institutions. -Regenerative ecology and agriculture: ability of local creation of living environments that are sustainably productive under changing conditions. Hosting youth groups. Facing climate change. Welcome to Vegetarium! Please, read: http://vegetarium.info/our-rules/
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
We share a hamlet of authentic clay houses, improved with common space, modern kitchen and bathroom. We are looking for 4 volunteers: the volunteers will be in shared rooms, two persons per room, couples are welcome! We are growing, foraging, cooking and eating together healthy, plant based food. Sometimes we are adding a little amount of eggs or diary products. Living in the mountain we mainly walk or horse-ride, when possible. At one hour of walk from our home is the train station with regular connection to Sofia (60km) and Svoge (15km.) or a bus.
Training during the activity
Our open and pragmatic methodology provides knowledge, skills and attitudes for: - Healthy and non-violent living; - Regenerative landscaping; - Planting endemic and useful plants: nutritional, medicinal, ecological; - Renovation and construction of houses, using wood, clay, stone, straw and other materials; - Maintenance of eco-farms: gardens, animals, buildings and machinery; - Receiving and training volunteers; - Exchange of production, physical and intellectual labor, with the local population; - Consulting and volunteering for other projects; - Non-dogmatic spirituality;
Participant profile
No previous experience needed. You need strong motivation and will to live the values and principles of the project, to practice it's lifestyle. To be open and implement the desired habits, regarding food, daily regime and program. To be ready to handle responsibilities. For this, you need to be listening, flexible, hardworking and willing to persevere. The specific knowledge, skills and attitudes transmitted, are demanding openness and respect toward our experience in the last 20 years. Important information about the activity duration: There are two options for your stay: Stay from July to December 2026, then take a break from December until the end of February, and resume your stay from the beginning of March 2027 to complete the remaining 3 months until the end of May. Stay continuously for 8 months from July 2026 to March 2027 without project interruption. This option is suitable if we both agree that you are prepared to spend the coldest months here. It requires a combination of character and motivation to enjoy a quieter, more introspective time while staying active despite the low outside temperatures.
Activity dates
A total of 35 week(s) during the period 20/07/2026 to 20/03/2027
Activity location
Vegetarium community home, Zhelen, Bulgaria
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Health and wellbeing
Education and training
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 25/01/2026 12:33
Project code
2025-1-BG01-ESC51-VTJ-000345847