Eco-Construction & Agroecology Camp
Szatyor Közösség a Környezettudatos Életmód Támogatásáért Egyesület
Zsámbok, Hungary
Description
Join a 3-week international volunteering experience in the Hungarian countryside with Cargonomia! This ESC volunteering team takes place in Zsámbok, a small rural village about one hour from Budapest, where Cargonomia develops activities around with an organic farm partner Zsamboki Biokert: agroecology, permaculture, eco-construction, low-tech solutions, community cooking, and community-based sustainable living. Participants will live together in a temporary eco-community, camping in tents, sharing daily life, community cooking, and collective organisation. The main practical activity of the camp will focus on the renovation of an old adobe house using ecological and traditional building techniques, combined with gardening, low-tech experimentation, and rural sustainability workshops. More info: https://www.szatyorgoesabroad.org/come-to-hungary/volunteering/2026-july-group-volunteering-in-zsambok
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Accommodation will be in tents. Volunteers should bring their own tent, sleeping bag and polyfoam. Outdoor showers and compost toilets are available at the site. We will do community cooking during the project. We will provide access to shared bicycles to go around the village and nearby. Altogether, we will lead a simple and low-impact lifestyle close to nature.
Training during the activity
You will get the chance to learn hands-on about eco-construction and adobe renovation, earth plastering and natural building techniques, permaculture gardening and agroecology and low-tech practical solutions by actively participating in the shared tasks. By living together with others, you will experience collective cooking and camp organisation and community living. We will organize workshops and discussions on sustainability, degrowth, conviviality and solidarity, intercultural exchange, self-organisation, and community life.
Participant profile
We are looking for motivated young people aged between 18 and 30 who are legal residents of the European Union - a total of 15 people - who are interested in sustainability and ecological transition, curious about collective living and community projects, ready to learn and participate in practical manual activities, and open to intercultural exchange and teamwork.
Activity dates
From 25/07/2026 to 12/08/2026
Activity location
Szent László street 56, Zsámbok, Hungary
Activity type
Volunteering teams
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 26/06/2026 23:59
Project code
2026-1-HU01-ESC51-VTJ-000401548