Roots & Wheels
Szatyor Közösség a Környezettudatos Életmód Támogatásáért Egyesület
Nyitott Kert alapítvány
Budapest, Hungary
Description
Cargonomia is looking for two motivated volunteers to join our community-based sustainability project in Budapest for a 6-month European Solidarity Corps volunteering experience. The project connects urban and rural initiatives between Budapest and the village of Zsámbok, where we also develop agroecology, eco-construction, and food processing activities. This volunteering experience combines practical involvement, community life, non-formal learning, and participation in a dynamic international network working on solidarity and sustainability. Depending on the season, interests, and ongoing projects, volunteers may participate in cargo-bike logistics and local food distribution, support for community events and workshops, agroecology and gardening activities, food processing and preservation, communication and documentation, helping maintain community spaces, educational and awareness-raising activities for youth, adults and families and support for solidarity and sustainability.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Volunteers will have a private room in a shared apartment near Cargonomia. The accommodation also has a shared kitchen and common spaces. Volunteers will have access to fresh vegetables from partner farms, public transport pass for Pest County, access to shared bicycles, mentoring and support during the whole activity. Volunteers should be ready for collective and community-based environments, practical hands-on activities, simple and sustainable lifestyles and flexibility and teamwork.
Training during the activity
Volunteers will have the cahnce to get involved in a local initiative, take a look into Cargonomia's inner workings and learn about the topics involved in the project. These topics are: sustainable food systems, cargo-bike logistics, agroecology, community education, low-tech solutions and ecological transition.
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 2 people - who are interested in sustainability and ecological transition, curious about alternative ways of living and organising, open to intercultural exchange, motivated to participate in community projects.
Activity dates
A total of 24 week(s) during the period 01/08/2026 to 01/02/2027
Activity location
Budapest, Hungary
Activity type
Individual volunteering
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
No application deadline
Project code
2026-1-HU01-ESC51-VTJ-000401548