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Sustainable Farming & Urban Agriculture
Highlights
- Learn local techniques for sustainable tropical agriculture.
- Help to create food sovereignty on Isla Isabela.
- Increase the nutritional content of the food available in Isabela.
- Gain Spanish fluency by living with a host family and sharing daily life with locals.
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About the program
Volunteers will learn local techniques for sustainable tropical agriculture and will help the town of Isabela maintain their greenhouses.
Role Overview
The farms of Isabela Island are starting work in greenhouses to optimize production year-round in a sustainable and environmentally-friendly manner. The highland town of Tomás de Berlanga is about 10 miles uphill from the coastal part of town, where IOI headquarters (your ...
Typical day
Schedule
Our schedules are based on 30 hrs/week. It is about a 30-minute bus ride up to the highlands at 7:00am and the bus leaves the highlands around 2:30pm.
After you arrive back to Isabela at 3:00pm you will have the rest of the day to explore, adventure, or rest on the beach. You can enjoy food ...
Free-time activities
There is a lot to do in your free time! You can definitely look up tours in Isabela - there are many snorkel tours, scuba, hiking in the volcano, etc. There are also free things to do like snorkeling at the concha de perla, walking to the muro de lagrimas, various wetlands trails, etc. It is ...
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
Arrivals are on Mondays and departures are on Saturdays or Sundays. Project staff will pick you up and drop you off on these days. Please ensure this works with your travel plans.
Program fees
Meet your organization
IOI - Empowering Galapagos
Non-profit - founded in 2006
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Monique
About the project
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