Short Term - in a self-sustaining Eco Farm

location
1 - 12 semaines  ·  Âge 18 - 50+

rating  Esceptionnel 4.9  · 
  Vérifié par Volunteer World
  Taux de réponse excellent

Clou

  • Connect to nature becomes easy in our Eco Farm in the middle mountain chain covered by the subtropical Atlantic Forrest and all its biodiversity.
  • Go back the basics, learn about yourself in our community setting far away from stress and axiety.
  • Learn about Permaculture and how to set up your form following the permaculture design principles

Clou

  • Connect to nature becomes easy in our Eco Farm in the middle mountain chain covered by the subtropical Atlantic Forrest and all its biodiversity.
  • Go back the basics, learn about yourself in our community setting far away from stress and axiety.
  • Learn about Permaculture and how to set up your form following the permaculture design principles
  • Learn about agroforestry and how this technique can produce an abundance of food for humans and animals and transform degrated landscape in forrests.
  • Make friends for lifetime. Meet people from Brazil and other volunteers from across the world


  • Particulièrement approprié pour

    Âge 18+
    Seul voyageur
    Couples
    Familles
    Groupes
    50+

    À propos du programme

    Join and experience life on a self-sustaining Eco Farm. A unique experience, Bioconstruction, permaculture, agroforestry, hikes in the mountains and camping weekends.

    Eco Caminhos is a self sustainable Eco-Farm in Brazil, we have been working with volunteers since the very beginning of the project, we aim to become an example of a sustainable international community guided under the principles of Permaculture, growing and producing while being in balance with ...

    À propos du programme

    Eco Caminhos is a self sustainable Eco-Farm in Brazil, we have been working with volunteers since the very beginning of the project, we aim to become an example of a sustainable international community guided under the principles of Permaculture, growing and producing while being in balance with nature through organic farming, renewable energy, Agroforestry and Bioconstruction, but having the support as well of some degree of modern technology which needs to be used with resposability and in moderation. We aim to help the world change in the right direction, and we welcome any help from all corners of the world. 

    In order to achive this in Eco Caminhos we believe healthy human development its a must, we must all learn to work hard together and respect each other’s cultures and backgrounds, we want to learn from our volunteers and for them to learn from us. Located two hours from Rio de Janeiro, in the beautiful mountains of Cardinot near the small city of Nova Friburgo we find ourselves away from the heptic rhythms of the modern system, we firmly believe this is a perfect environment for personal and community growth, we offer volunteers an amazing and unique experience, helping us in all the different sustainable projects in Eco Caminhos and eventually, with time, even having the support of the whole team to develop your own project if inspiration stikes you.

    This Volunteer program is not about the work you will do on Bioconstruction, Agroforestry and Organic farming alone, it is about being part of a small but passionate community, contributing to it with your own personal touch and learning from us as well, growing as a person, discovering yourself in a natural, inspiring, hard-working and calm enviroment, we are not motivated by money or personal gain, what we want is to take care and help heal nature, human society included, would you like to help us?

    What you'll be doing?

    We make a custom schedule for each short-term volunteer so they really get the experience they want and need, allowing them to focus on an specific area if intended or having a wider experience of all the different projects in the farm.

    Most short term volunteers choose to work 3 days, for a total of 24 hours a week, you will gain knowledge and hands on experience in Sustainable Living, Bioconstruction, Agroforestry  and Organic Farming here at Eco Caminhos. You'll be learning a range of techniques both theoretical and practical on this areas, all while sharing and working next to a team of long and short term volunteers from around the world. 

    The other 2 days of the week plus weekends are yours to explore Brasil! Many of our volunteers choose to learn portuguese, travel in to Rio, or participate the many extra activities we organize such as cooking workshops, hiking and more. Your volunteer coordinator will be there to help you and organise your time in Brazil.

    During your first week here the different project coordinators will give introductory presentations on the different sustainable practices we apply in Eco Caminhos, after which you will be able to join and participate in the different projects of the Eco Farm, on Bio-construction, Agroforestry and Organic Farming.

    Location  

    Eco Caminhos is located in the beautiful inner mountains of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the outskirts of a small rural city called Nova Friburgo. This area of Brazil is well know for being one of the world’s ecosystems with the highest amounts of biodiversity in both flora and fauna called the Atlantic Forest Biome. Eco Caminhos has several waterfalls both inside and around it, pure drinkable rivers all in the middle of truly amazing and imposing mountains, get inmersed in the magic of South American nature and the calmness that comes from it’s deep light blue skies and stary nights.    



    Journée typique

    Short term volunteers participate of a variety of activities, having 3 days to work on the farm’s projects and the rest for free, volunteer’s weekly schedule are organized according to their own interests. Still a typical work day schedule always looks something like:

    • 6:00 AM - Wake up and ...

    Journée typique

    Short term volunteers participate of a variety of activities, having 3 days to work on the farm’s projects and the rest for free, volunteer’s weekly schedule are organized according to their own interests. Still a typical work day schedule always looks something like:

    • 6:00 AM - Wake up and breakfast
    • 7:00 AM - Work in Bioconstruction, Organic Farming or Agroforestry
    • 9:30 AM - Coffee Break
    • 9:45 AM - Work in Bioconstruction, Organic Farming or Agroforestry
    • 12:00 PM - Lunch & Break
    • 13:00 PM - Work in Bioconstruction, Organic Farming or Agroforestry
    • 16:00 PM - Finish work and head back to volunteer house
    • 17:00 PM - Portuguese lesson with native speaker
    • 19:00 PM - Dinner
    • 20:00 PM - Chilling out, Game Nights, Bonfires! (If scheduled)
    • 22:00 PM - Hit the hay


    Activités de loisirs

    Eco Caminhos is situated at the outskirts of the 3 Picos Natural Reserve, part of the atlantic forest Ecosystem. It is a beautiful mountain region where you can do hikes, camping weekends, horseback riding and other outdoor activities. Every week we organize movie nights, games nights and volunteer ...

    Activités de loisirs

    Eco Caminhos is situated at the outskirts of the 3 Picos Natural Reserve, part of the atlantic forest Ecosystem. It is a beautiful mountain region where you can do hikes, camping weekends, horseback riding and other outdoor activities. Every week we organize movie nights, games nights and volunteer nights with a campfire if possible, although volunteers live together this extra activities are awesome for integrating the team outside the work environment. Once every couple of weeks we organize a camping weekends as well.

    Volunteers are free to do or go anywhere during their free time, still we organize extra activities they can choose to participate on, some free such as some hikes, others that have extra expenses need to be payed, like horseback riding trips.

    You can also decide to go to the nearest town, Nova Friburgo, by yourself or with the other volunteers. A very calm and friendly town with a good infrastructure, a well-structured city with 180.000 inhabitants, far more secure than Rio de Janeiro. There is a busstop 500 meters from the farm that goes there every few hours. 

    Or you can also take a three hour bus to Rio de Janeiro and spend your weekend there enjoying all that one of the most famous cities of Brazil has to offer.


    Conditions

    Conditions

    Âge minimum: 18 ans

    Pour participer à ce programme tu dois avoir au moins 18 ans quand le programme commence. Il peut y avoir des exceptions si tu peux montrer la permission de ton tuteur légal ou si tu es accompagné(e) par l'un de tes parents.

    Compétences linguistiques

    Tu dois parler Anglais (niveau de base)

    Vérification des Antécédents Criminels

    requis

    Documents Requis

    Copy of Passport or Travel ID

    Restrictions de Nationalité

    Aucune restriction. De l'aide venant de tous les coins du monde est bienvenu.

    Autres Compétences

    Nature lovers Highly Motivated Willingness to Learn

    Engagement horaire

    Nous avons besoin de ton aide pour lundi, mercredi et vendredi de 07:00 - 16:00

    Services inclus

    Services inclus

    Services de Eco Caminhos

    Training & hands-on Workshops, you will recieve comprehensive support from our project leaders on site. You will be able to really learn from them and gain practical skills on Bioconstruction, Organic Farming and Agroforestry, knowledge that you will take away for a lifetime.

    - ingredients for all meals will be provided. Please note you may have to cook some meals as you will be in the cooking schedule.

    Portuguese Lessons, We feel its important to become as integrated into the culture as possible and a 'bom dia' a day goes a long way! We will provide one hour of free portuguese lessons from native portuguese speakers for every week you stay with us. (More available on request).

    Support & extra Activities, We also schedule weekly activities such as hikings, bonfires, workshops, museum & park visits and much more! (Just some of this activities will require extra fees) Our support team will be there for you every step of the way, we will do our best to provide you with info with anything you need, from your flights & visas to organising your weekends and trips. 

    - Two housing options, at the volunteer compound or with a local Brazilian family

    - WiFi: internet access at the volunteer houses

    NOT INCLUDED  

     Airport Transfer: If requested we can put you in contact with our trusted driver Dutra, he can pick you up at the airport and leave you at Eco Caminhos doorstep. This however is not included, but Dutra charges R$ 900 per leg (approx 169 Euros).

    Logement

    There is 2 possible accommodation options:

    -You can decide to live with other volunteers at the volunteer house, shared room mostly depending of available rooms. The house has all the basic needs. All meals are included and volunteers take turns cooking lunch during work days. There’s WiFi and serveral Volunteer Night Activities. 

    -Another option is to homestay with a selected family next to the farm. These rural families are very nice and connected to Eco Caminhos. It will allow you to submerge in the Brazilian rural culture, food and customs, plus you will be able to practise your Portuguese on a daily basis. (for homestay we charge an aditional cost)


    Volunteer House:

    - The volunteer compound has 2 houses, 2 kitchens and 6 double bed rooms.

    - Shared Room

    - It has all the facilities you need including WiFi and clothes washing machine.

    - The perfect place to make friends and hang out after a long but rewarding day of work.

    Homestay

    - You will stay at the house of a local, carefully selected Brazilian family.

    - Private Room

    - The families offer you your daily meals. (When the family is not at home ingredients will be left for you, but it is expected that in this case volunteers cook for themselves)

    - All homestay families are very close to the Eco Farm.

    - Homestay is the perfect way to submerge yourself in Brazilian culture, food and the Portuguese language.

    Aliments & Boissons

    Volunteer compound

    -We provide volunteers with the ingredients/budget for all their meals. 

    -The volunteers will have to cook themselves but we find this is a great way to bond with your fellow volunteers and explore the Brazilian culinary! 

    -The budget is for breakfast, lunch and dinner however and anything over this budget is at the expense of the volunteers.

    Homestay
    For people who choose homestay, food is provided. During working days you will be eating at the Eco Farm. the rest of the time you will eat with the host family. We can tell you that the families are known for their delicious food.

    Accès à Internet

    Bon accès sur le site du projet

    NE SONT inclus dans le prix:

    NE SONT inclus dans le prix:

    Transfert de l'aéroport Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport

    Le transfert de l'aéroport n'est pas inclus dans les frais non plus.

    Billets d'avion

    L'aéroport le plus proche est Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) à Rio De Janeiro. Nous t'aidons à trouver des vols pas chers pour aller en Brésil. TROUVER DES VOLS PAS CHERS

    Assurance Voyage

    Partir à l'étranger est une aventure et c'est toujours mieux d'être bien préparé. Que ce soit une maladie soudaine, une blessure ou du vol - une assurance voyage pour Brésil te protège en cas de situation imprévue. OBTENIR UN DEVIS

    Vaccins

    Si tu envisages de faire du bénévolat en Brésil, nous te conseillons de consulter un médecin avant le début de ton voyage. Renseigne-toi sur les vaccins nécessaires pour Brésil. INFOS VACCINS

    Informations sur l'arrivée

    The tropical weather at Eco Caminhos allows us to recieve volunteers all year long, only depending on the number of available rooms and required positions

    If you are interested we can do an online interview to get to know each other and answer all your questions.

    Disponibilité
    janv. févr. mars avril mai juin juil. août sept. oct. nov. déc.

    Frais de Programme

    1 semaine (durée min.) 355€
    2 semaines 534€
    3 semaines 711€
    4 semaines 889€
    5 semaines 1 067€
    6 semaines 1 216€
    7 semaines 1 364€
    8 semaines 1 482€
    9 semaines 1 601€
    10 semaines 1 690€
    11 semaines 1 779€
    12 semaines (durée max.) 1 838€
    Prix moyen 253€/semaine

    Frais de Programme

    253€ par semaine 1 - 12 semaines Âge 18 - 50+

    Méthodes de payement

    Visa Master Card Maestro American Express PayPal

    PAS DE FRAIS DE CARTE DE CRÉDIT


    Durée

    1 - 12 semaines

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    Paiement final

    Le paiement du montant restant doit être organisé avec Eco Caminhos durant le processus de candidature. Très souvent ce paiement est effectué par virement bancaire ou en espèces.


    Rencontrez votre hôte

    Eco Caminhos

    Esceptionnel 4.9 rating (76 avis)

    Non lucratif - fondée en 2014

    Vérifié par Volunteer World

      Taux de réponse excellent

    Hébergé par

    Bart

    Langues parlées: Néerlandais, Portugais, Espagnol, Anglais, Allemand

    Sur le projet

    EcoCaminhos it’s an EcoFarm, a community, one that aims to become fully self sustainable and give back to nature and society following the principles of Permaculture.

    Rencontrez votre hôte

    Since 2014 Eco Caminhos has worked as a international volunteer based community that strives to become a role model when it comes to environmental practices, healthy human development and self-sustainability. We are located in one of the ecosystems with the highest levels of biodiversity, the Atlantic Forest mountain Biome of Brazil.

    We believe the current way of doing things is coming into conflict with the world’s natural life sustaining cycles, besides we consider the out of balance and stressful  nature of it to be also the root cause for many of the social and individual problems we humans are dealing with today. We want to help build a more humane and sustainable option where both the environment and people can develop and grow in balance. 

    To turn this into a reality at EcoCaminhos we follow the Permaculture ideals, we focus on Organic Farming, Sustainable Bioconstruction, Agroforestry and we believe in working hard and together as a community. We also think that in order for society to take the next step in the right direction all this practices need to be supported by modern technologies but implemented in such a way that their impact is positive, with moderation and responsability.

    We are located away from the heptic lifestyle of moder society, in a rural area where we can focus on nature and developing our sustainable community, but still we want to have a positive impact in the life of others and society, and in order to do this we offer a variety of volunteer opportunities, ecotourism experiences and even an apprenticeship programme for brazilian teenegers in need. We do this in order to both carry and expand our knowledge to others and to share the experience of what it is to live here with us to the world, it is not for personal or financial gain but instead to keep moving forward this community with which we truly believe we would be able to help heal the wound that we as a species have inflicted against the environment and hence against ourselves. 

    Our Volunteer Opportunities combine hands-on experience with introduction theoretical presentations on Organic Farming, Bioconstruction and Agroforestry. We also organize a variety of tourism experiences such as trips to the city, sightseeing,  hikes, horseback riding, movie nights and others. Volunteers can come for both short term and long term and we even organize Experiences for entire Groups

    At Eco Caminhos we want to make a difference and help to positively change the world and the life's of all the people and volunteers we come in contact with, both from our local community and abroad. 

    “If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making a better world.”― Noam Chomsky

    76 avis · rating4.9

    Ich hatte eine super tolle Zeit auf der Farm und hatte jederzeit einen Ansprechpartner. Ich habe viel dazugelernt und mich immer wohl gefühlt. Ich kann die Farm für Alleinreisende sehr empfehlen. Zusätzlich ist das Mittagessen total lecker und man lernt viele Menschen kennen. Es gibt auch einen ...
    This was a rich and powerful learning experience that I will never forget. You have the opportunity to learn about agroforestry, bioconstruction, the principles of permaculture and the mission of this organization, all while in one of the most bio diverse places on earth. The hands on work you do ...
    Zeer mooie plaats, fantastische mensen en wonderschone omgeving. Dagelijks een nieuw avontuur, veel geleerd en beleefd op het ritme van de natuur. Met Ecolibrium hebben ze hier de komende jaren een superboeiend project. *** english *** Very beautiful place, wonderful people and wonderful ...
    I spent a week at Eco Cahminos and it was definitely one of my favorite times in Brazil during my month there. I feel like I learned so much in just a week from Bart and the other staff. Everyone is welcoming and really cares about the great work they are doing. The work is tough but very rewarding ...
    Simone Anderegg rating5

    2024 at Short Term - in a self-sustaining Eco Farm

    I learned a lot about permaculture, bioconstruction and agroforestry during my stay. The team on site was very helpful and friendly. I enjoyed being involved in such a ...
    Patrícia De Cicco rating4.8

    2024 at Short Term - in a self-sustaining Eco Farm

    Fiquei muito satisfeita com a experiência, tanto que pretendo retornar para mais atividades. Gostaria de ficar um período maior de tempo, pois uma semana (tempo de férias) foi pouco. Acomodação no Eco Lodge foi maravilhosa. Recomendo. A cesta de produtos foi mais que o informado inicialmente. ..

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