REQUEST: volunteers have to bring their own sleeping bag.
Biviere di Gela is a Natural Reserve located nearby the small town of Gela. This camp is suitable for nature amateurs interested in environment issue, willing to manual work and to basic lifestyle.
Remarks: Interest in environment issue related to intensive agriculture, massive use of plastic in industrial agriculture and its impact. Motivation Letter with proposal for a workshop. Basic accommodation provided. European Solidarity Corps Programme Countries only.
Volunteers will support local staff in the maintenance of the site and vegetation for prevention of fire risk, in the maintenance of visiting facilities and information signs to promote and facilitate a sustainable fruition of the area.
Maintenance work will be done mainly in the morning.
In the afternoon, volunteers will define a strategy (event/campaign) to raise awareness about the dangerous effect of the intensive agriculture widespread in the territory and massive use of plastic in industrial agriculture and its impact on the local environment
Accommodation will be partially in a building located inside the Natural Reserve and partially in
tens located just outdoor inside the Reserve. Volunteers will sleep in a shared room in bunk beds or in tens. Solar shower and
outdoor kitchen will be arranged in the space outdoor. Meals will be prepared by volunteers in group. Food to be cooked will
be provided by the host organisation. NO wifi in the building.
REQUEST: volunteers have to bring their own sleeping bag.
During your free time you can visit the small town of Gela and its beaches. Gela is not well
connected in terms of public transports. To visit closest main cities (e.g. Agrigento 80km, Noto 110km, Syracuse 150km) during the day off, it is better to take a private local couch whose costs can be shared among volunteers.