BioBlitz at Jenolan Caves Written by S. HornDecember 2018 An IVP Weekend workcamp team recently pitched in to assist organisers of a citizen science event at a popular tourist destination and nature biodiversity hotspot, near Sydney. For this occasion we advertised for volunteers at the Asylum Seeker Centre in Sydney, and three people on temporary visas…
One of the greatest privileges possible Written by Nicolai Rosier, volunteer with the Europe for Citizens program in the IS of SCISeptember 2018 A new surprise to me: We got used to living in this place very quickly, arriving as individuals of free choice. The walls that separate us from one of the most horrifying places…
Workcamp experience in Killarney National Park Written by SanghaSeptember 2018 I volunteered as a project coordinator on one of four Killarney National Park Woodland Conservation Projects during the summer of 2018. Set amidst one of the most picturesque parts of Ireland, Killarney National Park is a nature lover’s paradise. However, the park is battling a serious…
As a “Nature Friend” on the Holy Nose (Svyatoy Nos) Written by Gunnar LorenzApril 2018 In the summer of 2016 I was finally able to fulfill a dream of mine – a trip to Lake Baikal in Siberia, the emblem of the Republic of Buryatia, the Buddhist center of the Russian Federation. Lake Baikal is the…
Inspirational EVS story: I came, I saw, I stayed! Written by NastjaMarch 2018 I’m Nastja from sLOVEnia. Before I went on my EVS, I was just an ordinary person. Working a job I didn’t like, buying stuff I didn’t need, complaining all the time, and most of all, living a life with no deeper meaning. My…
SCI Summer camp Written by Nagima, Aisha, Begaiym, Zhanarkul and AigerimNovember 2017 We came from different backgrounds, but we share one common intention – the high aspiration to serve our community. We are all well-motivated young people with an ambition to contribute to the development of society. Volunteering and implementing social projects are the main fields…
My fourteen days in Portugal Written by Katja MiklavčičOctober 2017 It is raining in Ljubljana. It is cold and since the warm Portuguese sun is absent, feeling that something is missing becomes even bigger. And memories of amazing experience – workcamp in Lousa and discovering Lisbon before and after the camp – are more than alive,…
Perma… What ? Written by SCI SwitzerlandSeptember 2017 « What did you learn during this camp ? » « Many things, but anything about permaculture. » The answer of Alex, one of the participants An old house in the Jura-mountains, called the « Décentrale », about twenty people from all over the world and an international…
Tour of Freedom – Cycling Activism in Kosovo Written by AnonymousSeptember 2017 The Problem is not the WASTE. the contaminated AIR; WATER and SOIL. It is the collective Apathy that makes a whole global society live in the Illusion that everything is fine as it is. -Tour of Freedom participant We got used to our…
Workcamp in Italy Written by MojcaAugust 2017 My Workcamp experience at Vivaro with Ciampacavallo Onlus and EquiAzione was wonderful. In fact, it was even better than I expected. I learned a lot and I got all the support needed from the Staff. The topic and work itself are so specific that it’s difficult to explain, one just has…