Intentional Eco-community in South-West France

  France

Montolieu

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months and 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: immediate and for the rest of this year

Description: There's plenty of work to be done both inside and outside, so to suit all tastes and weathers.
Typically tasks are : gardening in the organic garden; building and painting in the factory in conversion to be a training/seminaire centre; woodland management.

Any specialised skills in electricity and renewable energies particularly welcome, especially for the final phase of getting the water turbine (already restored and working) connected to the electrical system.

Highlights:
- Living on the outskirts of a small French village near Carcassonne, Toulouse, Narbonne and, of course, Spain.
- The best highlight of this programme is the openness to meeting different people.
- As a trainer certified by the Centre of Nonviolent Communication, we are willing to offer courses to help volunteers get the most out of the way they use words!

Qualifications: No qualifications other than a willingness and initiative to help out using existing skills and learning new skills. There is little supervision, lots of choice, so this place tends to suit people who are motivated to get the most out of the time they spend here. Some interest in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is welcome and not a prerequisite!

Cost in US$: 40 per week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: A typical volunteer at the Sculpture Centre is someone who is curious, interested, lmotivated, intrigued by life, motivated to meet new people, willing to try and get along with other people.

Age Range: from 18 years up

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to France Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of about 6

Scholarships are Available. Please apply even if you are unable to pay this because we sometimes receive donations to allow those who cannot pay the ability to participate.

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Resume

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Centre de Sculpture's Mission Statement: Not-for-profit rural art centre based in South-West France, fully committed to community development projects mostly within the environment which is being developed to form an intentional eco-community, mostly based on Nonviolent Communication.

Year Founded: 1993