- Ecuador
About Program
Long-term Permaculture volunteering positions available at the PermaTree Project in the amazonas region of southern Ecuador. Spend 3 or 6 months to a year at the PermaTree Project, in Ecuador. Current open volunteer positions are; all-round volunteer, talented paint/artist volunteer, talented author/blogger volunteer, experienced compost volunteer, talented carpenter volunteer, talented video & photography volunteer, experienced natural swimming pool volunteer. Participation is experiential education; you are learning about permaculture and community by living in it. The most helpful, effective, and happy participants are self-motivated, interested, responsible, and accountable. You will be Involved in these types of farm work; cut pasture onto 2-Meter-high with machete, harvest Papaya and Platains at the Farm, combined with a one our hike, help us construct the Volunteer bamboo cabin 6×3 Meters, help in the kitchen, cutting vegetables, prepare drinks, set the table, etc.
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Program Highlights
- Excellent quality of life in a natural setting, surrounded by nature in tropical climate.
- Sustainable Lifestyle (minimal ecological footprint. Eating only fresh organic produce, cooked by ourselves, planting food trees, eating the fruits, all water is from the nearby creek, hot shower during day heated by black pipes from the sun rays, etc.) M
- Eat tropical fruits you may have never heard or seen in your life.
- Develop communication, leadership and teamwork skill.
- Community living experience
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Location
Ecuador hugs the equator on the west coast of South America, and holds Amazonian jungle, Andean highlands, and the Galapagos islands off the coast. Needless to say it is one of the most environmentally diverse countries in the world.
