Category Archives: Non Formal Education

European Solidarity Corps

Learning about beekeeping Bzzzzz Our ESC volunteer Alan went today with a local honey producer from Halkidiki to learn about the beekeeping process. It was a good opportunity to understand the value of pollination and the fantastic job that bees are doing for the health of our planet. Bees have a critical role in our…
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Workaway

☁️ Preparing for the winter ☁️ Besides being engaged with the volunteer programme European Solidarity Corps our organisation is involved with workaway too.Our volunteers from workaway are currently taking care of the garden and the animals, the exterior furniture and preparing the firewood for the winter times that will come. They are doing a great…
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European Solidarity Corps

New ESC volunteers We have two new volunteers with us in our organisation: Vinicius from Brazil and Alan from France and soon we will have Matteo from Italy. All of them are doing a European Solidarity Corps but with different work tasks:🌱 Vinicius will be en charge to create new workshops, seminars, activities for children, youth…
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European Solidarity Corps

Food garden in our field The main goal of our organisation in the field is to change the monoculture system of olives trees into a more diverse and sustainable land, always avoiding harm the soil and the biodiversity.Monoculture systems can limit the healthy functions that nature can bring to the soil and the crops, mainly…
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Training Permaculture Teachers

ERASMUS+ Training: Teaching Permaculture for Refugees From 18 to 25 November (2019) we participated in an Erasmus+ Training named Teaching Permaculture for Refugees in Bulgaria.Teaching Permaculture for Refugees was organised by the Green School Village, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission. Participants in the training were Permaculture designers from all over Europe:…
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ESC VOLUNTEERS

CALL FOR LONG-TERM ESC VOLUNTEERS 2020 Do you want to create awareness about environmental behaviours?Do you enjoy spending time in nature?Are you interested in permaculture or natural farming?Do you like to work with kids and youth through non-formal education? Check our info-pack for more information about the opportunities that The Hives Project has now open:…
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Erasmus Solidarity Corps

The water system in our field Cami, an ESC volunteer, is digging a water reservoir to conserve energy in the highest point of the field. He is doing this water system using only a shovel and a bucket, using permaculture techniques to not damage the soil and the biodiversity around the field. This initiative aims…
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Training Course “LISTEN TO LISTEN” Tool-kit

In October 2019 we were seven days in Ape, Latvia for the Training Course Listen to Listen other 24 youth workers from Latvia, Romania, Poland, Czech Republik, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal. Using non-formal learning methods and nature-based learning approach the participants were challenged to reconnect with themselves, to express openly and creatively, and being invited…
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