SCI Austria

09/12/2025

04/12/2025

01/12/2025

On November 22nd, former volunteers of SCI volunteer camps joined us for our Returnee Seminar! It was a pleasure to hear about their experiences and what important lessons they learned while volunteering!

12/08/2025

🌿✨ Mission Accomplished!
As our European Solidarity Corps camp has come to an end, we celebrate the incredible work of our volunteers in & 💪🌱

Together, they helped protect Austria’s ecosystems by removing invasive, non-native plants and preventing biodiversity-rich alpine meadows from becoming overgrown. 🏔️💚

Beyond the fieldwork, they also reflected on how colonialist approaches to nature have contributed to the spread of non-native species — and how we can prevent irreversible human impacts on these sensitive environments. 🌍✨

A heartfelt THANK YOU to every volunteer for their energy, commitment, and solidarity with nature. 💚💛 Let’s keep working for a future where biodiversity thrives!

16/07/2025

Today is the final day of our “Nature, Not Nationalism: Protecting Alpine Forests Responsibly” Workcamp in Terfens (Tyrol), Austria. Together, our volunteers helped protect alpine ecosystems by removing non-native plants. They also critically examined the concept of “invasive species” and explored how ecological language has been misused for nationalist ideologies in the past. This workcamp was about more than just environmental work—it’s a call for decolonial, anti-racist, and ethnical approaches to nature conservation. 🌍✊Thank you to everyone who joined!

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16/07/2025

From | Volunteers needed for APLEC Festival - Together, the people, keep the momentum.

Date: 21-29 July, 2025

Location: Els Ports, Castelló, Spain

More information here: https://workcamps.sci.ngo/icamps/camp-details/17129.html

Description: The Aplec dels Ports is a day of celebration and revindication that is held annually in the towns of the historic region of Els Ports. (Castelló). It was held for the first time in 1978 and since then it has been repeated annually. The Aplec gathers several thousand people annually and combines both recreational activities such as concerts or theaters, as well as other more revindicative ones, focused on the defense of the language and culture of the region as well as the demand for improvements in the infrastructures, such as the healthcare system, the roads for the towns of the region... etc .

As a volunteer, you will assist with setting up stages, tables, and other infrastructure before the festival, the organization and coordination of festival activities, distributing promotional materials, and help with the preparation and distribution of food and beverages at the festival. While there, you will learn about resilience, culture, and Valencian traditions.

Language: The camp will be in English but the neighbors usually speak Valencian (dialectal Catalan).

16/07/2025

From | Volunteers needed for APLEC Festival - Together, the people, keep the momentum.

Location: Els Ports, Castelló, Spain

Description: The Aplec dels Ports is a day of celebration and revindication that is held annually in the towns of the historic region of Els Ports. (Castelló). It was held for the first time in 1978 and since then it has been repeated annually. The Aplec gathers several thousand people annually and combines both recreational activities such as concerts or theaters, as well as other more revindicative ones, focused on the defense of the language and culture of the region as well as the demand for improvements in the infrastructures, such as the healthcare system, the roads for the towns of the region... etc .

As a volunteer, you will assist with setting up stages, tables, and other infrastructure before the festival, the organization and coordination of festival activities, distributing promotional materials, and help with the preparation and distribution of food and beverages at the festival. While there, you will learn about resilience, culture, and Valencian traditions.

Language: The camp will be in English but the neighbors usually speak Valencian (dialectal Catalan).

15/07/2025

From .azerbaijan | “Let’s Protect the Caspian” is a one-week international workcamp combining eco-volunteering with cultural exchange. Set in Baku and along the scenic shores of the Caspian Sea, this program invites young people from around the world to collaborate with local volunteers in cleaning coastal areas, learning about environmental sustainability, and exploring Caucasian culture. Through teamwork, educational workshops, and intercultural activities, participants will not only contribute to protecting nature but also build lasting connections and mutual understanding across borders. The project highlights the importance of sustainable living, environmental responsibility, and global friendship and peace.

Location: Baku, Azerbaijan

Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in a fully renovated student dormitory with shared rooms. All meals (three times a day) will be fully provided by the organizers. Basic amenities such as bathrooms, internet, and communal spaces will be available. The atmosphere will be simple but comfortable, encouraging social bonding and cooperation.

Language: The working language of the program will be English.

Apply here: https://workcamps.sci.ngo/icamps/camp-details/17128.html

14/07/2025

Call for Participants: ESC Green Belt Camp

Lower Austria: 5-20 September 2025

🌱 The dry grasslands of the so-called “Weinviertler Klippenzone” in the European Green Belt, located along the border between Austria and the Czech Republic, are the habitat of numerous rare plant and animal species. To maintain these habitats and prevent the invasion of bushes into the grasslands, it is necessary to establish regular management.

Biotope maintenance, like mowing or removing bushes or neophytes, will be implemented on rupicolous or steppic grasslands in protected areas, situated amidst a beautiful wine-growing landscape. This helps preserve rare species, such as the critically endangered Feather Grass (Stipa tirsa) and the Mountain Alcon Blue butterfly (Phengaris rebeli).

The workcamp is organised in collaboration with Naturschutzbund NÖ (Austrian League for Nature Conservation - Lower Austria). It will take place in the villages of Hart-Aschendorf (week 1) and Poysdorf (Week 2), in Lower Austria. All transportation is organised during the camp.

🌿 You can find more information on:
https://www.sciaustria.org/2025/05/08/green-belt-camp-2025/

✍️ Apply here:
https://workcamps.sci.ngo/icamps/camp-details/16978.html

14/07/2025

From | Join the Jøssåsen landsby, Hommelvik Workcamp in Norway!

27 July - 10 August 2025

Register here: https://workcamps.sci.ngo/icamps/camp-details/16971.html

Jøssåsen landsby is a community (village) for and with adults with disabilities. Jøssåsen is part of the Camphill movement. There are 6 similar villages in Norway. These villages are based on the teachings of anthroposophy. Situated on a biodynamic farm Jøssåsen has 5 family houses and several workshops.

Type of Work: The work will be outdoors, mainly painting, but also gardening and preparing of food.

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Join the Vallersund gård, Fosen Workcamp in Norway!

03 August - 17 August, 2025

Register here: https://workcamps.sci.ngo/icamps/camp-details/16970.html

Vallersund gård is a Camphill community , an Eco-village, based on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. It is situated on the coast, app. 2 hours from the city of Trondheim. The community lives in small “family” groups, which include people with special needs. Apart from working with organic farming/gardening they operate several workshops and a bakery.

Type of Work: Landscaping. The work may also include other jobs at the farm and in the gardens.

14/07/2025

From | Join the United By Donkeys III Workcamp in Portugal!

21 July - 01 August 2025

Register here: https://workcamps.sci.ngo/icamps/camp-details/16832.html

The main goals of this workcamp are the recovery of rural heritage, enhancing the biodiversity of our Center, and promoting the animal welfare of donkeys and their quality of life. We want to o enable the discovery of the Miranda Plateau, a unique rural region, rich in natural beauty, biodiversity, culture and traditions. With so aging population in these villages, one of the goals is bringing together the young participants and the local community, therefore promoting intercultural (urban/rural, international/national) and intergenerational (youngsters/ elderly) encounters and exchanges.

14/07/2025

From .indonesia | The Semoya community continues to preserve Javanese culture as one of their daily activities. Many activities range from dance and performing arts, such as ‘ketoprak’ and ‘wayang’, which are often held for local communities and tourists. The local community started to become an eco-friendly village. They begin to reduce their dependence on manufactured chemical fertilizers for their agricultural land, which can potentially damage the environment.

Volunteer support for the mentoring program includes several activities, such as mentoring in organic agricultural production facilities, sustainable cultivation techniques, and implementing permaculture principles. Such as: Producing Organic Fertilizer in Livestock Areas, Creating a Permaculture Garden in Semoya Village, Participating in local community activities, Organizing a farming workshop about permaculture principles implementation, Supporting community and cultural arts activities

On August 17th, 2025, we will celebrate Indonesia Independence Day. We will host a small farmer event and competitions. With all the community farm surroundings.

Register here: https://workcamps.sci.ngo/icamps/camp-details/17041.html