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Gaia Ashram is looking for a hands-on Recycling & Upcycling Intern to help us turn waste into useful resources.
We are especially interested in developing practical solutions for plastic waste—moving beyond ecobricks toward DIY shredding, compression moulding, plastic boards, tiles, furniture and other useful products. You can also experiment with wood, metal, glass and other waste materials.
18 hours of help per week
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Amount: US$ 12 Per day
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities
Description: Gaia Ashram has running costs and local staff to pay. All contributions go into developing the project further and helps pay for common expenses like electricoty, internet, food and upkeep of facilities.
2 days off per week
Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
This position is ideal for someone interested in appropriate technology, product design, engineering, fabrication, maker culture, permaculture or zero-waste living.
You don't need to be an expert. But some.experience would be needed to get results with this. We're looking for someone practical, creative and excited to experiment, build, test and document solutions that other communities can replicate.
📍 Gaia Ashram, Thailand
⏱️ Ideally 3–6 months
Yoi will follow daily schedule of volunteers and join other activities as usual. Volunteer contribute 4.5 days a week on Monday we help taking care of the community togehter and the other days you can devote your energy to your project. Also welcome at times to join other volunteer activities.
we will refer to these on our website that we can share on a later stage.
