🌿🔬 Support Conservation, Research & Land Stewardship
The experience
Join our project and contribute to meaningful land, resource, and wildlife conservation initiatives. You’ll help coordinate stewardship projects, develop citizen science programs, collect and analyse data, conduct research, and support wildlife management. You may also assist with consultations, stakeholder meetings, and research partnerships with universities and other institutions. A great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in conservation
What you offer
30 hours of help per week
Animal Care:
Help look after and take care of animals.
Social Work:
Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
Farming:
Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Gardening:
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
What you get
2 days off per week
Shared Dorm:
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Tent:
You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
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.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours:
We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours:
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Use our equipped kitchen:
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Requirements
Intermediate English
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
Our Institute is committed to sustainable land management, stewardship and conservation of wildlife. We facilitate and conduct research and conservation projects.
During your internship/ volunteering you will experience a variety of fields such as invasive species management, habitat management, wildlife studies, proposal writing and eco-tourism to educate guests about wildlife in the area.
Personal and professional development is a cornerstone of your internship with ongoing support on your journey.
If you have a specific research interest or conservation project that you would like to conduct in the area, you have the opportunity to plan and conduct it as part of your internship. We work together with universities and facilitate co-op terms. Our research center and remote satellite research stations in the Chilcotin Ark in British Columbia, Canada are the ideal place to
Activities & Shift
Benefits:
Live by our Three Pillar philosophy of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation and Personal Development.
Your Personal Development is the priority of your experience, so we facilitate the environment and material for you to grow and evolve towards your best self.
You become part of our community where we support each other in our goals and mission and share our personal experiences on a daily basis.
You will live and work in a remote wilderness environment, where you reconnect with nature and yourself.
You create your own 30 hours week help schedule that meets your interests and moves you towards your goals.
Free room, board and opportunities above.
Rules
The requirement for staying with us is your commitment to your Personal Development and the support of our unique culture. You are ready to view challenges as opportunities to grow and learn and take initiative to leave your comfort zone. You are ready to connect to nature, live in a wilderness environment and contribute to conservation with meaningful projects. Our priority is to create a community where we believe the best of each other, want the best for each other and hold one another accountable - If you share this approach you are ready to join us.