Environment & conservation
Environmental / conservation project
- Help prepare historic buildings for public viewing, staying in the grounds
- Do dry stone walling in the hills of the West Tyne Valley, working and living in the shadow of Hadrian's wall
- Help with marine conservation in South Africa, cleaning beaches and raising awareness in the community
- Help protect the New Forest by path building, fencing and tree planting
Protecting wildlife
- Study gibbons in Thailand, checking their health and mapping movements
- Create wildlife ponds in Ireland's Murlough National Reserve
- Work with the National Trust on a wildlife conservation project
- Study the bird population in a RSPB nature reserve, take photographs, observe behaviour and monitor their sounds
Support an eco-friendly project
- Repair erosion on the footpath network in the Brecon Beacons
- Work on a paper recycling project for a not-for-profit social enterprise in the UK
- Volunteer at a centre which promotes sustainable living, and live in their eco-friendly accommodation
- Work on a water relief project in Kenya, helping the community build and access safe water sources