Seven days.
One living planet.
A hands-on week where neighbours become stewards—restoring urban nature, sharing practical skills and building a culture of voluntary action.
3 people max
per focused field hour
Volunteerism is
climate infrastructure.
Sustainability becomes real when people meet, learn and care for a place together. Each hour combines a tangible task—soil, repair, sorting, mapping—with the human networks that keep change alive.
Small teams.
Visible impact.
Every hour is limited to three people so the work stays personal, safe and useful.
Local hands.
Global direction.
Five Sustainable Development Goals give every field task a larger purpose.
Make neighbourhoods greener, safer and more resilient.
Repair, reuse and rethink everyday material flows.
Turn concern into practical local climate work.
Restore habitats, soils and urban biodiversity.
Connect volunteers, communities and institutions.
Learn from work
already in motion.
Current European projects and publications to help turn one week of volunteering into lasting practice.
European Solidarity Corps
A €175.3m call connecting environmental sustainability with inclusion, digital transformation and democratic participation.
Read the official source ↗022026 · Citizen scienceTHRIVE
A Horizon Europe project strengthening citizen-led biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring across Europe.
Read the official source ↗032026 · Nature action#ForOurPlanet
The EU campaign’s practical invitation to restore soils, support biodiversity and act inside local communities.
Read the official source ↗04JRC · Field guideGreenComp in practice
Twelve case studies for turning sustainability values and competences into learning and community action.
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