In this section
you will find details about the type of projects you can volunteer in.
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Project
Information
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| Sea Turtle Conservation |
| Environmental Education |
| Eco Tourism |
| Environmental
Conservation projects/ Stream Net/ Communist grass Eradication/ Rain Water Harvesting/ etc |
Sea Turtle Conservation
For the last 15 years the Sea Turtle population has been under threat from fishing and egg predation by locals. Three species of the protected Sea turtle are nesting on India’s West coast and all of them are endangered species. The project is working along a 60 kilometre stretch of beach in the south and north of Kundapur, Karnataka, where you will conduct surveys and awareness campaigns in schools, harbours and fishing communities, build hatcheries and information centres, and help with promotional material.
Please note: This project is seasonal and starts in September and runs until January, only for four months. The work is varied and your creativity is welcomed for this project.
It requires high motivation and some knowledge in this particular field is useful.
Please remember in the first month and the last month it is more of report making and recording data and surveying, etc.
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Environmental Education
This
project works in association with local NGOs and our organization to
educate lower economic and social groups, the local community, youth
and children in educating them in environmental concerns, good
practices and present situations. This is usually in rural areas where
there has not been much development.
You can take part in a project to develop and support in creative
education on nature conservation and to educate the local community in
the economic and social benefits of environmental protection and nature
conservation.
You will be visiting schools, colleges, and youth groups and organizing
environmental educational workshops. Apart from this, there is a chance
to also work with the local community where our volunteers together
with field ssistants try and create model streets. Solid
waste management and separation of biodegradable material is introduced
to the local community and to make compost pits, etc. There is a lot of
scope for the interested volunteers who have prior experience to bring
in their ideas.
*Please note minimum application for
Environmental Education is for four months.
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Eco
Tourism
Ecotourism involves two major themes: Nature and Culture. Ecotourism is
a responsible way to travel which contributes to the protection of the
environment in natural areas, and the preservation of culture in local
communities. It also provides conscious travellers with unique
experiences which cannot be found from mass tourism.
This is a starter project of FSL, which means there is still a lot to
be done!
The volunteers will start by getting to know the village, neighbourhood
and villagers in order to work together with them and see the different
aspects of their lives. Giving and organizing education about the
possibilities but also the problems is an important aspect of the work.
Developing a way of working, using
the local possibilities and introducing and setting up a structure,
such as:
· Creating a database of information of the surrounding area
· Training and working with the local community in order to involve
them in
..active participation.
· Raising environmental and cultural preservation awareness
· Setting up and running the Eco Tourism project
· Making a web site and promoting eco tourism as a form of livelihood
for the.local ..community.
The main fields of work are: art, traditional life, sights,
environmental awareness, food, agriculture, industry, medicine,
landscape, outdoor activities, religion, and spiritual experience. Each
of those fields is divided into more sub fields. You will be working in
a small team or individually to complete the database. The work will
include site-based research therefore experience in this and the
ability to write reports is needed.
*Please note minimum application is
for four months.
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Environmental Conservation projects/ Stream Net/
Communist grass Eradication/ Rain Water Harvesting/ etc
Much of India’s wildlife and habitat
are at risk from destruction due to the rapid development of the
population and the growth of urban areas.
Furthermore, the modernization of the economy and the use of
“productive” and “high yielding” techniques in agriculture and industry
has led to the destruction of natural ecosystems.
This project works in association with local NGOs to support lower
economic and social groups and communities in the development of
sustainable water resource use and management, Sustainable working
methods in agriculture, and Tree-planting campaigns. This is usually in
rural areas where there has not been much development. You can take
part in a project to develop and support nature conservation projects
in local communities to protect local endangered ecosystems, to raise
awareness of environmental and conservation issues to schools and the
local community, and to educate the local community in the economic and
social benefits of environmental protection and nature conservation The
above project fields will all be in rural areas where there has not
been much development or economic activity.
The projects described above are
seasonal and vary accordingly.
*Please note minimum application is for four months.