Expanish Volunteer Blog
Help Communities and the Environment in Argentina
There are organizations throughout Argentina that work towards improving the quality of the environment and therefore the quality of life in local communities. The environment plays a direct role in the stability of communities, contributing to factors such as running water, a proper sanitary system, a recycling system, proper shelter, proper food, and more, just a few of the necessary items needed to survive.
An environmental and community volunteer placement in Argentina works to educate local communities about environmental sustainability, natural resources, and self-sufficient strategies.
Eco Construction
- Eco construction is a mode of building that is beneficial or non-harmful to the environment and resource efficient. This type of construction is efficient in its use of local and renewable materials, and in the energy required to build it, and the energy generated while being within it.
Permaculture
- Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in the natural ecologies.
Eco Construction and Permaculture are used to utilize each community’s natural environment and natural resources in order to improve the quality of life in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way.
Volunteers in Buenos Aires will have the opportunity to go into local communities and assist them in the construction of homes, small buildings, organic gardens, solar systems, irrigation systems, and more, or any other necessary eco friendly projects in the community.
