I am writing on behalf of Campanario Biological Station in Costa Rica. This is a remote, off-the-grid field station located in the tropical lowland rain forest of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. We are dedicated to preserving tropical ecosystems, offering environmental education programs for national and international students of all ages, promoting tropical research and studies, and working with the local communities. We have been running a volunteer program here for over 15 years and are looking for volunteers to join us for the months of September, October, and/or November.
Our volunteers contribute to and gain experience in environmental education, hospitality, conservation issues, as well as construction and maintenance. Our project list varies and is constantly changing. Incoming volunteers can expect to be working on projects related to trail maintenance, upkeep of the field station, construction, gardening, data collection management, etc. Volunteers are considered part of the staff here and play a crucial role is the function and upkeep of the station.
Volunteers are provided lodging in the field station. Accommodations in the field station are rustic but comfortable with beach access out the front door and pristine rain forest out the back. Our station runs entirely on solar energy and our water source is a nearby creek. Volunteers must therefore be flexible and eager to cooperate with the resources available to us. They must be willing to live without the amenities of “civilization” (like, radios, ice cubes, hot water, ice cream).
We are looking for volunteers with backgrounds in biology, ecology, construction and general maintenance, or the outdoors, who are teachers, and/or who are willing to live and work in the tropical lowland heat and humidity and alongside the maintenance personnel at here. Volunteers will learn much about the function of a biological research station while working alongside Costa Ricans and other volunteers. It is important that volunteers have at least basic communication skills in Spanish and a desire to learn more. Volunteers will also become very familiar with the rain forest as well as the unique flow of jungle living.
To apply, please send a resume and a brief letter of interest [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. Our website is located at http://www.campanario.org/.
