Cargonomia, a degrowth cooperative in Hungary, has officially become a certified European Solidarity Corps Host and Lead Organisation. After more than 11 years of community-supported agriculture, cargo-bike logistics, agroecology, eco-construction camps, food processing, workshops, traineeships, low-tech experimentation, and many collective adventures between Budapest and Zsámbok, Cargonomia is opening a new chapter: This summer, in cooperation with Szatyor Egyesület, they will host their first ESC volunteering team together with their organic farm partner, Zsámboki Biokert, where the project activities will take place:
- 25 July – 12 August 2026
- 15 volunteers
- camping in tents, community cooking, collective life
Together you will explore:
- eco-construction and adobe renovation,
- agroecology and permaculture,
- food processing and preservation,
- low-tech practical solutions,
- explore degrowth,
- and the everyday practice of conviviality and solidarity.
It is an invitation to live, work, learn, discuss, cook, sweat, build and reflect together around very concrete questions:
- How can we inhabit territories differently?
- How can we relocalise food systems and practical knowledge?
- How can we create meaningful and joyful forms of collective life in times of ecological and social crises?
More info and applications (deadline June 26.):
https://www.szatyorgoesabroad.org/come-to-hungary/volunteering/2026-july-eco-construction-agroecology-camp-group-volunteering-in-zsambok
This project is complementary to the many other ways to join and support the Cargonomia ecosystem:
https://cargonomia.hu/join-us-new/
