House with natural plaster in the mountains

Natural building around the world

Take part in eco-construction and permaculture builds around the world. Learn new skills while contributing to sustainable communities.

Find a build

Welcome to Ecobilda

Ecobilda is dedicated to natural building and permaculture, but above all to human connections. A platform to travel, meet, and learn.

Straw-bale building under construction

Eco-construction

Learn to build healthy, lasting homes with natural materials such as earth, straw and wood.

Urban permaculture vegetable garden

Permaculture

Discover how to create resilient, food-producing ecosystems by observing and imitating nature's patterns.

Volunteers carrying a beam together on a build

Community

Beyond techniques, Ecobilda is an adventure of meeting and sharing with passionate people.

How it works

Two ways to live the Ecobilda adventure

You want to take part

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Browse builds around the world according to what you want to learn and discover.

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Send the host your application with a few words about your motivation.

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Once your application is accepted, plan your stay with the host and join the build.

You host volunteers

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Publish your project: it groups one or more builds, each with its own dates and places.

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Answer volunteers' applications.

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Bring your project to life with volunteers from all over the world.

A project can offer one or more builds: dated sessions that volunteers sign up for. Some of them are paid courses.

The first builds are coming soon

This is where you will find, on a world map, the eco-construction and permaculture builds where hosts welcome volunteers. Running a project? Publish it and welcome your first volunteers. Want to take part? Create an alert and we will email you as soon as a build opens.

Publish a project

Hosting volunteers: how it works

Do you run a project?

Publish your eco-construction or permaculture project, offer one or more builds and find motivated volunteers from around the world. Ecobilda makes it easy to manage applications and communicate with participants.

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Reach a global community of volunteers passionate about sustainability and natural building.

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Manage applications easily and chat directly with accepted volunteers.

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It is completely free. No fees, no commissions, no hidden costs.

Ready to start your adventure?

Join our community of eco-builders and permaculture enthusiasts today.

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