Former volunteer is finalist in journalism awards

The Report by Daniela Parente, a former Plantar uma Árvore volunteer in the Serra do Alvão, and Filipe Ribeiro, published in Notícias de Aguiar, is one of the six finalists in the 4th edition of the «Fernando de Sousa» Journalism Award and portrays the lives of volunteers from Volunteer ESCAPES in Serra do Alvão.

The maintenance season in the Serra de Sintra

At this time, with current governmental measures limiting gatherrings of people, our maintenance activities have been severly affected and our volunteers from Plantar uma Arvore have been working tirelessly, nevertheless they have kept up showing strength and energy controlling brushwood in the planted areas, signaling spontaneous regeneration, controlling invasive plants and managing combustible material, seeking to…

Testimony Alfiannisa Wikenza

“Hello, I am Alfiannisa, 26 years old, and originally from Indonesia. I have been residing in Germany for the last 7,5 years. Following the completion of my studies in Psychology, I have decided that I needed a change of environment. That was when I contacted Mariana to apply for a volunteer position. Despite having no…

LIFE VOLUNTEER ESCAPES in English

“We are what we do”, this is the slogan for LIFE VOLUNTEER ESCAPES, a project created to welcome young adults between 18 to 30 years that are eager to help nature conservation and learn more about the environmental challenges. We are 9 portuguese associations in total that are prepared to receive volunteers for a minimum…

Lauren’s experience at MONTIS

The planting season has now drawn to a close (a little delayed due to COVID-19!), which has coincided with the end of my volunteering period. For 4 months I have been volunteering with Montis and contributing to the planting of 12,000 oaks, birch, chestnut and alder trees. I have also had the opportunity to prune…

Nature conservation and restoration in Torres-Vedras

(English) On 9th March myself and two other volunteers from LIFE Volunteer Escapes in Montis travelled down to Torres Vedras to partake in an activity led by the Municipality on Praia Azul (Blue Beach). We worked alongside a group of youngsters from an agricultural college and the Municipalities coordinators and volunteers from Life Volunteers Escapes.…

A volunteering day in Vieiro

Se algum vez se perguntaram o que é o voluntariado para a conservação da Natureza e o que os voluntários do projecto fazem, este vídeo ajuda-vos a ter uma ideia. A Katia e o Vicky são voluntários na Montis desde Outubro de 2019, e já estiveram envolvidos em várias tarefas, controlo de espécies invasoras, sementeiras,…

The little ones in Carvalhal

English My volunteering experience with Montis has so far, been a varied one, in regards to both my daily duties and also to the people I have been able to work alongside. I have had the opportunity to work with another Life Volunteer Escapes organisation for a week (Plantar uma Árvore) and also to work…

A crisp autumn’s day

Versão Inglês It was a crisp autumn’s day. Cozily wrapped in my clothes and with my feet bathing in the water was how I discovered the property Vermilhas on my first day 🙂 It was a good introduction (to November)! Luckily I like rain! And even more when it’s scarce… Because above all I love…

Goodbye Words

Despedimo-nos em Dezembro do Tom Kleemann, voluntários de longa duração da Montis no projecto LIFE VOLUNTEER ESCAPES. O Tom deixou-nos o seu pequeno testemunho sobre o que aprender e viveu em connosco. “After three month my stay in Montis ends mid of December 2019. During my time here I learned about what it actually takes…