Volunteer Web Designer/Developer for Permaculture Farm in Brazil

Eco Caminhos is a permaculture farm in Nova Friburgo, Brazil. We produce much of our own in food, energy, and building materials. We are currently working on incorporating coffee production into our agroforestry systems and building one of the biggest natural buildings in Latin America, the Ecolibrium Space.

At the farm we follow the permaculture principles and you can learn about and practice bioconstruction (natural building), agroforestry (syntropic farming). In your free time you can share a nice healthy meal, enjoy a campfire, go hiking, refresh in our backyard waterfall or spend quality time with the other volunteers.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated web designer and developer with experience using Wordpress to help us as well as participate hands-on in natural building and agroforestry to join us as a long-.

Here are the following projects which we are hoping to accomplish with the help of a long term volunteer:

A. Improve Eco Caminhos Website

We are working to optimize our website for an excellent user experience and update according to new developments on our farm including:

• Fixing errors on the site
• Updating Ecotourism Offerings pages
• Updating with new page for Kid’s Group Experience
• Updating pages featuring our work in Natural Building

B. Design and Develop Website for Ecolibrium

• The Ecolibrium Association was created to further the social and education work at Eco Caminhos farm and beyond. As we are just getting started, we are in need of a website to elevate our work including:
• 1) Environmental education for children and youth
• 2) Agroforestry training and business development support for farmers
• 3) Vocational training for Brazilians interested in permaculture careers
• 4) Income generation through ecotourism and farm-to-table restaurant

Requirements:

• Excellent web design and development skills
• Experience with wordpress
• Willingness to live simply in a rural area
• Commitment to sustainability
• Desire to learn more about permaculture and natural building
• Language skills in English, Portuguese, and Spanish are desirable

If you fit the requirements above and are interested in coming on board as a long term volunteer, please get in touch by sending your resume to volunteer@ecocaminhos.com.