LET’S BUILD SOMETHING GREEN! INTERNSHIPS IN THE BIOCONSTRUCTION SECTOR

At the end of the summer, a group of 20 students from Opatów, Poland, arrived in the Andalusian town of Úbeda to carry out their three-week work placement. The participants trained in the bioconstruction sector on two eco-friendly farms.

The group was divided into two, 10-person teams. One team worked on a farm whose main activity is goat farming, and the people working there are passionate about living according to nature and the rhythm of the land. The task for this team was to build a shed to serve as a garage/shelter from the sun and also as a place where outdoor workshops could be held.

The second team worked on a chemical-free farm where olive trees, the pride of Andalusia, are grown. There, the students constructed things such as a chicken coop and a number of smaller projects, such as the construction of a workshop table several metres long.

It should be noted that for both groups, the stuff used to construct the objects were obtained from recycled materials or from materials already available on the farms, such as branch fragments, clay or reed, among others.

The students, for the duration of their stay, lived in the euromind residence in Úbeda. In their free time, they enjoyed the charms of their host city and also went on an excursion to Granada, where they were able to see the beautiful Alhambra with their own eyes.

We hope that their stay in Spain was an unforgettable experience for the students and that the idea of green building made them reflect on their future professions and our planet.