Eco-Hostel Looming

Looming Hostel is a hostel focused on green living and re/up-cycling but also creativity - we are always a work in progress. Our ideal aim is to host people who love traveling and like socializing but want to keep their ecological footprint small. We constantly have some sort of environmental experiments going on. For example, at the moment we are trying out a system called aquaponic, as well as compost worms. We are a small, but lovely place and summers and winters are especially nice around here. You are very welcome to come and check us out!

If you have never worked in the hostel business before, this could be your chance to try it. If you already have that experience then you know how pleasant and fun it can be.
We do need help with cleaning and making the rooms but it is as important as chatting with the guests and making them feel welcomed here. Everything here is in constant change, we are rebuilding and rearranging things all the time, so sometimes we need help with building things, painting, gardening, redesigning, sewing and all great and crazy ideas how to improve the hostel are always welcome.
But if you want to join us then you also have to take into account that everyday tasks can be repetitive.

We also need help with our website or if you have creative ideas and like to write things, you could help us out in making posts to social media and organizing events - we have had concerts on the rooftop, movie nights with the staff and different workshops once in a while.

If you consider applying to come and join our team please answer some questions for us: (and if you are surprised by some of them, then those are just for spam check, because we get a lot of spam request but we prefer volunteers who really like to some to join us not just any place ):
What color are your eyes? :D What to you think how one day in the hostel as a volunteer looks like? What are your best skills? What is that one thing you absolutely don't like to do? When would you like to join us and for how long would you like to stay with us? Where are you traveling now and where are you planning to go next?

Looming Hostel has been in Tartu for almost 15 years and is operated by an NGO. All earnings would go back to the hostel for improvements. Our main goal is to inspire people to act more environmentally conscious. And we are trying to experiment with different 0-waste ideas. Our hostel team currently has 4 members (paid staff) and 2 founders. We divide all chores between us, so nothing gets too monotonous. Everything that needs to be done gets done in a team. In addition, every member has some extra tasks to tackle that correspond best to their specific skills. Our environment is very friendly and warm, volunteers are treated as family members here.