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Eco Programs Opportunities in Southeast Asia with Worldpackers

12 opportunities found

Sustainable Community Kabupaten Bondowoso, Indonesia

Volunteer in a Beautiful Village: Gardening and Slow Living

20h/week Farming Cleaning Social Work Gardening
From 5 to 7 days Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Sustainable Community Kabupaten Bondowoso, Indonesia

Volunteer Chef at a Traditional Madurese Restaurant and Cultural

25h/week Cooking Kitchen Hand
From 1 to 2 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Ecological Reserve KOTA BELUD, Malaysia

Come live the adventure of being a🌳🌺 Forest Ranger!

25h/week Gardening Social Work Building & Repairing Farming
From 2 to 12 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
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A day in the life of a worldpacker

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Ecological Reserve KOTA BELUD, Malaysia

Information Centre Officer – The Go-To Guide!

25h/week Content Writer Photography Video Making Social Media
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Permaculture project Banjarnegara, Indonesia

Experience simple local lifestyle in Java (includes 3 meals) 🛖🛖

25h/week Cleaning Kitchen Hand Farming Social Work
From 1 week to 1 month Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

NGO Kabupaten Lumajang, Indonesia

Join our event, 08 Feb 2026, help underserved women in Lumajang🥰

20h/week Social Work Farming Gardening
From 1 to 8 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Farmstay Chiang Dao, Thailand

Join the Dao Family: Create, Care & Connect Through Art & Nature

12h/week Painting & Decorating Animal Care Building & Repairing Gardening
At least 1 week Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Farmstay Chiang Dao, Thailand

🌍 Be Part of History: Build Thailand’s First Elevated Mudhomes

18h/week Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing
At least 2 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Holistic Center Palawan, Philippines

Experience living in the Jungle w/ the Surfing legend of Palawan

10h/week Painting & Decorating Animal Care Social Work
From 7 days to 2 months Tent 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Holistic Center Palawan, Philippines

Training in the Jungle and surfing, sunset watching at the Beach

5h/week Painting & Decorating Cleaning Building & Repairing Gardening
From 1 week to 2 months Tent 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Holistic Center Palawan, Philippines

Build a Skatepark in exchange for a Full course Surfing Lesson

10h/week Gardening Cleaning Kitchen Hand Building & Repairing
From 1 week to 2 months Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Holistic Center Palawan, Philippines

Chakras Alignment Breathwork, surf related yoga, at Century tree

10h/week Social Work Farming Cleaning Painting & Decorating
From 1 week to 2 months Private Room 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Opportunities in farms and ecovillages in Southeast Asia with Worldpackers

How to participate in Ecological Projects in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has a large part of its economy linked to tourism, agriculture and livestock, with 70% of the inhabitants living in the countryside, making it an amazing destination for those that want to work abroad on farms. For just a few hours of work in exchange for accommodation, the amount of knowledge gained from everything the people have to teach you will make your experience very unique.

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Tips for Ecological Projects in Southeast Asia

For those that like to preserve nature and want to learn more about permaculture, Southeast Asia has many incredible destinations both because of its magnificent sights as well as its agricultural expertise. Despite the abundance of rice plantations, the majority of opportunities are to help with daily tasks on farms in Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia.

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