Collaborate: The FÖJ at the Forest Adventure Centre

About the FÖJ

The Voluntary Ecological Year (Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr, FÖJ) is an educational and orientation year for teenagers and young adults between the ages of 16 and 26. We offer you a comprehensive insight into various "green professions" and let you try your own hand. The focal points of your year with us are: Educational and public relations work, practical nature conservation tasks, technical environmental protection and forestry work.
We expect you to be interested in environmental protection and nature conservation and to work full time. In return, we offer you accommodation, pocket money, 26 vacation days, accident and social insurance, work clothes and tools.

The FÖJ usually lasts from September 1st to August 31st and includes 5 weeks of seminars.

Field report

Hi there, we're Joshua, Nicolas and Amelie – the new FÖJ volunteers (Voluntary Ecological Year) at the Walderlebniszentrum Füssen-Ziegelwies forest experience centre. Hailing from the Eifel and from Swabia, we've made our way to the beautiful Ostallgäu. Over the coming year, we want to get to know life around the forestry office more closely. Our range of tasks is broad: from guided tours of the WEZ and the surrounding forests to holiday programmes and hands-on forestry work, there's a bit of everything – so a varied day-to-day routine is guaranteed.

We're looking forward to an exciting year experiencing life around the Lech, the many lakes and the breathtaking mountain scenery – the perfect setting for a good leisure programme, too.

Application for the FÖJ:

You can apply exclusively at www.foej-bayern.de. There you will also find further general information about the FÖJ.
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Joshua, Nicolas and Amelie