Enviromental Expertise.
Without Borders.
Communities around the world are taking action to protect the places they love. We connect them with the technical expertise they need to realize their goals.
Volunteer specialists
Countries represented
and languages spoken
Hours of expertise
contributed annually
Global network,
working locally
The expertise exists. We connect it where it’s needed.
Around the world, communities are confronting damaged ecosystems, declining fisheries, threatened forests, polluted waterways and a changing climate. They know their ecosystems and what’s at stake, and they are taking action. What’s often missing is access to specific technical expertise that can catalyze, accelerate, and sustain their response.
That’s the gap Ecologists Without Borders (EcoWB) exists to close.
By ensuring ecological knowledge and tools are freely accessible to all, with no paywalls, we eliminate one of the greatest barriers to addressing ecological threats – easy to access technical expertise.
Make a difference
Our experts put in their time. Your support makes it possible to build the right teams and bring their expertise to communities around the world.
Communities tell us what they need to achieve their goals.
We source the right technical expertise from our global volunteer network.
Together, EcoWB volunteers and local partners develop and implement feasible solutions.
EcoWB volunteers support the work through delivery – building lasting skills and capabilities.
There’s a place for YOU in this work.
When you become an EcoWB volunteer, you are joining a global network of people just like you from communities around the world.
Meet Chris
New Hampshire, USA
Chris is an ecologist, educator and EcoWB board member, bringing decades of experience in wildlife biology, field research and place-based learning to help guide our projects and support our volunteer community.
Meet Lucía
Berlin, Germany
Lucía is a wildlife ecologist and EcoWB volunteer Project Manager, using her conservation experience to help connect our partners in Costa Rica with the volunteer support they need to protect macaws and their forest habitats.
Meet Maheka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Maheka is passionate about using technology to tackle environmental challenges and build a career at the intersection of tech and climate action. As an EcoWB volunteer, she put those skills to work building this website.
Request expertise
If your community needs technical expertise to protect, restore or better manage an ecosystem, let us know. We will build the team.
Explore some of the work our global volunteer network makes possible.
EcoWB’s work starts wherever a community needs help protecting the environment. Our work knows no geographic borders, nor do we bring a one-size-fits-all solution. Our job is to deliver to you the right expertise for the challenges you face.
Engineering to Restore the Nairobi Reservoir
Partner: Empower the Community (ETCO)
Volunteer specialties: Environmental engineering · Water management · Restoration
Supported the restoration of Nairobi Reservoir and its tributaries to reduce pollution and improve environmental and public health for nearby communities.
Hydroponics Facility Design & Construction
Partner: Homes of Hope
Volunteer specialties: Aquaculture · Hydroponics · Engineering · Training
Supported sustainable food production through the creation of an aquaculture and hydroponics facility to provide nutritious food and practical skills for women and children.
Sustainable Fisheries Certification
Partner: Swedish Insjöfiskarenas Centralförbund (SIC)
Volunteer specialties: Freshwater fisheries · Sustainable fisheries certification
Supported fishing communities across three of Sweden’s largest lakes to strengthen sustainable fisheries and protect fish populations and ecosystems.
Community Engagement and Education
Partner: Macaw Recovery Network Association
Volunteer specialties: Training · Education · Restoration · Monitoring
Supporting local efforts to recover the critically endangered Great Green Macaw through breeding, release, and habitat restoration.
Sustainable Fishing Practices Training
Partner: Hagamos Más por Santa Rosalía
Volunteer specialties: Fisheries · Data analysis · Sustainable fisheries certification
Supported local fishermen in their quest to transition to alternative, sustainable fishing practices.
Fundraising and GIS Mapping
Partner: Community Based Biosynergy Management (CBBM)
Volunteer specialties: Conservation · Strategic planning · Fundraising · GIS
Supporting a community working to protect a population of endangered chimpanzees and the forest they depend on.
Our vision
Founded in 2011 by three friends, EcoWB believes every community should be able to access environmental expertise and support.
In a world where funding for environmental work remains limited but the need is growing, we are harnessing the power of a service economy to deliver what communities are asking for today!
We envision a future where all communities are well-equipped to conserve, manage, and restore their ecosystems. Our model is quite simple – communities working to reverse environmental harm share their project needs through our online platform. We then build teams of volunteers to support the project. Our vast network enables us to respond quickly to community requests, and if we don’t already have the expertise, we go out and find it.
By working in the service of communities, we ensure they can create and sustain lasting change, building local capabilities to address future threats, long after our work together.
