What can we learn from the cooperative world of bees?

TEAM BUILDING DESCRIPTION

In this team building you will visit a bee conservation and honey production farm that was created to employ people with mental functional diversity. These employees help take care of the bees and are also co-tour guides for the visitors. During the visit, the participants will reflect on similarities between the organization of the bees’ colony and the company’s organization; this will contribute to your company’s strategic reflections.

After visiting the honeycomb panels, you will eat a delicious paella dish and you will taste different honeys. The bee farm is 40 minutes away from Barcelona where you can enjoy awesome views of the Mediterranean sea.

  • Learn about how bees organize themselves.
  • Find out about bee biology, assess their pollinating function which maintains biodiversity, learn how honey, pollen, wax, and propolis are made and what their properties are.
  • Find out about the history of beekeeping
  • Take honey out of the hives (from May to September)
  • Get to know about the diversity of native Mediterranean flora.
  • Find out how people with mental functional diversity become integrated through social work placement.

Additional options:

  • Make candles from the wax.
  • Contribute to the maintenance of the bee project and do corporate volunteering.

 

Bees like warm weather. You can do this experience from November to February, however there is no contact with the bees.

From 79€/pp + VAT.

Price includes:

  • Bee experience.
  • Vegetarian paella menu.
  • Photos and short video.
  • Broadcast of your sustainable and CSR action on @greeneventsbcn social networks.
  • Certificate of having carried out a sustainable team building in Barcelona.
  • English foreign language surcharge.

Price does not include transport. Private transport can be arranged upon request.

  • Additional option: 2-hour workshop to think on your organizational strategies based on the analogy of bee organization patterns: 590€ extra. If your company is Spanish, training could be subject to discount.
  • Greenhouse footprint calculation and compensation.
  • Lunch: instead of vegetarian paella, you can have chicken or seafood paella. Additional price pp: 9€.

Doing this Team building you will contribute to the following SDGs:

SUSTAINABILITY,

POSITIVE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT

This activity deepens knowledge and respect for the environment.

The farm is managed using social and supportive economy criteria: they use ethical banking, efficient use of resources, as well as participatory and transparent organizational structures. Work-life balance is promoted.

The food products are, when possible, GMO free and ecologically friendly.

We use biodegradable or reusable tableware and cutlery.

MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM WITH SUSTAINABLE AND SUPPORTIVE TEAM BUILDING EXPERIENCES,

Who We Are

Greenevents Barcelona is a social economy enterprise specializing in crafting and orchestrating Social and Ecological Positive Impact Team Building, Corporate Volunteering, and In-Company Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities, in and around Barcelona.

For us, sustainability is a collaborative journey towards constructing an equitable society, ensuring fundamental socio-economic needs for all, while ensuring that economic impact does not harm the environment.

GENERAL CONDITIONS:

– Group: min 10 ppl.
– VAT is not included in prices.
– Languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English. We might be able to accommodate for other languages at a higher rate.

– 50% of payment must be done at least one month in advance of booking, other 50% percent must be done, at least one day before the event.
– You will get a certificate for having done a sustainable experience or activity.
– You will get photos and a short video as a souvenir.
– If it rains, the event will be done with an umbrella or it will be scheduled for another day.

Total Cancellation of Services:

The client has the right to cancel the contract without reason, with written notice to green events. In such cases, the client will be responsible for the following cancellation fees:

  • 30% of the invoice if cancellation occurs between 30 and 15 days before the event.
  • 50% of the invoice if the cancellation occurs between 15 and 4 days before the event.
  • 100% of the invoice if the cancellation occurs within 4 days of the event.

Additionally, the client can reduce the number of participants by 10% without reason, with written notice to green events, up to 5 days before the event.

To claim for training expenses, please contact Marc Coll, our designated training contact at: marc.coll@corpalbalate.com https://www.corpalbalate.com/, 647881096. 

He will be able to guide you through the process.