Playa Viva

Playa Viva is a Regenerative Resort located on the southern Pacific Coast of Mexico in the state of Guerrero. Playa Viva is much more than just a hotel. Our team specializes in conscious tourism as well as both environmental and social impact, to include watershed regeneration, mangrove reforestation, permaculture design, holistic animal husbandry, progressive educational models, sustainable fishery, and sea turtle community conservation.

We collaborate with motivated professionals and skillful interns/volunteers who live in Juluchuca, the nearest community to the resort, 1 hour from Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa. Things move slowly here and a lot of time is spent building relationships through both work and play; so, we look for people who are proactive and social, and who enjoy community engagement.

Depending on the position, volunteers have the opportunity to develop skills in different areas:

• Conservation & Social Environment Impact (SEI). Get into our community conservation program “La Tortuga Viva” and the programs for regenerating the micro watershed “Regenerando Sierra y Mar - ReSiMar”. This double role envisions working with local volunteers assisting with daily conservation and ecotourism while also developing social projects on sustainable fisheries, recycling, and water and mangrove restoration.

• Permaculture. Support Playa Viva Permaculture Farm, understand and implement agroforestry techniques on deforested hillsides, permaculture landscape design principles, “farm to fork” projects with the Chef and Playa Viva kitchen, food transformation, as well as business development through a hyper-local CSA model, and sales at the weekly eco-market.

• Social Communication and Fundraising. Assist with the design of our communication strategy, management and creation of content for our social media, blog, website and other channels. Work on fundraising initiatives, research opportunities and alliances for the turtle sanctuary and community projects. This is a volunteer opportunity with the potential to turn into a paid position.

• Tailored Community Project*. For experienced professionals who, depending on background and expertise and on the needs of the community, will work on specific projects. It includes organizing and leading the annual spay and neuter campaign, courses on specialized skills, language, sports, art, music, wellness, etc. If you are interested in this, or have any other ideas, we are always open to suggestions.