Kairós – Cooperativa de Incubação de Iniciativas de Economia Solidária
Kairós is a cooperative based in Ponta Delgada, Azores, dedicated to incubating solidarity economy initiatives that foster social inclusion …
45 projects · 9 focuses
Community & Social Innovation
The largest collection in the catalogue, and the heart of it: intentional communities like Tamera and Traditional Dream Factory, farm retreats like Four Trees, conscious coliving like Noma Village, and village cafés like O Cais in Silves. People organising new ways to live together.
Community & Social Innovation
O Fojo Permaculture | Integral Education Center
O Fojo is a pioneering permaculture project in central Portugal, founded in 2009, now evolving into an Integral Education Center offering co…
Guardiãs da Natureza
Guardiãs da Natureza is a national network of women acting as local catalysts for ecosystem regeneration, biodiversity conservation and sust…
ATO — Associação Terras de Ourondo (Terra Divina)
ATO — Associação Terras de Ourondo runs retreats, artistic performances, workshops and an itinerant clown school at Terra Divina, in Ourondo…
Vila Akoya
Vila Akoya is a tiny house village, glamping site and eco-campsite in southern Alentejo, Portugal, blending permaculture, creative arts and …
Gaia Forest Retreat
Gaia Forest Retreat is a small hostel and retreat center nestled in oak forest near the Camino de Santiago in Paredes de Coura, northern Por…
CooLabora
CooLabora is a social intervention cooperative based in Covilhã, Portugal, active for 18 years in promoting gender equality, combating domes…
Regenerativa Cooperativa Integral
Regenerativa is an integral cooperative based in São Luís, Odemira, that brings together people and projects to regenerate rural life across…
Universo Refazenda
Universo Refazenda is a rural creation and cultural mediation project in Alquerubim, Portugal, weaving together art, memory, agriculture and…
ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável
ZERO is a Portuguese environmental NGO founded in 2015 that advocates for sustainability across energy, pollution, waste, biodiversity and s…
Nowhere Desk
Nowhere Desk is a rural coworking and co-living space in a stone farmhouse in Arcos de Valdevez, northern Portugal, combining remote work wi…
Aventuras Da Libelula
Aventuras da Libélula is an off-grid community and education hub nestled in a forest valley near Figueiró dos Vinhos, combining nature-based…
Rewild the Future
Rewild the Future is an off-grid community and education hub in a forest valley in central Portugal, focused on ecological restoration, Mont…
Folha Verde / Benfeita Ecozone
Folha Verde is a bilingual natural education project and intentional eco-community of over 270 people nestled in the mountains of Benfeita, …
Tribodar
Tribodar is an emerging eco-village and retreat centre in Nisa, Alentejo, offering eco-retreats, Kundalini yoga, agroforestry workshops, and…
Vale Ondula
Vale Ondula is a permaculture living lab and eco-community stewarding 3.6 hectares of forest in Sande, Northern Portugal. Two families, toge…
Rizoma Cooperativa Integral
Rizoma Cooperativa Integral is a nonprofit, multi-sector cooperative based in Lisbon's Anjos neighbourhood, running a self-managed community…
Aldeia Inclusiva
Aldeia Inclusiva is a non-profit association in Monção, Portugal, building a rural, nature-based community where people with disabilities ca…
Loural Ecovillage
Loural Ecovillage is a sustainable community and retreat centre located in Colmeal, Góis, Portugal, working towards food and energy self-suf…
Ananda Kalyani
Ananda Kalyani is an intentional community and Master Unit located in the Serra da Estrela region of central Portugal, founded in 2010 acros…
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso (UDCB) is a local association in northeastern Portugal dedicated to protecting the environment, heritag…
Planetiers
Planetiers is a global ecosystem and active community based in Lisbon, Portugal, connecting sustainable solutions with organizations and ter…
Arambha Eco Village
Arambha Eco Village is a permaculture project and intentional community on Madeira Island, Portugal, founded in 2019, combining regenerative…
Sat Village
Sat Village is a small conscious eco-community being developed near Sintra and Ericeira, Portugal, rooted in sustainability, intentional liv…
The Hide PT
The Hide PT is a co-living and retreat centre nestled in a secluded valley near Oleiros, Central Portugal, offering a nurturing space for cr…
Four Trees
Four Trees is a 1.5-hectare farm retreat in the Alentejo region of Portugal offering co-living, co-working, retreats, workshops, and long-te…
Live With Earth
Live With Earth is a Portuguese non-profit association active since 2012 and formally founded in 2017, based at the Eco Campus Torres Vedras…
Vida em Transição
Vida em Transição is a family-run eco-project nestled in the village of Esculca, Serra do Açor, central Portugal, dedicated to conscious liv…
Servivo
SerVivo is a co-living community and event venue nestled in the Natural Park of Arrábida near Palmela, Portugal, dedicated to human developm…
PurposeFlow Living
PurposeFlow Living is a regenerative living community and retreat centre nestled in the wild heart of the Alentejo, Portugal, dedicated to e…
Traditional Dream Factory (TDF)
Traditional Dream Factory is transforming a former poultry factory in Portugal's Alentejo into a regenerative village combining co-living, s…
Pure Portugal
Pure Portugal is a values-led rural property listing platform with over 20 years of experience, connecting buyers and private sellers of qui…
A Quinta da Lage
A Quinta da Lage is an off-grid regenerative farm and intentional community nestled in the coastal natural park of South West Alentejo, Port…
Loura Ecovillage
Loura Ecovillage is an emerging intentional community located near Colmeal, Portugal, weaving together ecology, permaculture, collective int…
Toca do Coelho
Toca do Coelho is a small open community farm and creative sanctuary nestled in the hills of the Algarve near Alferce, Southern Portugal, bu…
Noma Village
Noma Village is a coliving and coworking space in Lagos, Algarve, designed for conscious digital nomads and remote workers seeking community…
Spirala Ecovillage
Spirala Ecovillage is a regenerative camping site and eco-hub located in the Castelo Branco District of Portugal, offering a space for commu…
Cristaland Lagos
Cristaland Lagos is a conscious eco-community and event centre nestled in the Algarve, Portugal, dedicated to sustainable living, holistic w…
Tamera
Tamera is an international peace research and education centre founded in 1995 in Odemira, Alentejo, Portugal, where over 160 residents live…
Vegoa
Vegoa is a platform and registered association promoting sustainable, ethical, and vegan living through intentional community-building, with…
Nature of Life Foundation
Nature of Life Foundation is a Dutch-registered foundation building a regenerative intergenerational community and educational ecosystem at …
Living the Life Portugal
Living the Life Portugal is a family-run quinta near Figueiró dos Vinhos where Tom, Ros, and their children share their home, skills, and kn…
Essência Nature Retreat
Essência is an off-grid, plant-based eco-village and holistic healing centre nestled in the natural landscape of Aljezur, southern Portugal,…
O Cais - Eco Loja - Café - Comida
O Cais is an eco café, sustainable shop, and community space located in a historic 1765 building in Silves, Portugal, serving plant-based fo…
Neos Life
Neos Life is a visionary village and retreat project on 1,000 acres in the Alentejo region of Portugal, developing an intentional community …