Guardiãs da Natureza
Guardiãs da Natureza is a national network of women acting as local catalysts for ecosystem regeneration, biodiversity conservation and sust…
28 projects
Community Resilience
Projects working with community resilience across Portugal.
Focus —
All focusesIntentional CommunitiesCooperatives & CollectivesSocial PermacultureCommunity ResilienceVolunteering & Social ImpactEcovillageRetreat Center
Where —Community & Social Innovation
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Loura Ecovillage
Loura Ecovillage is an emerging intentional community located near Colmeal, Portugal, weaving together ecology, permaculture, collective int…
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…
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…
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…