Marruge Ecovillage
Marruge Ecovillage is a rural regeneration project in a schist village in the Caramulo Mountains, blending regenerative agriculture, bioclim…
Community Resilience
Places building the capacity to weather change together: Biovilla's cooperative in the Arrábida hills, the transition village of Re.Rural in São Luís, and gathering points like O Cais in Silves. Where sustainability becomes a shared, local project.
Projects in this focus
Casa d'Abóbora
Casa d'Abóbora is a youth association in the village of Aldeia, in the low-density rural area of Cinfães, working for social, cultural and e…
ATPD — Associação Transmontana Pelo Desenvolvimento
ATPD is a non-profit association in Vila Flor, Trás-os-Montes, that works to promote human rights, equality and community resilience through…
Nowhere Desk
A rural coworking and co-living space in a stone farmhouse in Arcos de Valdevez, northern Portugal, where remote work goes alongside farming…
Vale Ondula
A permaculture living lab and eco-community on 3.6 hectares of forest in Sande, Northern Portugal. Two families and their volunteers are bui…
Aldeia Inclusiva
Aldeia Inclusiva is a non-profit association in Monção, Portugal, building a rural, nature-based community where people with disabilities ca…
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso (UDCB) is a local association in northeastern Portugal that firmly opposes mining projects in the regio…
Community resilience in Portugal
Fires, drought and the pandemic made resilience a concrete question in Portugal. It means the practical things a place can do for itself: grow some of its food, hold its own water, know who lives alone.
Biovilla runs a cooperative in the Arrábida hills. Re.Rural works from the transition village of São Luís. Coopérnico organises citizens around renewable energy nationally, Aldeia Inclusiva builds a rural community in Monção, and Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso is what resilience looks like when a village organises against a mine.
Almost all of it is membership-based and local, so the entry point is a meeting rather than a donation. Related focuses: cooperatives and collectives, intentional communities and volunteering and social impact. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.