Quinta dos 7 Nomes
Quinta dos 7 Nomes is an ecological cooperative founded in 2007 in Colares, Sintra, running a permaculture lab, an organic grocery shop, com…
Cooperatives & Collectives
Fruta Feia runs food rescue as a cooperative, while Colmeia is a community-owned grocery in the Alentejo. Other collectives organise land and labour on the same principle.
Projects in this focus
CASES – Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia Social
CASES is a Portuguese public interest cooperative that represents and supports the social economy sector, including cooperatives, associatio…
A Eira Cooperativa
A Eira is a Galician social-initiative cooperative based in the Costa da Morte, combining web design, education and socio-educational projec…
Uma Boa Questão
Uma Boa Questão is a cooperative network born from a meeting between the Hip-Hop movement and the solidarity economy, running cultural, soci…
Colmeia62
Colmeia62 is a housing cooperative with collective land ownership in Zambujal, Mafra, developing an ecovillage rooted in permaculture and co…
Casa do Impacto
Casa do Impacto is a Lisbon-based hub for impact entrepreneurship, promoted by Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, offering incubation, ac…
Minha Terra – Federação Portuguesa de Associações de Desenvolvimento Local
Minha Terra is the Portuguese federation of 58 local development associations, coordinating LEADER-funded rural development work across the …
GRACE – Empresas Responsáveis
GRACE – Empresas Responsáveis is a public-benefit, non-profit business association founded in 2000 that promotes corporate social responsibi…
ImpacTrip
ImpacTrip is a purposeful travel agency that offers meaningful social and environmental volunteering programs across Europe.
Rizoma Cooperativa Integral
A nonprofit, multi-sector cooperative in Lisbon's Anjos neighbourhood. Rizoma runs a self-managed community grocery store, with further sect…
Planetiers
Planetiers is a global ecosystem and active community based in Lisbon, Portugal, connecting sustainable solutions with organizations and ter…
Cooperatives and collectives in Portugal
The cooperative is an old Portuguese form (agricultural co-ops have run cellars and mills here for generations) and it is being picked up again for food, housing, energy and land. The appeal is structural: members own it, so it cannot be sold out from under them.
Fruta Feia buys produce rejected on appearance and sells it to members in weekly baskets. Colmeia runs a community-owned grocery in the Alentejo. Others organise land, labour or shared equipment on the same principle.
Joining usually means becoming a member rather than a customer. Project pages explain how membership works. Related focuses: community resilience, food sovereignty and ethical shopping platforms. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.