Casa d'Abóbora
Casa d'Abóbora is a youth association based in the village of Aldeia, in the low-density rural region of Cinfães, Portugal, dedicated to soc…
Community & Social Innovation
The heart of the catalogue: 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.
Projects in this theme
ATPD — Associação Transmontana Pelo Desenvolvimento
ATPD is a non-profit association based in Vila Flor, Trás-os-Montes, dedicated to promoting human rights, equality and community resilience …
Ecoaldeia Silverto
Ecoaldeia Silverto is a rural co-housing and regenerative agroforestry project in Paredes de Coura, northern Portugal, combining a partly re…
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…
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…
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…
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 dedicated to protecting the environment, heritag…
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…
Intentional communities and social innovation in Portugal
This is the collection people arrive at when the question is less about a technique and more about how to live near other people.
Tamera in the Alentejo has been running for decades. Traditional Dream Factory and Noma Village are newer, closer to coliving than to a commune, and built around remote work. Four Trees is a farm retreat. O Cais in Silves is a village café that works as a meeting point. What they share is that someone decided the default arrangement was not the only one available.
The focus filter above separates ecovillages, intentional communities, cooperatives and collectives, retreat centres, community resilience, social permaculture, volunteering and social impact, and animal sanctuaries. If you are looking for a way in rather than a place to read about, check the jobs and volunteering listings, several of these communities recruit through them. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.