The Lince Ecorkhotel Évora
The Lince Ecorkhotel Évora is a four-star eco-hotel on Quinta da Deserta e Malina, near Évora in the Alentejo, with a main building clad in …
Education & Eco-tourism
Places where you learn by staying: the educational programmes of Novas Descobertas, the edible botanical garden Orchard of Flavours, and revived villages like Cerdeira in the Serra da Lousã. Workshops, nature-based learning and tourism that gives more than it takes.
Forest Keepers invites 16 teenagers to two days in an Alentejo forestIf you’re 16 to 19 and curious about the natural world, there’s a free weekend in the montado near Montemor-o-Novo waiting in November. Applications close on Friday, and the two days will be filmed for a short documentary.
Grow lists 90 off-grid communities to visit, stay or work atHe booked the first flight he saw – a flight to Faro
LPN bought 1,800 hectares of Castro Verde to save its birdsLPN seeks new income amid EU conservation funding uncertainty
Craveiral Farmhouse
Craveiral Farmhouse is a 38-house rural resort near Zambujeira do Mar, in Odemira, Alentejo, built around organic farming, local produce and…
São Lourenço do Barrocal
São Lourenço do Barrocal is a 780-hectare, certified organic farm estate near Monsaraz, in the Alentejo, held by the same family for more th…
Critical Concrete
Critical Concrete is a non-profit cultural association in Porto, founded in 2015, that teaches and researches social and sustainable archite…
Benfazer
Benfazer is a non-profit association in Portugal promoting sustainable, ethical living through social justice, environmental and animal welf…
Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark
Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark, managed by the Associação Geoparque Arouca (AGA), safeguards a territory rich in geological formations, fossil…
Mata Nacional do Bussaco
Mata Nacional do Bussaco stewards the Buçaco National Forest, a centuries-old woodland in Luso, Portugal, offering guided tours and artisana…
Companhia das Culturas – Ecodesign & Spa Hotel
Companhia das Culturas is a small ecodesign and spa hotel on a 40-hectare farm next to the Castro Marim Nature Reserve, Algarve. It pairs or…
Free online workshops to help Algarve nature and nautical tourism firms go international
The opening session puts a sustainability certifier on stage, arguing that going green is a selling point abroad rather than a cost.
Algarve launches third round of free tourism training
Over 1,200 certificates have already come out of this Algarve tourism training scheme's first two rounds.
Alentejo Walking Festival returns for third edition in Gavião
Fifty free walks across Alentejo municipalities require registration before a tight October deadline.
RuralBeja fair hosts talks on rural life until Monday
Beyond the snacks and horses, RuralBeja is also staging debates on olive oil, predators and energy transition.
Sociedade Ponto Verde offers free recycling training for teachers
A packaging recycling academy for schools is aiming for a 36% jump in student reach next year.
Sagres fortress to host climate talks on cultural landscape
Experts and young professionals will gather at the Algarve's Sagres fortress for a two-day climate dialogue.
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Twelve Months, Twelve Walks
Prazilândia – Turismo e Ambiente E.M. once again joins forces with the Município de Castanheira de Pera to run, throughout 2026, another edition of the "Doze Meses, Doze Caminhadas" program. This year's edition offers a varied itinerary covering the history, culture and biodiversity of the Castanheira de Pera municipality, which includes the Aldeia do Xisto do Coentral. Each activity is designed to provide an educational and leisure experience, in full harmony with the environment…
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Exhibition "Alqueva vivo: animais e plantas da nossa terra"
Exhibition on the fauna and flora of Alqueva, the result of an educational project with children and elderly people from Mourão, on display at the EDIA headquarters in Beja on weekdays from 9am to 6pm until 27 November.
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GEOTA Training Course – Coastal Ecosystems: Biodiversity, Coastal Management and Eco-citizenship
GEOTA is running a 20-hour training course on coastal ecosystems, biodiversity, coastal management and eco-citizenship, in both online and in-person format, aimed at teachers, students, technicians and the general public, between 28 September and 31 October.
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Coastwatch Training Course
GEOTA TRAINING COURSE | COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS: BIODIVERSITY, COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECO-CITIZENSHIP. A 20-hour training course with scientific-pedagogical accreditation for groups 420 and 520. 📍 Format: online and in-person. Secure your place and actively contribute to the futu...
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Permaculture Design Learning Community
A two-week certified permaculture design programme at Quinta Vale da Lama in Lagos, combining design, hands-on practice and community learning alongside parallel art and volunteering programmes. Limited subsidised places are available for those with financial constraints.
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Under Fragile Seas Exhibition
A photography exhibition of 25 photographs of marine biodiversity taken by Professor Pedro Ponces Camanho, presented at the UC Exploratório in Coimbra. The images span the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Indo-Pacific oceans, inviting visitors to reflect on the preservation of marine ecosystems.
Learning and eco-tourism in Portugal
The projects here teach by having you turn up. Some run formal courses; others simply put you in a place where the thing is being done and let you help.
Novas Descobertas runs educational programmes. The Orchard of Flavours is an edible botanical garden you can walk through. Cerdeira, a schist village in the Serra da Lousã brought back from near-abandonment, houses workshops and residencies. Between them sit farm stays, skill workshops, school programmes and documentary work.
Use the focus filter for sustainable tourism, workshops and trainings, eco-tourism and experiential learning, nature-based learning, community education, sustainability in schools, DIY skills and guides, online courses and resources, and storytelling and documentaries. Dates for anything running soon are on our events calendar rather than here, this page lists the projects, the calendar lists what they have coming up.