ABAE – Associação Bandeira Azul da Europa
ABAAE (Associação Bandeira Azul de Ambiente e Educação) is a national non-profit environmental NGO that runs recognised programmes such as B…
Community Education
Learning that happens in public: Novas Descobertas in the Algarve, the arts-and-sustainability NGO Quinta das Relvas, and city-based movements like Circular Economy Portugal. Knowledge shared, not sold.
Projects in this focus
AltogaGreen - Soluções Ecológicas e Lúdicas
AltogaGreen is a Lisbon-based company bringing together three initiatives — Ludicenter, Educativa, and Ecocenter — that combine playful educ…
Alimentação Saudável e Sustentável (ABAAE)
An educational project by ABAAE, run within Portugal's Eco-Schools Programme, that gives schools tools, challenges and information to encour…
Eco Life Experience
A sustainable eco-tourism and education platform in Sintra offering workshops, reconnection activities and eco-village experiences that prom…
Enraizar - Associação de Aprendizagem Comunitária
Enraizar is a non-profit Learning Community in Santo Isidoro, Mafra, that supports children and families through nature-based, participatory…
K-Evolution
K-Evolution is a Portuguese non-profit association, founded in 2013, that promotes sustainability, citizenship and entrepreneurship through …
Transitar
Transitar is a Portuguese environmental association based in Lisbon, and the first in Portugal to bring internationally recognised sustainab…
Bosque do Pisco
A nature and arts space in a small forest inside a quinta in São João do Estoril, with playgroups, family workshops, holiday programmes and …
Grupo de Aprendizagem Livre
A Waldorf-inspired educational community for homeschooled teenagers in Colares, Sintra, combining academic content with art and experiences …
Terra Alta Permaculture
Terra Alta Permaculture is an off-grid permaculture education and research centre in a protected valley near Sintra, Portugal. It runs immer…
Aldeia do Vale
Aldeia do Vale is an agroecological and permaculture project between Sintra and Mafra, Portugal, with courses, workshops and practical exper…
Biovilla Sustentabilidade
Biovilla Sustentabilidade is a sustainable development cooperative on the Herdade de Pinhal Basto in Palmela, combining nature tourism, sust…
Community education in Portugal
Most of the environmental knowledge in this country is not taught in universities. It is carried by associations that run field days, talks and campaigns for whoever turns up, Some predate the policies they argue about. Quercus has been at it since 1985, ALMARGEM since the late eighties in the Algarve.
The range is wide. A Rocha Portugal runs a field study centre near Portimão. GEOTA works on land-use policy out of Lisbon. Vita Nativa takes people into the Ria Formosa. Shops like Maria Granel teach as a side effect of selling.
Almost all of it is free or close to it, and almost all of it needs volunteers. Related focuses: nature-based learning, sustainability in schools and workshops and trainings. Anything with a date attached is on our events calendar.