Pé Descalço
Pé Descalço is a nature-based learning centre in Porto de Mós, Portugal, offering school visits, traditional workshops, weekly community gat…
Workshops & Trainings
Hands-on learning across the themes, natural building, permaculture design, fermentation, forestry. The fastest way into this world is a weekend with your hands in it.
Projects in this focus
Quinta das Relvas
Quinta das Relvas is a non-profit NGO on a historic farm in Branca, Portugal, running non-formal education in the arts and sustainability th…
Terramadome
A 7-hectare organic, experimental farm near Penamacor, Beira Baixa, with self-built eco-friendly accommodation, workshops on natural constru…
Ananda Kalyani
Ananda Kalyani is a spiritual based project focused on rural development in Serra da Estrela region, central Portugal, founded more than 10 …
Quinta do Vale da Páscoa (Ecoaldeia do Vale)
Quinta do Vale da Páscoa is a sustainable luxury B&B and working farm in Póvoa de Midões, Tábua, in central Portugal. Eco-accommodation sits…
Cerdeira - Home for Creativity
Cerdeira - Home for Creativity is a revived historic schist village in the Serra da Lousã, with EU Eco-Label-certified accommodation, arts a…
Workshops and trainings in Portugal
A weekend with your hands in the work can teach what reading alone cannot. These courses turn ideas into practical skills. The subjects run across everything the site covers: natural building, permaculture design, grafting and pruning, fermentation, beekeeping, forestry, seed saving.
Courses here are usually small, often bilingual, and frequently held on the farm or building site being discussed rather than in a classroom.
This page lists the projects that teach; the dates are on our events calendar, which is where anything with a fixed start shows up. If you want a longer commitment than a weekend, several of these projects also take volunteers or residents. Related focuses: community education, nature-based learning and DIY skills and guides.