Workshops, courses and gatherings across sustainable Portugal. Found something we're missing?
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.
A 12-day hands-on programme at Tamera combining garden and solar test field work with community-building activities like Forum, focused on regenerative living and energy autonomy.
The University of Coimbra is holding the 4th edition of Sustainability Days, with sessions, debates and an international conference on AI and sustainability, running from 30 September to 15 October at Polo I and the Jardim Botânico.
APDA is organising the 2nd edition of the SENAG national seminar, dedicated to wastewater, on 14 and 15 October at the Centro Cultural Vila Flor in Guimarães, with Jorge Sequeira as keynote speaker.
SENAG 2026, organised by APDA under the theme 'REImagining Urban Water', includes the round table 'Rethinking Urban Drainage', in which experts discuss the future of drainage infrastructure. The event takes place on 14 and 15 October at the Centro Cultural Vila Flor, in Guimarães.
The 32nd edition of this international environmental film festival takes place in Seia from 9–17 October, presenting 87 films from 34 countries across fiction, documentary, and visual art competitions.
COMUM Market celebrates a special 3-year edition at the Galeria do Mercado do Bolhão, in Porto, from 12 to 17 October, from 9:30am to 7pm, bringing together circular economy and upcycling projects such as the collective shop A Circular.
A series of gatherings, workshops and conversations in Sabóia, Odemira, on earth as a building material and a medium for artistic experimentation, linked to the reconstruction of the Escola Provisória para Nada. It runs from 5 to 17 October, with the participation of several artists and CRU Atelier.
Casa d'Abóbora is looking for 6 young people aged 18 to 30, preferably from Cinfães, for an Erasmus+ exchange in Prizzi, Sicily, on rural revitalisation and democratic participation. Applications are made through the association's Linktree.
GROW Learn: Autumn School 2026, coordinated by Food4Sustainability as part of the European GROW programme, takes place online from 13 to 28 October with six sessions on risks and resilience in agricultural production. Registration is open until 30 September.
The Madeira Ocean 2026 Expedition officially kicks off on 2 October at Cais 6 in the Port of Funchal, with marine scientific work taking place until 28 October in Madeira, Porto Santo and the Desertas Islands.
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...
A 10-day Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is being offered at Terra Alta in Sintra, with courses running through October; booking details are provided via a link in the poster's bio.
Every Tuesday, between 5pm and 7pm, you can find a range of activities at the Horta Cultural. The Horta Cultural is a space for sharing knowledge following the principles of sustainable agriculture and the circular economy. In October, the theme will be Composting and Living Systems. In nature, nothing is lost: what seems to come to an end transforms itself, feeds other cycles and gives rise to new life. Composting is one of the simplest and most powerful examples of this intelligence…
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.
Exhibition at the Galeria Municipal de São Brás de Alportel, open until 31 October, featuring umbrellas transformed into art by institutions that work with older people and people with disabilities, to raise awareness of the protection of water and the sea.
An introductory gardening course for the general public, focusing on the design, installation and maintenance of small gardens and vegetable plots using sustainable practices. It takes place at Lipor on 10 October 2026.
Photography exhibition showcasing migratory birds that pass through the Algarve, running from 18 September to 8 November at Sociedade de Instrução e Recreio Messinense. The exhibition opening takes place on 18 September at 19:00.
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.
Photographic exhibition about the Pedra do Valado reef, a protected marine area between Albufeira, Lagoa and Silves, with content on habitats, species and the creation of the marine nature park. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
A photographic exhibition by Fundação Oceano Azul, with CCMAR and Revive Our Ocean, on the marine biodiversity of Pedra do Valado. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 2pm to 5pm, from 13 October to 30 November.
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…
AJAP is running the certified course "Integrated Production Method in Vineyards", with 106 hours combining online and in-person training, aimed at technicians in the agricultural sector. The synchronous sessions take place between 29 September and 3 November, with in-person components in North/Centre and South groups until December.
A travelling exhibition at Paço dos Henriques examining cork extraction processes—from traditional techniques to modern innovations—running from 2 October to 31 December 2026, organised by Coruche Municipality with regional support.
♻️ GLASS CHAMPIONSHIP | Bragança joins the challenge! The Municipality of Bragança is taking part in the Glass Championship, an initiative that aims to encourage the recycling of glass packaging and promote healthy competition between municipalities. Between September and December 2026, every glass bottle or jar placed in the green recycling bin can make a difference! The winning municipality will have the opportunity to support a local social, humanitarian or community institution, through the…
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.
A free 250-hour training program for young people aged 18 to 35, with specializations in native forest, nature tourism, and food processing, running from October 2026 to April 2027. Pre-applications are already open via email.
A series of training and awareness sessions for older people, organised by the Unidade de Cuidados na Comunidade Terras do Lince between October 2026 and May 2027 in the parishes of Penamacor, covering topics such as coping with cold weather, stress management, sleep hygiene and dementia.
Documentary by Vincent Munier about three generations of naturalists in the Vosges forest, passing on knowledge about wildlife. Winner of the César for Best Documentary and Best Sound. 14 October, 9pm, Auditório Municipal Fernando Lopes-Graça in Almada, €3.
The CO₂ Performance Ladder, a methodology developed in the Netherlands to encourage carbon emission reductions through public procurement, will be officially launched in Portugal on 15 October in Lisbon, following its adaptation to the national context.
