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Our own articles and interviews, and our summaries of what the Portuguese press reported on sustainability. The Pulse is the daily edition; this is the lasting entrance — every story on its own page.

What was reported

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Barão de São João hosts free three-day walking and art festival in November
Cyanotype, botanical printing and pyrography workshops sit alongside the walks, and the village itself becomes the gallery for a trail of artworks.
13 October 2026AlgarveAssociação ALMARGEM
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Miguel Torga Institute and Bussaco Forest Foundation team up on forest therapy research
A Coimbra higher-education institute and one of Portugal's best-known forests are about to test what time among the trees does for people.
10 October 2026CentroMata Nacional do Bussaco
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Historic Douro spa to reopen this year after €4m revamp
Abandoned for years beside the Douro, a historic spa once compared to Paris is getting a second life.
14 September 2026Norte
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Portugal-Spain hospital sustainability project holds closing event in Portimão
After three years of cross-border work, Portuguese and Spanish health officials gather in Portimão to share what they found.
7 September 2026Algarve
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Mirandela to build five climate shelters against extreme heat
Summer heat near 50ºC and winter cold of minus five pushed one council to act first in the region.
3 September 2026Norte
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Bussaco forest named first therapeutic forest in Iberia
A 105-hectare forest with 250 tree species just earned a title held by only five other sites in Europe.
28 August 2026CentroMata Nacional do Bussaco
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Fajão village hosts nature, yoga and stargazing event
A schist village in central Portugal pairs sunset yoga with a solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower.
9 July 2026CentroAldeias do Xisto
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Multicare and Fidelidade back forum on wildfires and health
Portugal has burned nearly a quarter of its territory in two decades, more than any other European country.
7 July 2026LisbonICNF
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Ozone levels breach population warning threshold near Lisbon
Two monitoring stations near Lisbon recorded ozone levels above the safety threshold amid a heatwave.
3 July 2026LisbonZERO
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Pedalar Sem Idade to host online talk with Cycling Without Age founder
The founder of a Danish movement that fights loneliness with adapted bicycles joins a free online talk this month.
22 June 2026
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ZERO finds air pollution exceeds WHO limits at all 15 Lisbon schools
One school near a six-lane avenue recorded nearly six times the WHO's recommended pollution limit.
1 June 2026LisbonZERO