O Fojo Permaculture | Integral Education Center
O Fojo is a pioneering permaculture project in central Portugal, founded in 2009, now evolving into an Integral Education Center offering co…
46 projects
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Schist villages, serra forests and some of the country's most hands-on regeneration work: MONTIS restoring native woodland, ecovillages like Quinta do Vale da Páscoa and Loura, carbon-negative building at Cânhamor, and revived places like Cerdeira in the Serra da Lousã. Central Portugal is where land is affordable and the work is visible.
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Community & Social Innovation
Guardiãs da Natureza
Guardiãs da Natureza is a national network of women acting as local catalysts for ecosystem regeneration, biodiversity conservation and sust…
ATO — Associação Terras de Ourondo (Terra Divina)
ATO — Associação Terras de Ourondo runs retreats, artistic performances, workshops and an itinerant clown school at Terra Divina, in Ourondo…
Veredas da Estrela
Veredas da Estrela is a community association founded after the 2022 wildfires that devastated 25% of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, wor…
Cleanwatts / 100 Aldeias
Cleanwatts is a climate-tech company that develops and operates local renewable energy communities in Portugal, including the pioneering '10…
CooLabora
CooLabora is a social intervention cooperative based in Covilhã, Portugal, active for 18 years in promoting gender equality, combating domes…
Ericas
Ericas is a Portuguese company that handcrafts sustainable, 100% natural pet toys from heather roots using traditional artisan methods. Thei…
Idanha-à-Vida
Idanha-à-Vida is a large-scale ecological, social and cultural regeneration project spanning 1,600 hectares around the historic village of I…
Universo Refazenda
Universo Refazenda is a rural creation and cultural mediation project in Alquerubim, Portugal, weaving together art, memory, agriculture and…
Pé Descalço
Pé Descalço is a nature-based learning center in Porto de Mós, Portugal, offering school visits, traditional workshops, weekly community gat…
Aventuras Da Libelula
Aventuras da Libélula is an off-grid community and education hub nestled in a forest valley near Figueiró dos Vinhos, combining nature-based…
Rewild the Future
Rewild the Future is an off-grid community and education hub in a forest valley in central Portugal, focused on ecological restoration, Mont…
Associação Nascentes de Luz
Associação Nascentes de Luz is a non-profit family support organisation in Maceira, Leiria, that combines social care with a large-scale per…
Folha Verde / Benfeita Ecozone
Folha Verde is a bilingual natural education project and intentional eco-community of over 270 people nestled in the mountains of Benfeita, …
Quinta das Relvas
Quinta das Relvas is a non-profit NGO based on a historic farm in Branca, Portugal, dedicated to non-formal education in Arts and Sustainabi…
Atelier Janela Velha
Atelier Janela Velha is a Portuguese upcycling project based in Torres Vedras, creating handmade jewellery, slow fashion, and restored furni…
Terramadome
Terramadome is a 7-hectare organic and experimental farm near Penamacor, Beira Baixa, offering eco-friendly self-built accommodations, works…
Loural Ecovillage
Loural Ecovillage is a sustainable community and retreat centre located in Colmeal, Góis, Portugal, working towards food and energy self-suf…
EcoAtivo
EcoAtivo is a Portuguese nature protection and conservation association based in Fundão that works to improve the relationship between human…
Associação Cabeço Santo
Associação Cabeço Santo is a Portuguese environmental NGO dedicated to the ecological restoration of degraded landscapes on the western slop…
Quinta da Comenda
Quinta da Comenda is a historic agro-wine farm in São Pedro do Sul, Portugal, pioneering organic agriculture since 1987 and offering rural t…
Faia Brava – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
Faia Brava – Associação de Conservação da Natureza is a Portuguese environmental NGO with over 25 years of history, pioneering the recogniti…
Keela Permaculture Farm
Keela Permaculture Farm is an off-grid, 18-hectare certified organic homestead in Fundão, central Portugal, offering hands-on courses in Per…
The Hide PT
The Hide PT is a co-living and retreat centre nestled in a secluded valley near Oleiros, Central Portugal, offering a nurturing space for cr…
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, central Portugal, blending eco-accommodatio…
Cânhamor
Cânhamor is a Portuguese company based in Garvão, Ourique, producing ECOblocos® — the only certified carbon-negative complete wall system in…
Vale da Sarvinda
Vale da Sarvinda is a holistic organic farm and sustainable business located in Vila Velha de Ródão, integrating biological production, rene…
Cleanwatts
Cleanwatts is a Portuguese climate technology company that develops, finances, and operates solar-powered Energy Communities, enabling local…
MONTIS – Associação de Conservação da Natureza
MONTIS is a Portuguese environmental NGO founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vouzela, Viseu, that manages 313 hectares across 38 properties…
Amorim Cork Insulation
Amorim Cork Insulation is a Portuguese company specialising in natural cork-based insulation products for sustainable construction, operatin…
Herdade Monte Silveira
Herdade Monte Silveira is a 700+ hectare farm in Beira Baixa practicing certified organic and regenerative agriculture since 1999, integrati…
Quinta Kania
Quinta Kania is an ecological permaculture homestead in Tábua, central Portugal, offering courses, workshops, farm tours, and hands-on natur…
Reflorestar Portugal
Reflorestar Portugal is a non-profit NGO dedicated to ecological regeneration, biodiverse reforestation, and agroforestry across Portugal, e…
Cerdeira - Home for Creativity
Cerdeira - Home for Creativity is a revived historic schist village in Serra da Lousã offering EU Eco-Label-certified accommodation, arts an…
Vida em Transição
Vida em Transição is a family-run eco-project nestled in the village of Esculca, Serra do Açor, central Portugal, dedicated to conscious liv…
Terra Verde
Terra Verde is a lovingly restored 150-year-old historic manor set on 60 hectares in Central Portugal, offering retreats, workshops, creativ…
A Quinta da Lage
A Quinta da Lage is an off-grid regenerative farm and intentional community nestled in the coastal natural park of South West Alentejo, Port…
Loura Ecovillage
Loura Ecovillage is an emerging intentional community located near Colmeal, Portugal, weaving together ecology, permaculture, collective int…
Green Heritage
Green Heritage is a Portugal-based bio-construction company that designs and supplies modular eco-home kits using natural materials like cor…
Spirala Ecovillage
Spirala Ecovillage is a regenerative camping site and eco-hub located in the Castelo Branco District of Portugal, offering a space for commu…
Quinta Das Abelhas
Quinta Das Abelhas is a systemic constellation centre and regenerative land project in Fornos de Algodres, Central Portugal, founded in 2017…
Eternal Forest
Eternal Forest is a long-term art and ecology initiative founded in 2018 by artist and poet Evgenia Emets, dedicated to creating a global ne…
Living the Life Portugal
Living the Life Portugal is a family-run quinta near Figueiró dos Vinhos where Tom, Ros, and their children share their home, skills, and kn…
Ekogaio
Ekogaio is a Portuguese agro-regenerative collective based in Tomar that designs and implements permaculture, agroforestry, and regenerative…
Rewilding Portugal
Rewilding Portugal is a non-profit association dedicated to making Portugal a wilder place by restoring ecosystems and wildlife corridors, w…
Burel Factory
Burel Factory is a Portuguese brand born in Serra da Estrela dedicated to preserving and innovating the traditional burel wool textile indus…