saving the future - saving the climate meals

Multi-functional potatoes - Batatas multi-funcionais

hiking with goats

Petition to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Fruit of avocado tree planted in Spring 2013

aphids predator in action

Goat Trekking everyday in Chão Sobral - Portugal

new terrace for avocado trees

Join us building the recycled tyre retaining wall for the avocado trees

Avocado tree growth in Chao Sobral

EcoEsfera - Permaculture and Transition Online TV Program

Uma introdução à Permacultura

Planting avocado trees

agroecology, foodforest and avocado trees in Portugal workshop

workshop that provides the basic design tools to create a garden of eden, starting with avocado ...

The Alentejo - Portugal, perennial plants winter breakfast

The Alentejo - Portugal, perennial plants breakfast: walnuts, cured olives, roasted quercus rotundifolia acorns, tangerine and orange peel tea, lucky me!

The young Paw-Paw sisters

Photos of the Paw-Paw seedlings recently planted on our tiny zone 2 woodland garden.

Strawberry tree propagation by air layering

Pictures of the tree callous and root formed during the air-layering period.

Casuarina cones - the first seed harvest

Casuarina are multifunctional trees and we are creating a local/Chão Sobral Casuarina seed bank.

Must-visit places in Portugal for tree lovers

These two places are located south of 38º Latitude and do experiments with exotic subtropical and tropical plants

Perma bee keeping intro

A permaculture approach to beekeeping will be presented for the first time in Aldeia das Amoreiras

Earthbag ecodome building - Videos update

3 videos showing the working proccess of a team of six people with no machines, in a 6 days workshop, building a earthbag ecodome in central Portugal

The very fast growing and yield of Mulberries for 2 months!

This tree is making its third year in our forest garden and has been the bright star.

sub-tropical green house laboratory - in "Cherry Tree Country"

the early stages of a perenial edible landscape within the green-house microclimate - creating the conditions for the pleasure of co-creation and learning from nature evolutions

1st Cycle of Meetings "Edible landscapes - Food forests and Agro-forestry in Fire-prone Landscape" in Chão Sobral

"Because we live in a gunpowder barrel ... " and we need to test practices, enacting knowledge and understand the different ways to deal with our ecosystem, reducing the destructive fire hazard and generating economy, ecological services and health.

Avocado Trees in Portugal blog start

The objective of this blog is to make visible relevant information for the cultivation of avocado trees from the north to the south of Portugal.

"On the Edge Permaculture"

Introduction to strategies developed through centuries that, and in the present, work towards the permanent culture at Chão Sobral, and on the rocky and steep areas of the Goshawk Mountain range.

WANTED 2 volunteers to help build low cost eco-shelter 14-Feb-14-March

this is going to be a about 30 m3 shelter, planned and built with Permaculture design principles in mind, given the local eco-geological conditions and building materials on site and nearby region

the last tasks in 2012 and saying Ola Angola

working on perenial systems, more trees for more fruits and biomass. 2013 new start, working in Angola, to join the team that is teaching agriculture to young people.

Brief Concept Paper on Permaculture from Malawi, now in portuguese

original from Malawi, it has been translated to portuguese, it points to key functions of PC systems in places like Malawi

Permaculture Design Course in Portugal - 5-18 November 2012

I'm looking forward to immerse in this Design Course led by Bernard Alonso - At an upcoming 'Permaculture Farm and Training Center' near Lisbon - Portugal

2 Volunteers-Permaculture Wanted - Through European Volunteering Service

1 Opportunity to get involved in Permaculture and transition town work + 1 to work with the Children's Land Project

note on the nordic permaculture festival in Sweden

meeting with permaculture enthusiasts from Sweden, Finland, Danmark, Norway ...

Tribe Up - Sweden

Taking place on the 20 August in Sweden. I'm participating in this event to share about my permaculture experience in Portugal, with a special focus on the "learning with elders dynamics" i've been involved with in my hometown and in Aldeia das Amoreiras.

photos from the ecodome superadobe workshop

this structure was raised during one week, with the manual labor of 6 people, no electricity or machines were needed.

SuperAdobe Workshop - 19 - 25 July Portugal

learning alternatives for low cost and low ecological impact shelters

treecrops on mediterranean mountain landscape

treecrops cultures as basic strategies to mountain communities

greenroof eco-construction workshop 27June-3July Portugal

the eco-construction takes it next step after the 2 previous superadobe and cordwood workshops in september 2011 and march 2012

Introduction to Permaculture Course - Chao Sobral Portugal

introduction to permaculture course in the central mountains hamlet in Portugal

Portugal Convergir Network - Towards Sustainability Projects on the Map

was launched recently the website of the Network that is creating a map of Portugal presenting projects that work towards sustainability

superadobe and cordwood workshops - March 2012

ongoing building project in central Portugal

5 Days-17 workshops - Village Life Experience - 2nd to 6th April (Chão Sobral - Goshawk Mountains - Portugal)

17 workshops as the basic introduction to the Village Life Experience in the Goshawk mountains in Central Portugal

Chão Sobral Live Music

this is a small video made during a performance around the village on the "Association Member Day" - August 2011

Chão Sobral, "Ground of the cork trees"

Chão Sobral, "Ground of the cork trees", has been, for more than 500 years, a small village nestled between 600 and 700 meters altitude in the Açor Mountains, "Goshawk Mountains", which overlooks the "Estrela Mountains" and "Caramulo Mountains".

Workshop: water, vegetation and soils in Permaculture Design

This will be a introductory workshop to permaculture design functions that will happen in 120 ha property near the Aljustrel mining dams (portuguese and english spoken)

Water&sunlight harvest and soil regeneration workshop

Introduction and practical workshop in the deforested mountains of Algarve - South of Portugal

Introduction to Permaculture with the Rythms of the Mountain in Chao Sobral

Guided tour in Chao Sobral, real life examples ...

PDC Mallorca photos

The magic of community during the PDC experience in Mallorca

study-visit to permaculture projects in Africa

we hope this will be an opportunity to visit some of the oldest permacultures sites and learn from local teachers

Chão Sobral Mountain Rythms - 16-17 July

Guided walk in Chão Sobral as an introduction to traditional village scale permanent culture