Bees are very important to mankind. Their greatest importance is not to produce honey and other food. It is the contribution they make to plants all over the world by pollination. Thus they generate a huge natural chain of flora on which life on the planet depends a lot. They play a fundamental role in …
We can already see the mountains with the gold of flowers. Yes, spring has come and with it came flowers and fruits! We are taking care of ourselves, and protecting all the others, staying “at home” . We are still working on our farm and also on line. So, for us, life is still almost …
Among the so-called small fruits, raspberry is one of the most cultivated species here in Portugal. And in our farm in Ananda Valley, it was one of the fruits that we started planting from the beginning. Exotics, raspberries have a mixture of acidic and sweet juices. Raspberries are from the rose family, as well as …
My name is Alexandre Seguro and I’m a Portuguese 17-year-old boy finishing high-school in Lisbon. I’ve become more conscious about the world around me in the recent years being concerned about its problems and striving to find and learn effective solutions. In the quest of making sense of my reality I started to question the …
Happy moments for all of us For me it was not just the end of 2018 but the end of living two years abroad – in Portugal and finally in Romania. 2016 I moved from the very very north of Finland (Utsjoki) to Oijärvi, from there to Espoo (south of Finland) and finally to Portugal, …
You know that feeling that something isn’t right, but you cannot really figure out what is? I’m quite familiar with that feeling I have to admit. ? It’s not always present on the foreground, not at all actually. Often times I even completely forget about it, yet it never stays away for too long. This …
Ananda Kalyani Master Unit is working with an international project called Youth in Permaculture (YiP), whose mission is to support and empower youths and young adults to lead fulfilling and healthy lives inspired by permaculture through events organised by and for the youth, who plan to share information and practical tools through online platforms and …
It was during the full moon of July that the first night hike was organized by Team Ananda Kalyani. Already the moon was high when we left the Ananda Cafe and headed toward the Poço do Inferno in Serra da Estrela (Manteigas) where we started the trail. We shared in the silence of night, the …
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera and make up one-fifth of the mammal population on Earth, according to Bat Conservation International. Bats are the second largest order of mammals (after the rodents), representing about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide with about more than 1,300 bat species in the world.
In Rua Comendador Campos Melo in Covilhã there is this small place called Ananda Cafè. What is it? It is difficult to explain. First at all it is a cafè and restaurant where you can eat excellent vegetarian and vegan dishes like these in the pictures.
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