During my ten-week stay with the beautiful surroundings and wonderful people that constitute Ananda Valley, I have learned to revalue productivity and to enjoy taking things slow. This development started with the necessary discomfort. While I started working in the kitchen team, I felt a constant urge to prove myself. I wanted to make sure …
32 people joined a walk on a sunny Saturday on the 12th of February.All together, we went along Cabeço Do Pião to Barroca. With Francisco Dinis as a guide during this afternoon, we were walking along the river. First he pointed out that we are crossing the “green” part of the landscape. After that, we crossed …
Na sexta-feira começámos o primeiro módulo do nosso curso de agrofloresta organizado pelo Ecoativo (www.ecoativo.pt) com uma introdução a agricultura sintrópica, facilitado pelo fundadores do projeto Planta Floresta. Um estilo de agricultura sistematizado por Ernst Gosh, baseado em conhecimentos indígenas, que mimica os processos que ocorrem naturalmente na floresta original. Através de uma perspectiva sintrópica, …
“With my blade shaped leaves Silver and green colored I stretch like you, to the light Struggling over many years Just to enjoy this amazing life Strong and rooted are my feet Enduring all the elements is my body And my arms dance with the wind And give fruits when the cold is here I …
“A Mother’s love is somethingthat no one can explain,It is made of deep devotionand of sacrifice and pain,It is endless and unselfishand enduring come what may,For nothing can destroy itor take that love away,It is patient and forgivingwhen all others are forsaking,And it never fails or falterseven though the heart is breaking,It believes beyond believingwhen …
Everyone knows what May Day is. The celebration of labourers happens each year on the first day of May and is celebrated in a lot of countries across the world. What we sometimes don’t know is that before becoming a public holiday, May Day was the celebration of spring and the rebirth of nature after the …
A Ananda Valley, um projeto socioambiental próximo da Serra da Estrela, está à procura de um(a) voluntárix do Corpo Europeu de Solidariedade (programa Eramus+) para auxiliar na gestão das atividades ambientais por um ano! És de Portugal e tens menos de 31 anos?Interessadax em ecologia?Aqui tens a oportunidade de ajudar a desenvolver uma organização ecológica …
Here comes the favourite bread of our volunteers, made by our brother Florian. During his time here, he wrote the Ananda Valley Recipe Book, with plenty of fantasticrecipes. Everything from Kimchi, basic sour dough and how to cook tofu, to soy yoghurt and sauerkraut recipes can be found there.To access it, subscribe and support us …
There’s a general philosophy, that is happily applied in our community, and in different movements throughout the world: it’s the sense that all that happens, happens for a reason, and all that happens, happens for the best. Although it’s a very positive perspective on life, it is not always easy. When we are faced with …
Ananda Valley taught me the concept of community in all its upsides and downsides. Living our shared values and vision for the future through working on the land, doing our spiritual practices and hosting small workshops or creative sessions, inspired me to such an extent that now I want to try out many things I …
