Vasco welcomes us with an enormous smile and speaking in Italian. We immediately feel at home in this granite valley in the center of Portugal where this man is building an interesting reality according to his way of life.
The last Thursday night at Ananda Café started with a Noite Cultural , an event is beginning to be important for the covilhanense nightlife. Ananda Café is a small but really warm place in Rua Comendador Campos Melo; the first vegetarian restaurant opened in Covilhã. If you go there you will find a little Filipina woman …
Walking around Paul you can see a lot of fennel plants (Foeniculum vulgare), in particular they are placed over the street toward the Master Unit (picture 1) and also in the building (picture 2). The fennel is very important for its health benefits, also it is very used for culinary reason. Today I would like …
Since We are collaborating in a project about agriculture, ecology, sustainable way of life, and we are knew this topics, we had the opportunity to visit a big project that is implementing the same principles. Vale da Servinda is placed in the south centre of Portugal, one hour far away from where we are working. …
Vale da Sarvinda: when the ideas become realities Read More »
On sunday Francesca, Francesco, Anton and I went to help Hugo and Luis to create a forest garden, here you can find the story of our experience and some suggests that Luis gave to us. Why don’t transform your backgarden in a nice and useful place where to go to gather some fruits and to …
During my master I’ve been focused on the methods that the organizations use for manage the persons who work inside them, in order to promote the effort, to create involvement and to enhance the human potential. Now I have the possibility to see in first person which kind of methods are used by AMURT, a private …
In a stupendous land Daniel and Anthony had decided to create an eco-village or rather, a project about alternative treatment for people. Their goal is: give love, love yourself and to learn “who am I instead who someone tell me I have to be”. There are two domes, tends, a deck-bus house. They are only …
The Rainbowcity village. Good vibrations and lots of love Read More »
A few days ago I was walking around Paul (Portugal) in the evening, when suddenly something caught my eye. It is a curious and nice animal, the salamander. This creature was all black with a lot of yellow spots on its skin (picture 1). It was an example of the Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) species. …
Inspiring words from a special volunteer from Asheville, US: “…I came to Portugal seeking to gain new experiences on a community based, self sustainable, eco-village model with permacultural and spiritual ideologies. I wanted to learn ways that I could serve the earth and humanity, as well as grow spiritually, while helping an upcoming Master Unit …
