Projects
current projects
CARES – Center for Agroecology and Regeneration for the Semi-Arid
The Center for Agroecology and Regeneration for the Semi-Arid (CARES) regenerates semi-arid ecosystems while producing food and know-how that contributes to the territory’s food sovereignty.
PREC – Ongoing Regenerative Process
More than a restaurant, PREC is a local Food Hub serving seasonal, plant based meals, for the local community and visitors, and a shop that sells conscious products from the territory.
Experimental Landscape CCDesert
This project transformed acacia and eucalyptus monocultures, into native, biodiverse forests, using successional agroforestry techniques.
Forest Farms
This extracurricular program is being rolled out in five schools in Mértola. Children are invited to tend to a syntropic farm, gaining a new perspective of nature and their territory.
Mértola Food Network
This project focuses on the local food system, encouraging supply and demand of seasonal products, with a preference for organic and regenerative practices.
Germinate
This intergenerational program promotes activities in 9 different Senior University Hubs in Mértola, with a focus on connecting people with their territory, while tending to agroforestry gardens.
Regenerative Alentejo
This project builds connections between agriculture, tourism, food and the local community, by hosting activities with a diversity of actors.
past projects
Community Land Stock
This was a professional capacity building learn-by-doing program in regenerative farming that attracted new residents to Mértola, contributing to the ongoing agroecological transition.
Land for Shelter
This project (2022 until 2023) pioneered by offering multidimensional, grassroots refuge to Afghan peace activist refugees.
Therapeutic Gardens
This intergenerational program in 9 different Senior University Hubs in Mértola, promotes the creation and tending of syntropic gardens with a focus on connecting people with their territory.
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