In a remote valley in the Spanish Pyrenees, a group of dedicated human beings are on their path to become a self-sufficient community. They are sowing the seed of establishing a school as a means for good living - a place open to receive people who want to reconnect with ancestral wisdom and relearn how to live in respectful, harmonious togethernes…

Lola Byron is a Permaculture and Natural Building facilitator, practitioner and consultant. After traveling the globe with her young family, she now lives, works, teaches, builds and raises her 2 children in Southern Portugal. In 2020 Lola created The Women Natural Builders Collective, a safe and empowering learning space and network for women buil…

Helder Valente is acting as a recognized permaculture teacher for more than a decade, researching & implementing sustainability principles in a wide variety of environments. He has been learning and working with recognized elder permaculturists Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton, Sepp Holzer and many more in the major world climatic regions and we are sup…

Benji Paola, also known as Sister Benji or "Reggae Queen" has inspired us and many people to live joyfully with nature in a sustainable way. In the 90´s she and her partner returned from Holland to the countryside of Portugal without financial resources. With nothing more than love and confidence they managed to get some land and a ruin where they …

Annelieke van der Sluijs was born in the Netherlands and moved her life to Portugal many years ago, where she lives now in a lovely tiny house where she cares for several bee hives including the bees of Tamera EcoVillage. As a co-founder and holistic researcher of the BeeWisdom network she shares her passion and teachings of healing the relationshi…

We had the honor to spend this winter volunteering at Tribodar, an inspiring project with the intention to recreate a paradise for human well-being in central east Portugal. In this episode we are listening to Moabi Atma sharing about her experience of following her own intuition walking the path of healing as a kundalini yogini and as a mother of …

The moondance is an ancestral ceremony with its origins in Mexico, a prayer of sisters and brothers for mother earth and human evolution. The ritual is a beautiful chance for women to cleanse their bodies of generations of female suppression, to open up for healing and regain their strength, to transform into loving warrior women that our mother ea…

Verena Wallner takes us on a little tour through the seed bank and the vegetable garden of Zetmau permaculture farm. She shares her experience, useful tips and knowledge of working the plants in all their cycle. *We want to keep our podcast free and accessible for everyone, but for that we need your support. Your donation is warmly welcome via PayP…

Johannes Wedenig studied organic farming in Vienna, Austria. By that time a dream arose, a dream to live in nature doing communal gardening. Three years ago this dream became reality when he and his family bought a land in Carintia where many people have gathered so far to grow nutritious food in a sustainable way. He questions himself, how he can …

Yassine Benderra is a passionate permaculturist, ecological activist and a healer. Together with his partner Joana they’re the guardians of a small piece of the land in the magical surroundings of Gerês, North Portugal. On their journey from the city to the country side, they found their way of living and working joyfully and connect with nature. T…

Pedro Paz grew up in Lisbon but then left his past life and belongings to return to the wild. Now he is back in the city where he bridges both worlds by bringing people together to sing, dance and to reconnect with their own true nature. His life as a researcher in dance, contact & improvisation has helped many people out of their mental and intell…

Lukas Uhl was a traveling engineer for ecological restoration until he started longing for his own home somewhere to hang his backpack and start his own garden. A little dream got bigger as he bought 11 ha of wild and remote land in Alentejo, Portugal, an area close to desertification due to its long history of environmental destruction and land de…

Dreamers of the oasis, lovers of life, experimenters of autonomy. Their vision is to create the conditions for family sustainability and thereby contribute to the lives of all beings. They have been living since 10 years in a dry region of south Portugal in the middle of the Agro-Industry where they focus their energy on soil and landscape regenera…

During our stay with Sara Näf, she shared with us a very inspiring text about self love. Close your eyes, tune your heart and listen to this wise words.

Sara Näf talks about her experience of giving birth and raising her child in nature. She is sharing with us her intimate thoughts about the beauty and simplicity of living outside everyday and also giving an insight to her challenges and worries as a mother far away from all the things we think we need. Together with her partner she lives in a yurt…

In this bonus episode Clare Finlator is sharing a guided meditation that helps us to enter a deep relaxation by bringing awareness to our breath and body. Find a quite place where you can sit comfortable and give yourself the time to go on this journey.

In our forth episode Clare Finlator is sharing her story about selling her flat in London to become a guardian of a 35 ha land called Monte da Vida in South Portugal, where they are in a process of rediscovering what would be like an indigenous relationship with the surrounding plants and wildlife. She talks about her journey of finding out about t…

Anne Dinneen was born in Ireland and came to Portugal in 1998 as a single mother of two children, transporting a Tipi which was their home. Now she lives in a stone house on top of a hill called Picota from where you have a breathtaking view over South Portugal. But what you see from up there is shocking. The once green hills have turned into a mon…

Ana Rute and Tiago Rouxinol spent many years traveling and exploring the world. Their passion for music and dance brought them to different tribes and cultures around the globe. For ten years the famous ecovillage Auroville in India was their base of living. There they formed the band Yemadas, which for them means "a group of nomadic people with a …

A seed is in our hands. It wants to grow, to expand, to reach out. The land is calling. As many others in those times of transformation, Isabel and Diogo also feel that something has to change. On their journey from grey to green they meet people who have already done that step out of the old system.In order to share the unique life stories of thos…