Name
HortaFCUL Permaculture Living Lab
country
Portugal
Goal
"run by volunteers from the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon that aims to raise awareness and spread the practice of permaculture as a solution to many of the ecological, social, and economic problems the world is facing."
This initiative includes:
-An urban garden that links agriculture to
-A Permaculture living lab that "aims to create an experimental area that allows scientific experiments to be carried out in order to test hypotheses brought by Permaculture".
- FCULresta [FCULREST] "a dense, biodiverse and multifunctional mini-forest in the middle of the urban center that aims to be a practical reference of a transdisciplinary approach with a deep mobilization of society for climate action, promotion of urban biodiversity and other Sustainable Development Goals"
- An open space and community that actively promotes active participation of individuals and communities in the project, develops workshops, guided tours, forums and other activities.
Main Topic
Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
All Topics
Responsible and circular economy: mobilizing industry for a clean and circular economy
Sustainable food: from "farm to fork": a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
Fostering a just transition: leaving no one behind (fostering i.e. inclusivity, equity, empowerment of marginalized communities or other goals regarding justice)
Scale
- Neighbourhood or Local community
Actors
- Community-based initiative (i.e. citizens, cooperative, neighbourhood group)
Main Activity
Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
Activities
- Not specified
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.