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ACTIVITIES • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS • LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Learning Experience
Ecosystem Regeneration Camp
Offered by Mud Valley Foundation
The ERC is a week-long experience of learning and hands-on training in agroforestry and ecological regeneration. Each day includes morning teaching and practical sessions followed by afternoons out on the farm applying those learnings and skills. There is also a course-long practical project which participants work on collaboratively during the week.
Dates: 2 to 8 November 2026
Register by 19 October 2026
Location: Quinta Vale da Lama
Learning Experience
Ecosystem Regeneration Mondays
Offered by Mud Valley Foundation
This agroforestry training program presents our well-known Ecosystem Regeneration Camp in a format that allows easier access for locals and visitors who can’t participate in the week-long residential program.
Dates: November 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2026
Register by 19 October 2026
Location: Quinta Vale da Lama
Volunteering
Month of Regeneration
Offered by the Ecosystem Regeneration Community of the Barlavento
Join us for a month of action and volunteering to support ecosystem restoration in the southwestern Algarve. Participants and volunteers will help with landscape maintenance, reforestation, and waterworks building. Tours, trainings, and workshops will also be offered.
November 2026
Location: Throughout the western Algarve
Volunteering Program
Tuesdays of Regen
A volunteering program that helps you learn about and gain hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture and ecosystem restoration. The program takes place at Quinta Vale da Lama each Tuesday morning from 10am to 1pm.
Internship
Live and Learn on a Regenerative Organic Farm
Internship at Quinta Vale da Lama
Six month program where people learn with nature, study and live together doing an internship on the farm. Full Permaculture design course included.
Volunteering
Novas Descobertas Association
Volunteering Opportunities
Volunteer your time and skills with a regenerative education-focused nonprofit which delivers trasnformative, nature-connected learning experiences to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Location: Vale da Lama, Odiáxere
Educational Program
Days at the Farm
Educational programs for schools and private groups
Customized sessions at Vale da Lama that explore specific educational topics, based on each class’s or group’s needs.
Date: By registration
Organizer: Novas Descobertas Association
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