Join us for an unparalleled learning adventure in the heart of an eco-village in Sintra, guided by permaculture experts Sílvia Floresta and Orlando Pereira. This intensive two-week course is an opportunity to understand and apply permaculture principles in creating sustainable and regenerative living systems.
Course Details
Dates: June 17th – 30th, 2026
Schedule: 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM daily | Dinner at 8:00 PM
Location: Aldeia do Vale Agroecological Project, between Sintra and Mafra
Investment: €686.50

Course Highlights
This PDC (Permaculture Design Certificate) course, following the original two-week intensive format created by Bill Mollison, combines theoretical lessons, hands-on workshops, field trips, interactive games, dynamic activities, experience sharing, and community living. The topics covered include:
- Permaculture ethics and principles
- Reading landscapes and understanding natural patterns and cycles and their applications
- Ecosystem principles, climate, and biogeography in permaculture
- Design principles, including analysis processes, zones, and efficient energy planning
-Resource identification, water management, soil mobilization, and mulching techniques
- Soil building and the establishment of permaculture gardens, food forests, orchards, and agroforestry systems
- Seed conservation and collection
- Designing barriers against wind, fire, and agrochemical drift
- Sustainable housing and natural building materials
- Appropriate technologies, including composting toilets, solar dehydrators, and alternative energy solutions
- Introduction to sustainable community and eco-village design
- Ecological sanitation – Wastewater treatment
- Rainwater harvesting
- Water in landscapes – Earthworks, dams, lakes, ponds, and ecological swimming pools
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Certification
To receive a Permaculture Design Certificate, participants must attend at least 80% of the course, fully immersing themselves in permaculture design principles. The course concludes with the presentation of a final design project.
Join us for this unique learning experience, guided by permaculture experts Sílvia Floresta and Orlando Pereira, and discover how to design sustainable and regenerative living systems! 
Free Camping
– Participants must bring their own camping gear.
Enjoy the beauty of camping in nature and foster a deeper connection with the environment around you.