ESC: Permaculture farm Quinta das Relvas

Associação Quinta das Relvas is an organization located at a farm with an amazing natural heritage, where a group of youngsters work to promote and develop actions involving thematics such as environmental problems, sustainability, permaculture, plastic & performative arts. We organize several activities for youngsters like: -communication Workshops (design, adobe programs, video, photography, social media), -regular Bio-construction workshops (bio-design, green roof, superadobe, building with canes among others), -Permaculture workshops (veggie gardens, making compost, permaculture design, gray water, alternative power sources, animals in permaculture), -performative art (juggling, street theate, clowning) -art exhibitions, -art workshops (painting, street art, naked eye drawing, design, photography, sculpture), -artistic seminars (illustration, sculpture, oil on canvas). Our group is working with two different target groups, on a local level we are working with youngsters from 18 till 30 years old with the background of dropping out of school and with tendency of living the country side to look for better life conditions on the city and the second target group are youngsters from all over the country, with ages between 22 to 30 years old and that are interested in the thematics and come for the workshops that we have on the farm. Working within these frameworks Associação Quinta das Relvas is able to educate youngsters with fewer opportunities using non-formal tools and mixed groups, at the same time that both target groups recognize rural areas and their potential. The group has members that work in different fields like teaching, painting, acting, architecture and event management. Other goal that we have is to educate youth to be more active on their local communities, to be more eco-friendly and to live healthier lifestyles.