Eco123 Revista da Economia e Ecologia
Peace in nature, peace with nature and the reconciliation of culture with nature. These are the aims of the First International Sculpture Symposium to be held at the Botanical Garden …
Read More »Creativity in the wild.
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Attention, attention: the USA is bankrupt!
Don’t leave the world to the madmen: The real reasons behind the customs tariffs and other harassments. By Theobald Tiger Those who deny climate change and those who have to …
Read More »Giving something back
Leaving the world in a better state than you found it. The other day, a woman from a group of visitors came up to me and asked me why I …
Read More »Self-sufficiency through permaculture.
Saturday, 8th February 2025. The Esgravatadouro Cooperative, Cooperativa do Ambiente CRL, the publisher of ECO123, runs the Botanical Forest Garden in Caldas de Monchique and is organising another permaculture workshop …
Read More »The Invaders, third part.
Saturday 3rd June 2023. Rural Exodus and Water Shortages. And so it came about that on the third day Lenz walked around Monchique and back to Caldas. Like every morning, …
Read More »The Invaders, second part.
Saturday May 27th, 2023. Part 2: Two days later Lenz carried on his hike, taking the scheduled bus to Monchique, in order to climb up to the convent from the …
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The Invaders. A tale in three parts, by Uwe Heitkamp, based on Georg Büchner 1839.
Saturday the 20th may of 2023. Part One. On 5 November Lenz was walking through the hills, all by himself. The summits and high mountain flanks were gleaming in the …
Read More »„This is where Europe ends. This is where Europe begins…“
Getting to know Portugal also means getting to know its culture and its climate, its people and its regional history. Situated in the mountain range of the same name, Monchique …
Read More »Stop talking. Start planting.
Planting trees is the most effective measure against the overheating of the Earth. Maybe in a few years‘ time humanity will come to the realisation that part of our salvation …
Read More »What’s the value of Nature?
From time immemorial, Nature has been providing us with our essentials, including fruit, cereals, fish, meat and wood. Clean air and clean water are other free gifts of Nature. Economists …
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