In the night of Sunday, 5 August 2018, a swath of fire crawled over the Picota peak, from the north to the south of the Algarve, up the entire …
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Dear God (if you’re still around nowadays)
I was asked to write my thoughts about COP26, which has just ended in Glasgow. As if I were somehow an expert, or even what I believe is now called …
Read More »Epilogue – In the South: Journeying on foot
One early morning on my Algarve trail I keep thinking about a dream, a story I‘d still like to tell here. The dream is about a group of young people …
Read More »A New Home in Salir
It’s a small house with two bedrooms in a quiet valley. Casa da Avó, which was once a ruin, comes together with a small permaculture area, the sheep Debbie, two …
Read More »“What I really like is versatility…”
Versatility is one of his favourite words, almost as if he believes that, once we have come into the world, we are ready for anything, for whatever the Universe wants …
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In the South: Journeying on footDAY 1 – Thirst – an unexpectedly great one
On a Sunday in October in this warm and dry year, at the tail end of a summer that shows no signs of wanting to end, I pull the door …
Read More »Money and Love
At some point I decided to no longer allow money to occupy such a prominent position in my life. I try to remain true to myself and not do anything …
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Can the logic of our tax system change? Yes, if you ask GEOTA*.
Off the bat, I wouldn’t consider talking about taxes an interesting topic, because recent experience suggests that for many of us they simply represent a very real burden. A burden …
Read More »On the Road to Nowhere
To Be or to Have, that too is the question here. Renault is celebrating its 122nd anniversary. What is there to celebrate exactly? Three stories come to my mind, completely …
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The democratisation of finance? A conversation between a finance “shark*” and a journalist
We said that this would be a conversation and not an ordinary interview, you remember? Manuel Nina: Yes, I have lots of questions about permaculture. I actually just went …
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