Where did the inspiration for the Boom Festival come from? From my youth in Goa in India, where I grew up. Goa was an international meeting point for Asia travellers …
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Seeing things from the “Other Side”
When they met, Artur was vegetarian and worked in the field of permaculture; Carla, who has been a crudivore for about two years, had been a vegetarian for 20 years, …
Read More »There’s no such thing as rubbish in nature
I you he she it, we you they. We are all throwing something away at this moment. It’s easy to say, isn’t it? Into the rubbish. Something away. Out of …
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My Way
Rota Vicentina: 14 + one day)
Via Algarviana – Rota Vicentina – Rota do Pescador Day 1 – Aljezur – Odeceixe (18 km) On this first day of April, the sky is as I know …
Read More »“If we listen carefully, happiness can be everywhere”
You’ve travelled the world. Why did you choose to live in the Algarve? I arrived in Monchique after spending 15 years travelling with a backpack. Throughout my travels, I only …
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Can you tell us a story from your childhood? I was born and lived on a farm in Maia, an area close to Porto. We had a manure heap that …
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Packaging-free vegan summer menu for yoghurt lovers. In this vegan summer menu, I have paid attention as far as possible to the use of ingredients that can be purchased without …
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ECO123: Is it difficult to live in Monchique or is it easy? Jeremy: It is easier than it used to be. We were the first foreigners to arrive here. The …
Read More »Rethinking the whole social security system
As a lecturer and researcher at the Centro de Investigação de Direito Económico, Financeiro e Fiscal (Research Centre on Economic, Financial and Fiscal Law) of the Faculty of Law in …
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The party Pessoas Animais e Natureza (People, Animals and Nature – PAN) was the only one to include the Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) in its manifesto and it raised the …
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