Merkaba Community

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Home-sharing
  • Nomadic

Founding year

  • 2014

What we do

We are an off-grid eco-community nestled in the Portuguese Gardunhia mountain range near Fundão, set in beautiful, wild nature. Our community is a haven for spiritual seekers, health enthusiasts, artists, adventurers, and anyone who wants to explore the healthy way of living needed for a new paradigm. Every day is different at Merkaba. We are always growing, always having fun, and our focus is always on sustainability, great health and spiritual development. We live on fresh, nutritious food, either grown ourselves or sourced locally, along with fresh well water as we continue to expand this space.
Our community consists of two Geodesic domes, a double decker bus converted into a fully functional house, an outdoor gym, an infinity yoga deck and during 2018 we plan to add a pool, sauna and our very first eco home built almost entirely out of waste. For those seeking to go within there are lots of spaces around the site to chill out and meditate and for those seeking an external adventure we have a plethora of local activities to suit everyone.
We’re doing all we can to live in harmony with Mother Nature and each other, and paving the path for a sustainable future. At Merkaba we aim to provide an open, supportive space for authentic self-expression and expansion and have a positive social & ecological impact on the world through empowering people to live in a more sustainable way.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving
  • Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2014
  • Started living together

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How to join

Please visit our website at www.merkabacommunity.com for more information about visiting the Merkaba Community in Portugal. Or contact us directly at Me****************@***il.com
For current projects and volunteer opportunities please visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/merkabacommunity/

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3 weeks ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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Con los Refugiados

Querid@s amig@s, Tenemos el gusto de invitaros al concierto que tendrá lugar el sábado 14 de mayo en el Salón de Actos de la Casa de Cultura Carmen Conde de Majadahonda. Es un concierto con fines benéficos, cuya recaudación irá destinada al proyecto de construcción de una Aldea de la Paz en Grecia, a través de la asociación GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) y de su proyecto refuGEN. RefuGEN es un proyecto nacido de la asociación de varias ecoaldeas españolas, entre ellas Los Portales, y europeas para atender a los refugiados de Siria. Hasta hace pocos meses, su trabajo en Grecia se ha centrado en dos campos de Lesbos (Moryia y Pipka) donde mas de 100 voluntarios han colaborado atendiendo las necesidades de los refugiados y mejorando sus condiciones de vida. El reciente acuerdo entre la Comunidad Europea y Turquía ha tenido entre muchas otras consecuencias el cierre de los campos de Lesbos, pero las situaciones que vemos y vivimos cada día nos mueven a continuar aportando nuestra experiencia en temas de desarrollo, sostenibilidad y convivencia. El proyecto actual es la creación de una primera aldea sostenible (Aldea de la Paz) donde estas personas puedan convivir en condiciones dignas y ofrecer una posible solución a un problema humanitario que se está desbordando. “La aldea de la paz” es una esperanza de vida en la convivencia, el respeto y la diversidad para muchos refugiados que huyen del horror causado por la guerra. Ya tenemos el lugar, el apoyo de las autoridades locales y un numero cada vez mayor de voluntarios para materializar este proyecto. Este concierto es una de las muchas acciones que se están llevando a cabo para financiarlo, ya que solo con la ayuda desinteresada de muchos podremos hacerlo realidad. Os animamos a que os suméis a nosotros en esta ocasión, asistiendo al concierto (si no podéis asistir, también se pueden comprar entradas

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