Olive Juice Community

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2023

What we do

Olive Juice: A Living Community of Purpose and Connection.
Imagine waking up in a handcrafted geodesic dome, surrounded by lush permaculture gardens in Portugal’s serene landscapes. Olive Juice will be more than a nonprofit retreat center—it will be a thriving eco-community built on shared purpose, deep connection, and sustainable living.
Our community is for those who dream of stepping off the treadmill of modern life and immersing themselves in a lifestyle that values simplicity, harmony, and creativity. Together, we are building a haven where art, mindfulness, and ecological stewardship come alive. We are offering an environment where every resident is supported in their personal growth while contributing to a collective vision.
As a founding resident, you will:
•Live with Purpose: Be part of a nonprofit initiative that prioritizes giving back over profit, inspiring transformation in individuals and the world.
•Reside in Beauty: Enjoy a private geodesic dome built with sustainable materials, nestled within lush gardens and regenerative landscapes.
•Collaborate Creatively: Co-create workshops, gatherings, and innovative projects alongside like-hearted individuals who share your passion for making a difference.
•Thrive in Community: Experience the joy of shared meals, meaningful relationships, and a support system rooted in mutual care and understanding.
•Grow Personally: Participate in transformational activities like yoga, meditation, permaculture, sound healing, and more, as part of your daily life.
Olive Juice won’t just be a place to live—it will be a way of life. It will be an opportunity to immerse yourself in an ecosystem of love, growth, and sustainability while leaving a lasting imprint of goodness on the land and the people around you.
If you’re seeking a place where you can grow, contribute, and belong, we invite you to join our journey of living with intention, nurturing the Earth, and creating something truly meaningful—together.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Activities
  • Permaculture
  • Education

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2023
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2025
  • Started living together

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  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

If you are curious about our community, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are looking for founding residents and volunteers who are open to building a lasting positive impact together.
Tasty vegetarian food and comfortable sleeping will be provided for all residents and volunteers.
We all work around 32-hour weekly as loving and mindful stewards of the land, guests, and ourselves.
Joining Olive Juice as a resident is a journey of mutual trust and alignment. To ensure compatibility and shared purpose, we follow these steps:
1. Volunteer Period (First Month):
Get to know the community, join transformative workshops, and settle into the serenity of the land.
2. Resident Candidacy (Second & Third Month):
After one month, if mutual alignment of values and collaboration is evident, the individual transitions to a Resident Candidate.
3. Residency Decision (End of Third Month):
At the conclusion of three months, the current residents and the candidate collectively decide if Olive Juice will become the candidate’s long-term home.
This decision is based on shared values, work ethic, and the ability to integrate harmoniously into the community.

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Location

  • Portugal

Promoted Needs and Offers

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Need
  • Volunteering
1 week 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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Need
  • Events
8 years ago

International Communal Studies Assoc July 2019

The ICSA, founded in 1985, is a network of scholars and communitarians that gathers every three years, usually on the site of a contemporary intentional community. Recent hosts include Tamera, Findhorn, Emek Yizrael, Damanhur, and ZEGG. The 2019 host communities are part of the Camphill movement, an international network of schools, villages, and urban households where people with and without intellectual disabilities create life together. Most Camphill communities host biodynamic farms or other environmental initiatives. Call For Papers: Our thirteenth international conference will explore strategies that intentional communities use to promote the inclusion and empowerment of persons of diverse abilities, cultures, races, economic backgrounds, religions, ages, genders, and sexualities. We especially welcome proposals related to intentional communities and community movements that focus on the experiences of particular groups that have historically been marginalized—as, for example, the Camphill movement does for persons with intellectual disabilities. What can the field of communal studies learn from the unique experiences of such communities? We also especially welcome proposals that explore the implications of community choices that seek to increase or to limit diversity. How have communities succeeded or failed in their efforts to increase diversity or strengthen inclusion? Under what circumstances is it appropriate or necessary for an intentional community to limit certain forms of diversity? What is the relationship between the mere presence of previously excluded persons in a community, and the full inclusion and empowerment of those persons? What lessons might intentional communities share with other persons and organizations committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowerment? We welcome proposals in the following categories: 1) scholarly papers, 2) scholarly panels with 2-4 presenters, 3) workshops, and 4) cultural events.

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