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Barbara Leite

Mount of Oaks Permaculture Monastic Farm

I´m a pioneer and founder at the Mount of Oaks community in Portugal since 2006.
I´m interested in community building, global sustainability, permaculture design, solutions that are affordable to all, eco-building with local resources, gardening, trees, animals, prayer and more...

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Events & Trainings held by Barbara Leite

Off grid Permaculture Internship Feb-May2025

  • Date: 17 February – 2 May 2025
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: Mount of Oaks - Monte dos Carvalhos, Portugal

If you have your PDC (Permaculture Design Course) and are looking for an off-grid farm to put a lot of the theory into practice, this might be a great opportunity for you. You will get inspired by the many systems already developed over our 18 years of regeneration process. … Read more

Site content by Barbara Leite

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Mount of Oaks – Monte dos Carvalhos

Ecovillage
  • Region: GEN Europe
  • Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Off-grid Permaculture monastic farm since 2006. We are now a couple that welcomes many people each year to experience and be part of a family. That’s our view of community, whether it´s an intern, a guest, a pilgrim in need of rest, our elderly neighbours, our prayer/singing circle, the “new local” who comes to settle and needs advice, a retreat we host… we believe in meaningful relationships. … Read more

Events

Off grid Permaculture Internship Feb-May2025

Event
  • Date: 17 February – 2 May 2025
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: Mount of Oaks - Monte dos Carvalhos, Portugal

If you have your PDC (Permaculture Design Course) and are looking for an off-grid farm to put a lot of the theory into practice, this might be a great opportunity for you. You will get inspired by the many systems already developed over our 18 years of regeneration process. … Read more

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More about Barbara

  • Country

    : Portugal
  • GEN Region

    :
    • GEN Europe
  • Languages spoken

    :
    • English
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish
  • Website

    :
    • www.mountofoaks.org
  • Associated project

    :
    • Mount of Oaks – Monte dos Carvalhos
  • Projects visited

    :
    • Eco Aldeia do Vale – Instituto Permacultura
    • Keela Permaculture Farm
    • Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage
  • Social media

    :
    Facebook

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