After some vacations over the month of August, we are now back to work with our energy fully recovered :). In the beginning of the month, we had a team retreat at Casa do Cercal to re-think about what has been happening in the project and to define our next steps. It was a very cool and refreshing experience! Nonetheless, September was not meant only to think about the future. We went to ECO Cascais, an ecological market that took place in Jardim Marechal Carmona on the 15th and 16th of September, to show off some of our new scents. Benedita and Joana from Amal Soap, along with Irene from Bamstraw (a project that produces eco-friendly bambu straws employing Indonesian women) shared a li
Back in the days, during the last days of August we had the opportunity to challenge the executive students of the Rotterdam School of Management to help us out in some of our difficulties. It was an opportunity to use the experience and knowledge of people from several countries and backgrounds to solve some of our main issues. During this event, we also had the opportunity to gather with other portuguese social entrepreneurs, which gave us a boost of energy! It is always inspiring to share the experiences, stories and struggles from working with social problems. It is so reassuring to know that there are also people out there trying to do their best, but that are also facing the same perso
"I am happy that you are all here, then I don't have to save the world by my own" Veronika said in our closing circle. She was one of the 20 participants on the Changemakers exchange last week in the Netherlands. Actually, when I firstly enrolled on this event, I was not sure for what it was. I knew the organization Ashoka and I knew that the event would be about diversity and multiculturalism, but I did not know what format would it be. Now, after an intense week of sharing and learning I can tell you that I feel blessed and ,above all, super inspired by the work of the people with whom I shared this summit. The goal of this summit was, in the end, sharing our stories. Not only the stories
