24-27/9, ChANIA

Four days of hands-on workshops, community action, and Mediterranean connection. 

This September, Chania becomes a meeting point for people of all ages, from everywhere. Rooted in permaculture and powered by community, the Mediterranean Permaculture Festival is an open invitation to reimagine how we care for the land, for each other, and for our shared future and everyone is welcome to join.

Free entry, with an optional contribution of whatever you like.

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What’s it all about?

The Mediterranean Permaculture Festival is an international youth initiative organised by Evolving Cycles (Greece) in collaboration with Terramore APS (Italy), under the European programme YOU(th) CARE. Its doors are open to everyone, from everywhere.

Over four days — 24, 25, 26 and 27 September — you can dive into:

  • Educational workshops on sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity
  • Community service actions that give back to the local area
  • Knowledge exchanges between people from both sides of the Mediterranean and beyond
  • Cultural activities celebrating social innovation and youth participation

Why we’re doing this?

We believe communities hold the power to regenerate our ecosystems and our societies. The festival is designed to:

  • Empower youth through regenerative and ecological practices
  • Push back against consumerism, eco-anxiety, and social isolation
  • Strengthen cross-border cooperation across the Mediterranean
  • Create a replicable “CARE festival” model for the whole Mediterranean

Open to all — free entry, free contribution

The festival is non-commercial and entry is completely free for everyone — locals, visitors, families, travellers, anyone curious. If you’d like to support the initiative, you’re welcome to give a voluntary contribution — any amount you choose. No tickets, no barriers, just participation.

Schedule

Thursday, September 24

17:00 – Parenthood in the Community
Location: Boutsounaria | Facilitator: Mitra NPO

20:00 – Dinner
Location: Syntrofia

20:45 — Opening Night: Permaculture & Collective Responsibility / Syntrofia & Terramore Presentation
Location: Cultural Center of Garipa | Facilitators: Evolving Cycles & Terramore

Friday, September 25

10:00 — Community Co-Creation Action: Restoration of the Community Path
Location: Path to Syntrofia | Facilitators: Community Lab & Terramore

13:00 — Lunch
Location: Syntrofia

16:00 — Herbs as a Bridge Between Body, Memory, Emotion, and Mental Self-Care
Location: Syntrofia | Facilitator: Olistikon

17:30 — Ecological Vegetable Garden of Permaculture
Location: Syntrofia | Facilitator: The Little School of the Earth

18:00 — Deep Ecology & Empowerment Lab Workshop
Location: Boutsounaria | Facilitator: Terramore

19:00 — From the Garden to the Community: The Social Impact of Permaculture
Location: Syntrofia | Facilitator: The Little School of the Earth

20:00 — Dinner
Location: Syntrofia

Saturday, September 26

10:30 — Regenerative Agriculture Workshop
Location: Syntrofia | Facilitator: Community Lab

13:00 — Lunch
Location: Syntrofia

16:00 — Water Resilience Design: Swale Systems in the Mediterranean
Location: Syntrofia | Facilitator: Terramore

17:00 — Acroyoga
Location: Boutsounaria | Facilitator: Team

18:00 — Talk — Cultivating Resistance: Permaculture and Food Autonomy in Lebanon
Location: Syntrofia | Facilitator: Rebecca

20:00 — Dinner
Location: Syntrofia

Sunday, September 27

11:00 — Natural Building Workshop: The Adobe Brick
Location: Syntrofia | Facilitator: Piliko

13:00 — Lunch
Location: Syntrofia

16:00 — Seeds of Change: Biodiversity Lab — Seed Balls
Location: Boutsounaria | Facilitator: Terramore

18:00 — Local Producers & Ecological Initiatives Fair
Location: Perivolia Square | Facilitator: Evolving Cycles

19:00 — Live Music Night, Seed Exchange & Closing Ceremony
Local musicians & vegetarian food
Location: Perivolia Square | Facilitator: Evolving Cycles