A youth educational center for permaculture in Crete, Greece
Natural building demonstration site
Syntrofia Permaculture project is a demonstration site for different techniques like cob, rammed earth, wattle and daub (bamboo with cob), adobe bricks, lime plaster and natural colors.
Regenerative & syntropic small scale farming
Syntrofia has a permaculture designed syntropic food forest and a no-till garden using the regenerative farming principles. This means using activated compost, green manure, effective microorganisms and natural remedies for nutrition of the plants.
Social Permaculture
The project is designed with a social focus based on the ethical principles of permaculture, which encompass: its economic activities and the distribution of its products, educational activities for young people in collaboration with international trainers, participation in national and pan-European networks of eco-enterprises and communities, promotion of social permaculture through events in Chania and collaboration with permaculture academies abroad.