5 sustainable projects to discover in Aveiro
10/10/2024
Sustainable projects are multiplying all over the country and Aveiro is no exception to this wave of people wanting to do more than just start
On the sides of Avenida Almirante Reis in Lisbon, sustainable projects are springing up that deserve our attention. Peggada has used its magnifying glass on the Arroios-Anjos-Intendente area and brings you the restaurants, bulk stores, clothes stores and ecological products you should know about.
From the hands of chef Romina Bertolini comes comfort, flavor, expertise and love. Everything there is designed to give customers a sensory experience, and this can be noticed in the chosen music, the warm lighting and the mix of flavors that always surprises us.
The menu changes according to the seasons and the organization in the kitchen means that there is practically no waste. Even so, all the greens that can’t be cooked are composted in the vineyard kept in Azambuja, not least because wine is another of Romina and Ramon’s passions, the couple behind this bistro in Lisbon, which brings together in the same space the natural wines connoisseur, the foodie looking for new experiences and the neighbor who goes there for his coffee every day.
Address: Rua Carrilho Videira, 20B, 1170-079 Lisboa
Opening Hours: 5 p.m. – 12 a.m. Sundays 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
2. Morena Lisboa
Store for locally produced, sustainably and ethically produced swimwear and activewear. The mission is to drive sustainable production by using not only recycled and reused textile waste fabrics but also by respecting the entire manufacturing process and all the people who are part of it.
Store online here.
Address: Rua de Ponta Delgada, 48A, 1000-243 Lisboa
3. Gal
Gal’s menu includes toasts, hummus, ciabattas and a variety of pastries, always including the famous pastel de nata and croissants. The pancakes – one of the most popular dishes – are tall, fluffy and very tasty.
To accompany them, there are natural wines, craft beer and specialty coffee.
It’s also a meeting place for artisans – selling ceramics, photography and paintings – as well as a space for events such as yoga classes, workshops and special meals, such as Molina’s feijoada, which has already won fans.
Address: Rua do Forno do Tijolo, 54A, 1170-134 Lisboa
Opening Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
4. Ecolonco
Ecolonco is a store with bulk products and many others that help you live a more sustainable life. They sell bulk detergents, wooden cooking utensils, fabric bulk bags, glassware, natural scrubbing pads, candles, massage creams, and even tea filters. In the grocery store, you can find flours, seeds and nuts, and naturally fermented bread.
They also have a cafeteria where zero waste is practiced. For example, on weekends they serve a personalized brunch, using products from the store instead of following a fixed menu.
Address: Rua de Macau, 8B, Lisbon
Opening Hours: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
5. Rizoma Cooperative
Rizoma Coop (Rizoma Cooperative) is a community grocery store in Lisbon, where responsible products are available at fair prices, from and for the community.
They support local producers and guarantee fair prices for consumers and producers by being a non-profit intermediary.
Address: Rua José Estêvão 4, Lisboa
6. Retro City
Leather jackets, sequined tops, high boots, and Hawaiian shirts. From the 50s to the 90s, the options of brands, styles, and pieces are wide-ranging in this vintage store located in the heart of Lisbon.
Address: Rua Maria Andrade, 43, Lisboa
Opening Hours: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. Closed on Sundays
7. Bandim Cooperative
It’s a multi-brand platform where people from different nationalities work. Here, we find mostly immigrants who have recently arrived in Lisbon, guided by the various associations they come across when they arrive, to find in sewing (or in the creation of tiles) an occupation or a way of starting life anew, with real income.
Here you’ll find clothes, cushions, scarves, bags and table runners. All produced by the hands of these artisans and designed in collaboration with the Renato Imbroisi Institute.
Address: Mercado do Forno do Tijolo, Loja 14, Arroios, Lisbon
Opening Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Closed on Sundays
Marta Cerqueira is from Minho and a vegetarian. Luckily, she lives in Lisbon, where there is more tofu than sarrabulho. She has been a journalist for over 15 years, the last of which writing about food and sustainability. Now, out of the newsroom, she continues to write whenever she can, be it in magazines, journals, post its, or on her Instagram page, which she uses to share a life divided between being a mom-person-foodie-traveler. Still, she created Peggada so she could write about what doesn't fit in a magazine, journal, post it or Instagram: a better world.
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