Mosaic Cooperative

Land Trust

Help establish a regenerative land trust for education, ecology, and future generations.

Protecting land beyond speculation. Restoring ecosystems beyond our lifetime.

The Alentejo valley, cork oaks, scrubland and hills where the land trust will take root.

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”

Our Vision

Mosaic is developing a 20-hectare regenerative land trust in Southern Portugal.

Our vision is simple: to place land into long-term stewardship so it can support ecological restoration, education, community, and regenerative culture for generations to come.

Rather than extracting value from land, we seek to increase its ecological, social, and educational value over time.

Your contribution helps restore ecosystems, improve water retention, develop educational infrastructure, and establish legal structures that protect the land from future speculation.

Trees Planted

5,000 / 50,000 Trees

10%

Water Retained on Land

75% / 100%

75%

Goal: Keep all seasonal rainfall cycling through the landscape before reaching the ocean.

Freshwater Storage Capacity

5.8M / 20M Liters

29%

Current estimate: 5.8 million liters stored in lakes and ponds.

Land Regenerated

1 / 20 Hectares

The territory is secured; regeneration is ongoing.

How we like to bring paradise back to earth.

Water held in the landscape. Forests regenerated through syntropic succession. Animals returned as partners of the soil. These are glimpses of the living systems we cultivate.

Horses drinking at a restored pond, water held in the landscape. — Water & animals. Ponds and swales rehydrate the land; grazing animals close the nutrient loop.

Young syntropic plantings rising in front of a regenerated forest edge under open sky. — Syntropic forests. Multi-strata plantings restore canopy, fertility and biodiversity in a single gesture.

Water returned to the land.

From dust to reflection, a sequence of earthworks that brought water back into the valley.

The restored lake, clear water held in the valley, surrounded by regenerating forest. — The result. What was dust is now a living lake, swimmable, mirrored by sky, held by the land.

Coming soon

Becoming a steward of the Land Trust

Soon we will open the possibility for people to become stewards of the Land Trust - supporting Mosaic in placing this land into perpetual service to regeneration and human relationships.

This is the design philosophy behind the land.

See the village itself, the place this land is becoming.