Who we are
Erasmus+ Program
2023/2024
CARLOS BARTOLO
Designer, graduated from ESBAP and FAUP; since 1992, he has collaborated with several organizations and institutions, mainly in the cultural domain (scenography, exhibition and editorial design). Simultaneously, he teaches design, art history, design history and cinema history at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa and academically researches design history in Portugal.
JOANA PERES
Curious by nature - or by profession - the journalist embraced this project intending to discover a new world: that of seeds. She co-founded the nonprofit association margens simples, developed - through characters - the project "Germinar um banco de sementes" and is responsible for the project's communication.
LUÍSA PASSOS
She graduated in Fine Arts and specialized in Scientific Illustration; what she likes most is to travel through drawing. In recent years she has had the privilege of working with a vast team of naturalists who have a lot of fun but draw even more. These projects have, as their primary goals, the dissemination of Natural Heritage and raising awareness on Environmental Education. Anything is accepted conceptual or scientific drawings.
MARIA JOÃO FONSECA
She has a degree in Landscape Architecture and a PhD in Architecture. Currently, she divides herself between the pleasure of thinking about and organizing archives with documents of landscape architecture and the desire to see more seeds preserved and more vegetable gardens in the city. Co-founder of the nonprofit association margens simples, she designed the project "Germinar um banco de sementes" and is involved in its development and general coordination.
2021 BIP/ZIP Program
Dimension: Good Practices
ANTÓNIO ALEXANDRE
Biologist specialized in orangutans with a great appreciation for both non-human and human young primates. Co-founder of the permaculture project "Horta FCUL" at the University of Lisbon. He dreams of combining his passion for music with that for education and sustainability. Simultaneously he does his utmost to enjoy the beautiful things in life.
CARLOS BARTOLO
Designer, graduated from ESBAP and FAUP; since 1992, he has collaborated with several organizations and institutions, mainly in the cultural domain (scenography, exhibition and editorial design). Simultaneously, he teaches design, art history, design history and cinema history at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa and academically researches design history in Portugal.
IVO ROSA
He attends a degree in Biology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), is a trainer in the area of Environmental Education and is a naturalist in his spare time. He develops activities on eco-citizenship supported by digital tools to empower citizens to participate in local decisions on environmental and biodiversity issues.
JOANA ANDRADE
Born in Lisbon in 1967, she is the mother of three children, an architect, an artistic mediator in educational programs at various cultural and museum institutions, founder and coordinator of the Espaço_corpo project, and a researcher in Art Education.
JOANA PERES
Curious by nature - or by profession - the journalist embraced this project intending to discover a new world: that of seeds. She co-founded the nonprofit association margens simples, developed - through characters - the project "Germinar um banco de sementes" and is responsible for the project's communication.
LUÍSA PASSOS
She graduated in Fine Arts and specialized in Scientific Illustration; what she likes most is to travel through drawing. In recent years she has had the privilege of working with a vast team of naturalists who have a lot of fun but draw even more. These projects have, as their primary goals, the dissemination of Natural Heritage and raising awareness on Environmental Education. Anything is accepted conceptual or scientific drawings.
MARIA JOÃO FONSECA
She has a degree in Landscape Architecture and a PhD in Architecture. Currently, she divides herself between the pleasure of thinking about and organizing archives with documents of landscape architecture and the desire to see more seeds preserved and more vegetable gardens in the city. Co-founder of the nonprofit association margens simples, she designed the project "Germinar um banco de sementes" and is involved in its development and general coordination.
2019 BIP/ZIP Program
Dimension: Ignition
ANA MANTA
Graduated in Landscape Architecture and Maste's in Teaching Music Education, she currently develops a diversified activity, using these areas to raise children's awareness of the importance of preserving nature. She regularly develops pedagogical activities for FCGulbenkian, occasionally collaborating with other institutions such as MAAT|Fundação EDP and Fábrica das Artes|CCB.
ANTÓNIO ALEXANDRE
Biologist specialized in orangutans with a great appreciation for both non-human and human young primates. Co-founder of the permaculture project "Horta FCUL" at the University of Lisbon. He dreams of combining his passion for music with that for education and sustainability. Simultaneously he does his utmost to enjoy the beautiful things in life.
CARLOS BARTOLO
Designer, graduated from ESBAP and FAUP; since 1992, he has collaborated with several organizations and institutions, mainly in the cultural domain (scenography, exhibition and editorial design). Simultaneously, he teaches design, art history, design history and cinema history at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa and academically researches design history in Portugal.
JOANA PERES
Curious by nature - or by profession - the journalist embraced this project intending to discover a new world: that of seeds. She co-founded the nonprofit association margens simples, developed - through characters - the project "Germinar um banco de sementes" and is responsible for the project's communication. Children and nature are, for her, a perfect combination.
LUÍSA PASSOS
She graduated in Fine Arts and specialized in Scientific Illustration; what she likes most is to travel through drawing. In recent years she has had the privilege of working with a vast team of naturalists who have a lot of fun but draw even more. These projects have, as their primary goals, the dissemination of Natural Heritage and raising awareness on Environmental Education. Anything is accepted conceptual or scientific drawings.
MARIA JOÃO FONSECA
She has a degree in Landscape Architecture and a PhD in Architecture. Currently, she divides herself between the pleasure of thinking about and organizing archives with documents of landscape architecture and the desire to see more seeds preserved and more vegetable gardens in the city. Co-founder of the nonprofit association margens simples, she designed the project "Germinar um banco de sementes" and is involved in its development and general coordination.
RUI ALVES
Independent architect, he experiments with music, cinema, design and, recently, with permaculture to contaminate the work he develops. Since he was young, he has participated as an associative leader in the area of the environment and mobility, namely by promoting the use of the bicycle as a means of utilitarian transport. He is the coordinator of this project.