The first EDE in the state of Bahia took place between April and June, in the ‘Cocoa coast’, near the sea-side town of Itacaré, at a holistic center, Pedra do Sabiá, located in the midst of beautiful nature.

One unique feature of our program was the cultural richness and great diversity of the participants, five of whom were native, afro-descendants, two connected to a nearby “kilombola” (slave descendants community), as well as Brazilians from states as far as the Amazon state of Pará, two Argentinians and representatives from North America and Europe.

Some of the participants were linked to our partner Mecenas da Vida, a carbon-neutralization NGO who supports local farmers with a strong vision for the ecological and social transformation of the region, and whom retributed the bursaries by supplying locally grown organic food for our program.

The first module, which centered around world-view and ecology, had a strong focus…