SEKEM
SEKEM is a conglomerate of NGOs, businesses and the Helipolis University focused on sustainable development championing holistic approaches addressing societal challenges and climate change mitigation....
View ArticleClimate Solutions for the Planet and People
The Foundation hosted an event with Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity winners and Jury members to learn more about the work of the 2024 Prize winners and their contributions to climate action. The event...
View ArticleImpact Film: Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
Since 2020, the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity has awarded 1 million euros per year in recognition of different approaches to climate action, including youth mobilisation, global coalition building,...
View ArticleSiza’s first trip to Paris
In the 1950s, thanks to a grant from the Gulbenkian Foundation, the young Álvaro Siza travelled to Paris, along with other students from the Porto School of Fine Arts. For many – including Siza himself...
View ArticleSiza’s trip to Finland
Together with other architecture students, Siza receives a grant that allows him to travel to Finland, the home country of the great architect and designer Alvar Aalto. After visiting the outside of...
View Article“We need global perinatal mental health literacy”
After falling into a deep depression following the birth of her first daughter, Teresa Reis, a psychiatrist and coordinator of the Matter Project, turned perinatal mental health into a life mission....
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Waiting for Pina Bausch
It was Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão who first brought Pina Bausch to Lisbon, for the 3rd edition of the Encontros ACARTE, in 1989. In April 1984, the former director of the Gulbenkian’s Music...
View ArticleMarcus Faustini
Marcus Faustini is a Brazilian director, filmmaker and cultural mediator. Author of the methodology of Agência de Redes para Juventude, he has been working since 2011 to turn ideas from young people in...
View Article‘They take everything and destroy everything’
Around a thousand people live on the island of Culatra, on the other side of the Ria Formosa, between the city of Olhão and the Atlantic Ocean. The 200-year-old community is 90 per cent dependent on...
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‘There is no island’: participative art and the challenge of getting out into...
‘I’m here to defend passion for culture,’ announced Marcus Faustini. ‘It’s even better than passion for a lover.’ The crowd laughed, but Marcus was serious. ‘Passion for a lover ends in a couple of...
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