Consultancy

Author and aggregator of the Lugar Lanar brand.

Graduated in Industrial Design, she has developed significant skills over the years in creating and implementing projects for various age groups. Author of poetry and the Literacy Movement for Courage through the children’s book João Colagem. She is a trainer, copywriter, and strategist, providing consultancy to entities, projects, and brands with a unique methodology that allows them to get emotionally closer to their audiences.

She finds in beauty a source of renewal and continuous research that allows her to add value to her multiple interests.

PhD in Economics from the Department of Innovation Economics at the Technical University of Berlin (2010-2013), Master’s in Development Economics (HTW Berlin 2008-2009), and a degree in Economics from Nova University of Lisbon (2001-2005).

Since 2022, he has been an associate researcher for the JUST2CE project (on circular economy) at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. He has been a WindEmpowerment board member since 2021. Since 2015, he has been a consultant for businesses in different areas (e.g. cosmetics, handicrafts, food products, forest and agricultural projects, hotels and restaurants, the cultural sector, construction, catering, etc.).

He is one of the founders of the Minga Integral Cooperative organisation in 2015, in Montemor-o-Novo, and was a member of its board from its foundation until the end of 2021 (treasurer from 2015 to 2017, president from 2018 to 2021). He has organised courses on how to create integral cooperative organisations (Montemor-o-Novo, Porto, Leiria and Caldas da Rainha) and provides consultancy to various cooperative projects.

He worked on rural development projects (e.g. microcredit, agricultural sector, public health) in India, Thailand and Indonesia between 2006 and 2008. Between 2013 and 2015 he coordinated impact studies in the area of renewable energies in several Latin American and Caribbean countries (e.g. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Saint Lucia) as a consultant for PTB (Germany) and CEPAL (UN). He is also involved in creating a local currency for Montemor (Associacao A.Mor, founded in 2018). Co-founder and consultant for Porvir, www.porvir.pt.

Designer and researcher, exploring value creation by combining various areas of knowledge in a local approach oriented towards resilience and sustainability. From Lisbon, she lives in Amsterdam, where she graduated in Fashion Design and completed a Master’s in Sustainable Resource Management. Her master’s thesis mapped the entire wool value chain in the Netherlands and proposed an alternative business model for wool washing in the Dutch context.

Alice Albergaria Borges
Textile Design graduate from Chelsea College of Arts (UAL, London) and currently pursuing a Master’s in Product Design at ESAD.CR (Upper School of Arts and Design). Specializing in hand-weaving, crochet, and natural dyeing, she works primarily on custom orders for handmade functional objects. She is interested in the intangible dimension of textiles, in issues related to heritage and sustainability. Alice has been involved in projects of various artistic natures, which cross craft, design, contemporary art and the knowledge sharing.

I’m Angela, and I’m a knitter. This means that I am interested in the wonderful world of knitting, and it is through this art that I have rediscovered myself as a person and as a professional. I have a deep interest in the process of the whole cycle of wool, the fibre of my heart, and all the possibilities that this art of knitting allows me to create. Making with my hands. Creating with the resources I have at my disposal with the resources the Earth gives me. From this premise, I create my knitting designs/models and organise classes, workshops and knitting courses, both in-person and online. I create knitted items (garments and accessories) to suit your taste and style on customised orders. My work so far has been more focused on knitting, although my personal interest is also closely linked to textile waste and the reuse of textile fibres (more specifically, yarns and showing me their potential in a garment).