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Regenerant Catalunya
Discover regenerative actors, organizations, networks, and initiatives across Catalunya. Search by name or filter by priority area, territory, role, themes, and ontology tags.
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Barcelona-based cooperative for critical and applied research defending environmental justice. Works on climate migration, the human right to water and sanitation, access to basic services, environmental democracy and Indigenous peoples’ rights. Provides research, legal advice and accompaniment, training and educational materials.
La Casa Integral is a worker cooperative specialising in permaculture design, regenerative hydrology, bioconstruction and resilience education. Led by Aline Van Moerbeke and Juan Pedro Franco Marin, it designs homes and landscapes, offers training and consultancy, and opens its Can Cel demonstration home in La Vallalta, Alt Maresme, for experiential learning. Its work covers rainwater harvesting, domestic wastewater regeneration, food forests, energy efficiency and personal and community resilience.
La Recol·lectora is an ethnobotany, traditional plant knowledge and environmental education project led by Júlia Yuste Mayer, based in the Vall del Llémena. It recovers and shares traditional uses of medicinal and edible wild plants, promoting sustainable relationships with nature and autonomy in health and care. It offers practical courses and workshops for schools, municipalities and groups, monthly workshops in Sant Aniol de Finestres, and individual sessions drawing on phytotherapy and Traditional Mediterranean Medicine.
Mas Franch is an eco-social rural accommodation and learning space in Sant Feliu de Pallerols, within the Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone of La Garrotxa. Managed by the nonprofit Fundació Andruxai, it hosts community gatherings, educational programmes, courses, artistic residencies and groups working on social transformation and regeneration. Accommodation income supports maintenance of the site and social projects. Its sustainability infrastructure includes solar panels, a natural biological pond and natural wastewater treatment.
Asociación sin ánimo de lucro de Llançà que impulsa una nueva conciencia marina, la protección del litoral y el mar como activo de salud. Promueve la Albera marítima, la Receta Azul, voluntariado, formación, investigación y actividades culturales vinculadas al mar.
Mediterranean Coastal
Barcelona non-profit association advancing good, clean and fair food by connecting citizens with sustainable producers, strengthening local and rural relationships, promoting circular economy and supporting a food culture rooted in territory, biodiversity and dignified livelihoods.
Barcelona food-system network connecting sustainable producers and consumers through education, markets and territorial food initiatives.
Mediterranean Coastal
Eco-community and network of projects in the Can Masdeu valley, within Collserola Natural Park in Barcelona. Since 2001 it has combined community living, agroecological experimentation, community gardens, public activities, degrowth practice and defence of the valley.
Long-running Barcelona agroecology and community-resilience node combining an eco-community, community gardens, public learning and territorial stewardship.
Mediterranean Pre-Coastal
Protected-area authority and governance framework for the wetlands around the Fluvià river mouth and delta in Alt Empordà.
Important lower-Fluvià actor connecting wetland conservation, habitat protection, land-use governance and river-mouth stewardship.
Protected-area authority and governance framework covering the volcanic landscapes around the Fluvià headwaters in La Garrotxa.
Important Fluvià headwaters actor connecting protected-area management, land-use rules, habitats and watershed stewardship.
County council supporting municipalities in the lower Fluvià area through environmental planning, water-saving measures and coordination of supra-municipal services.
Relevant public actor for lower-basin municipal coordination, water services and territorial planning in Alt Empordà.
County council coordinating services and emerging collaborative water governance in the upper Fluvià territory, including work with Consorci SIGMA.
Key public actor for inter-municipal coordination, drought resilience and water-community development in the upper Fluvià basin.
Supra-municipal water-services body supporting supply, sanitation and regional infrastructure in Girona's coastal municipalities, including the lower Fluvià area.
Relevant to the lower Fluvià through water supply, wastewater and reuse infrastructure connecting municipalities with regional water planning.
Environmental and public-health technical body serving La Garrotxa and Olot, with work on river quality, environmental education, groundwater and Fluvià aquifer monitoring.
Relevant to the Fluvià ecosystem as county-level technical infrastructure for environmental monitoring, groundwater knowledge and collaborative water management.
Simbiosi Fluvial partner contributing landscape conservation and attention to the cultural, spiritual and intangible dimensions of the Fluvià River.
Relevant to CATBIS and the Fluvià ecosystem for connecting ecological stewardship with cultural and community relationships to place.
Citizen platform active since 2022 to protect the mouth of the Fluvià at Sant Pere Pescador through research, public complaints, mobilisation and political advocacy.
Fluvià-specific grassroots defence group focused on public access, ecological protection and territorial advocacy at the river mouth.
Environmental organisation based in the upper Fluvià territory that contributes ecological restoration, field knowledge and river-ecosystem monitoring in La Garrotxa.
Core Simbiosi Fluvial ecosystem actor providing biodiversity expertise, fieldwork and ecological monitoring in the upper watershed.
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A Terrassa-based cooperative producing handwoven textiles while supporting the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities and advancing natural materials and circular production practices.
A Catalan association of companies promoting wind energy, collaboration, decarbonization, and a socially and economically beneficial energy transition.
A Catalan water-sector network that coordinates innovation, research, internationalization, and collaborative projects across water management, renewable energy, and circular solutions.
The Catalan branch of PEFC, promoting sustainable forest management and certification to protect biodiversity, support responsible forest use, and strengthen rural economies.
An association founded to advance regenerative viticulture through soil regeneration, biodiversity enhancement, climate mitigation, and knowledge exchange among growers, winemakers, researchers, educators, and businesses.
Agroecology UB is a University of Barcelona research group working on the transformation of agricultural systems toward more sustainable and resilient models through agroecology, diversification, and conservation-oriented practices.
Ecoserveis is a strategic consultancy and innovation organization specializing in energy since 1992. It promotes a just and sustainable energy model through energy culture, technical support, and innovative solutions for the efficient and shared use of renewable resources.
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Organización catalana de agricultura regenerativa que acompaña a agricultores, cooperativas y empresas agroalimentarias mediante diagnóstico, hojas de ruta, asistencia técnica, medición y certificación, y formación profesional, integrando salud del suelo, viabilidad productiva y rentabilidad.
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Mediterranean Coastal
Place-based regenerative foundation and changemaker network stewarding the Muga Valley watershed in Girona. It combines ecosystem restoration, community-building, bioregional finance and multi-stakeholder governance, using the valley as a living demonstration for replication across Mediterranean watersheds.
Pyrenean Mediterranean,Mediterranean Coastal
Formerly Xarxa de Custòdia del Territori (XCT); a second-level non-profit (est. 2003) comprising land trusts, environmental NGOs, park agencies, municipalities, and individuals, coordinating voluntary land-stewardship agreements (farms, forests, river areas) for biodiversity conservation. Source notes support from the Catalan Government's environment department and close work with the Observatori del Paisatge de Catalunya (Landscape Observatory). Not flagged high_risk despite land-related subject matter: this describes an institutional conservation network's public mandate and government relationship, not exact parcel-level land tenure or Indigenous/TEK material.
Relevant to CATBIS and the Fluvià ecosystem through its coordination of voluntary land and river stewardship agreements for biodiversity conservation.
Agència de Residus de Catalunya / circular economy and waste-related events, workshops, and consultations in Catalonia.
Catalan public agency relevant to circular economy, waste management, recycling, and sustainable resource use.
A cooperative federation in Catalonia focused on promoting housing co-ops and addressing social challenges related to access to housing. It organizes events and participates in educational programs.
CoopCamp is an entity that works with vulnerable communities in Catalonia, focusing on social and economic inclusion through cooperative initiatives and social economy projects.
AUS Arquitectes is an architecture firm that promotes sustainable and healthy built environments through critical and constructive perspectives. They aim to be a technical and social reference, advocating for spaces that enhance habitability, reduce environmental impact, and improve well-being.
A cooperative service that consolidates the transport and logistics tasks of its producer and elaborator members, aiming to strengthen alternative food networks in Catalonia.
A pioneering urban innovation district in Poblenou, Barcelona, established at the end of the 20th century to preserve the productive character of an area that was once the epicenter of industrial revolution in Catalonia. It is one of the first such districts globally and has become a model for similar developments worldwide.
A cooperative winery in Artés, Spain, aiming to strengthen its social base and modernize facilities while supporting local agriculture through sustainable practices.
A cooperative in the Priorat region of Catalonia, established over a century ago and dedicated to producing high-quality wine and olive oil. It emphasizes innovation while respecting tradition and is deeply involved in its local community.
Association of reuse centres and reuse services in Catalonia, created after the SUBTRACT project to strengthen preparation-for-reuse, repair/reuse infrastructure, sector knowledge, policy and communication.
Aigües de Barcelona aims to transform traditional wastewater treatment plants into ecofactories, which are energy self-sufficient and convert waste from water purification into useful products for agriculture, construction, or mobility. The company is implementing circular economy principles by reusing resources and reducing environmental impact.
The Catalan Water Agency focuses on circular economy practices for water management in Catalonia and the Netherlands, aiming to reduce water demand and improve resource quality through initiatives like rainwater harvesting and wastewater regeneration.
Competent basin authority for the Fluvià within Catalonia's Internal Basins District, responsible for planning, permits, water quality, infrastructure, flood management and drought planning.
Botanical association documenting, sharing and conserving Catalan flora through citizen botany, field knowledge and educational resources.
Catalan botanical knowledge and citizen-science actor. Relevant to CATBIS as distributed flora documentation and biodiversity literacy infrastructure for Catalunya.
Renewable-energy cooperative founded in Girona that supplies green electricity, builds shared generation projects and supports community energy.
Catalonia-rooted energy cooperative and major energy-democracy infrastructure in Spain. Relevant to CATBIS as a scalable cooperative model for renewable generation, member participation and community energy transition.
Environmental association working on urban biodiversity, nature outreach, bat monitoring, aquatic biology and environmental education in Barcelona and Catalunya.
Urban biodiversity and environmental-education actor. Relevant to CATBIS as a Barcelona-based conservation node linking species monitoring, urban wildlife recovery and public engagement.
Environmental group defending nature in Camp de Tarragona and Terres de l'Ebre against industrial and urban pressure.
Southern Catalonia environmental-defence actor. Relevant to CATBIS as local civic infrastructure for territorial protection, biodiversity defence and opposition to harmful land-use pressures.
Friends association of the Alt Pirineu Natural Park, promoting and sharing the park’s natural, cultural and landscape values through civic action and volunteering.
Alt Pirineu civic conservation actor. Relevant to CATBIS as a local association supporting preservation, education and volunteer engagement around high-mountain natural heritage.
Association making nature accessible through inclusive environmental education, conservation activities and projects with schools, vulnerable groups and the general public.
Social-environmental education actor connecting biodiversity awareness, conservation and inclusion. Relevant to CATBIS as a bridge between nature access, community care and citizen participation.
Association conserving, preserving and restoring the natural heritage of the Val d'Aran and sharing environmental knowledge with residents and visitors.
Val d'Aran conservation association. Relevant to CATBIS as a Pyrenean/Atlantic territorial node for nature preservation, restoration and environmental education in Aran.
Association for the defence and study of autochthonous flora and fauna; manages Camadoca wildlife conservation and environmental education centre in Santa Maria de Merlès.
Berguedà-based wildlife, river-custody and environmental-education actor. Relevant to CATBIS as a local biodiversity conservation node combining threatened-species care, habitat restoration and citizen learning.
Environmental NGO defending Catalan natural heritage through forest care, Collserola and Baix Llobregat work, Pyrenean brown-bear monitoring and the Cuidem els Boscos campaign.
Long-standing Catalan nature-defence organization. Relevant to CATBIS as a broad conservation and forest/ecosystem advocacy actor connecting public campaigns, monitoring and volunteer stewardship across Catalunya.
Conservation entity working with landowners through stewardship to protect endangered fauna, restore coastal lagoons and ponds, and improve pastures.
Catalan conservation and land-stewardship foundation working across multiple landscapes and species. Relevant to CATBIS as practical infrastructure for habitat restoration, endangered-fauna conservation and landowner collaboration.
Non-profit integrating people with mental-health conditions through environmental work, including custody agreements and coastal and Francolí-river restoration.
Tarragona social-environmental actor combining ecological restoration with labour/social inclusion. Relevant to CATBIS as a concrete example of regenerative work that connects river/coastal ecosystem care and community wellbeing.
Ecologist group active in Camp de Tarragona and Terres de l'Ebre on river restoration, biodiversity conservation and territorial defence.
Southern Catalonia environmental-defence and restoration actor. Relevant to CATBIS for biodiversity, river restoration and territorial protection work in Tarragona and Ebre contexts.
Environmental association founded in 1997 that works on knowledge, conservation, restoration, river stewardship, education, and environmental volunteering around the lower Gaià river basin and its coastal influence area.
Gaià basin river-stewardship actor connecting water, riparian habitat restoration and threatened-species recovery. Relevant to CATBIS as a local water-ecosystem restoration node in Tarragona province.
Foundation conserving wetlands and the European pond turtle through research, land stewardship, agroecology, forest management and environmental education; based at Can Moragues in Riudarenes.
La Selva-based wetland and biodiversity conservation actor. Relevant to CATBIS as a concrete restoration, stewardship, agroecology and environmental-education node around aquatic habitats and threatened species.
Catalan ornithological institute running bird monitoring schemes and volunteer bird programmes across Catalunya.
Catalan bird-monitoring and ornithological knowledge actor. Relevant to CATBIS as citizen-science and biodiversity-data infrastructure for tracking ecological health across Catalunya.
Non-profit running volunteer stays to conserve and improve mountain forests and landscapes in the Catalan Pyrenees; part of the wider Bergwaldprojekt network.
Catalan mountain-forest volunteer and restoration actor. Relevant to CATBIS as practical forest stewardship infrastructure in the Pyrenees, combining hands-on conservation, public participation and landscape resilience.
Environmental non-profit based in Móra la Nova, Ribera d'Ebre, working on nature conservation, land stewardship and agroforestry spaces in the Terres de l'Ebre.
Ribera d'Ebre conservation and stewardship actor linking biodiversity, agroforestry landscapes and community engagement. Relevant to CATBIS as a territorial conservation node in Terres de l'Ebre.
Association running Projecte Rius, a volunteer river-monitoring programme that samples water and riparian life across Catalan basins and publishes yearly ecological results.
Catalan river-custody and citizen-monitoring actor. Relevant to CATBIS as participatory water-cycle infrastructure, connecting volunteers, ecological indicators and river-basin stewardship across Catalunya.
Foundation working on conservation and management of natural habitats and biodiversity; referenced for acquiring a finca to restore the ponds of the Empordà.
Empordà-linked conservation foundation focused on natural habitats and biodiversity. Relevant to CATBIS as an entity-led restoration and land-stewardship actor for wetland and habitat recovery in Girona province.
Natural-sciences museum in Granollers and citizen-science hub for Catalan biodiversity monitoring: hosts the Catalan Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, the bat-monitoring platform, SEMICE and the Liró project.
Catalan natural-sciences and citizen-science anchor for biodiversity monitoring. Relevant to CATBIS as a knowledge and participation hub connecting species monitoring, public environmental education and long-term ecosystem data in Catalunya.
Naturalistes del Montnegre i la Tordera: entity promoting study, dissemination and defence of the natural heritage of the Montnegre massif and the Tordera basin.
Montnegre–Tordera conservation actor focused on local natural heritage, biodiversity and territorial stewardship. Relevant to CATBIS as a localized ecosystem-restoration and donation-ready conservation initiative in the Barcelona/Maresme interface.
CSIC marine-research institute in Barcelona working on ocean health, coastal ecosystems and marine habitat restoration; runs the BioMARató Catalunya coastal bioblitz.
Barcelona-based marine research institute and scientific infrastructure for coastal and ocean ecosystems. Relevant to CATBIS as a knowledge anchor for marine biodiversity, coastal restoration, ocean health and citizen-science interfaces in Catalunya.
Catalan microalgae / spirulina company referenced in Port de Barcelona’s PierNext article as producing spirulina products for food and gastronomy applications.
Seaweed-based sustainable packaging company operating between Nyon and Barcelona, developing algae pellets, sheets, trays, and other bio-based packaging alternatives to conventional plastics.
Barcelona UPF/MELIS spin-off developing biodegradable biomaterials and biotechnology solutions for the agri-food sector, including living microorganisms, bioactive molecules, biomaterials, and probiotic/postbiotic products for agriculture and aquaculture.
Barcelona Science Park biomaterials and bioplastics startup developing high-value bio-based, biodegradable biomaterials from organic derivatives and residues for sectors including packaging, microelectronics, biomedicine, 3D printing, cosmetics, primary sector, and food industry.
Barcelona cleantech company transforming biomass and industrial waste into clean syngas through gasification, replacing fossil fuels in energy-intensive industrial processes and enabling hydrogen, methanol, and sustainable aviation fuel pathways.
Pratdip microalgae biotech startup producing microalgae-derived products for sustainable agriculture and human health, including NovaTerra, a spirulina-based biostimulant for nutrient uptake, soil biology, and crop resilience.
CRAG / CERCA spin-off at the UAB Eureka building developing bioactive molecules and biostimulants that increase crop resilience to drought and extreme heat, improving yields with fewer resources.
Barcelona SME applying industrial biotechnology to industrial wastewater treatment, bioaugmentation/biofiltration, biogas-plant efficiency, and biofertilizers for woody crops.
Lleida smart irrigation-monitoring company using probes and drones; precision agritech that may support water/resource efficiency in agriculture.
Girona farm and crop management software company; precision agritech that can support reduced inputs and resource-efficient agricultural management.
La Sentiu de Sió large-scale biogas/biomethane and CO₂-capture initiative using livestock waste.
Barcelona climate-biotech startup developing biological fuel-cell technology that generates electricity from organic compounds released by plants through roots, plus plant-based biological switches and sensors.
Alcarràs livestock-manure circular bioeconomy initiative transforming manure into compost, biogas, and biomethane, linked to around 150 farming families.
CSIC/UAB spin-off producing biodegradable paper batteries using paper, carbon, and biodegradable metals for single-use diagnostic devices and environmental sensors.
Vic anaerobic-digestion project processing roughly 120,000 t/year of manure and agri-food waste.
Barcelona startup developing marine-degradable bioplastics from algae extracts, natural sugars, and vegetable oils.
Barcelona startup developing bio-based, compostable packaging materials from plants, minerals, and agricultural residues.
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda startup using bacteria to ferment organic waste, including brewer’s yeast by-product, into PHA bioplastics.
Barcelona early-stage startup tackling invasive Atlantic blue crab by developing culinary and commercialization pathways to turn the invasive species into a harvested resource.
Barcelona IQS / Universitat Ramon Llull spin-off developing biomimetic, disintegrable bioregenerative structures for scalable seagrass restoration, artificial reefs, and eco-friendly anchoring systems.
Barcelona cellular-meat / precision-fermentation R&D consultancy.
Barcelona startup extracting protein from algae side-streams and invasive Mediterranean seaweed through biotech processing.
Barcelona company developing fermented plant-based cheese alternatives.
Barcelona company developing mycelium-fermented bacon-style strips as alternative protein.
Barcelona plant-based meat company using legume-based alternative proteins to reduce the ecological footprint of conventional meat production.
University of Barcelona spin-off developing microorganism-based biopesticides, microbial biocontrol agents, regulatory dossiers, and integrated pest-management training.
Barcelona foodtech company developing micro-extrusion plant-based meat alternatives.
Barcelona-registered alternative-protein company using mycelium solid-state fermentation for vegan whole cuts.
Agrobiotech company in Olèrdola manufacturing biocontrol agents, biostimulants, and soil-regenerating biofertilizers via microbial engineering and soil-microbiome tools.
Catalan federation/chapter of Ecologistas en Acción, relevant to CATBIS as Catalunya-facing environmental-justice, ecology, climate, energy, water, and ecosocial-transition movement infrastructure.
Agricultura Regenerativa Ibérica is an Iberian association promoting regenerative agriculture and livestock. It supports producers, technicians, farms, and organisations working to restore soil fertility, biodiversity, climate resilience, food sovereignty, and rural viability.
Iberian regenerative agriculture association with confirmed CATBIS relevance because Catalan actors and Catalunya-based projects participate in the network. It supports regenerative agriculture and livestock through farm mapping, training, knowledge-sharing, soil and water practices, biodiversity restoration, food sovereignty, and farmer/community support.
Catalan government department responsible for agriculture, livestock, fisheries, food policy, rural affairs, agri-food systems, food quality, and related public services in Catalunya.
Catalan public authority shaping agriculture, livestock, fisheries, food policy, rural development, and agri-food regulation. Relevant to CATBIS as institutional infrastructure for regenerative transition, bioeconomy, food-system policy, rural resilience, fisheries, and public programmes across Catalunya.
CTFC is Catalonia’s Forest Science and Technology Centre, a Solsona-based research and technology-transfer centre for sustainable forest management, biodiversity, resilient landscapes, forests and water, bioproducts, and circular bioeconomy.
Strong CATBIS fit as Catalan forest, biodiversity, landscape-resilience, water, bioproducts, and circular-bioeconomy research infrastructure. It contributes to multifunctional forest management, biodiversity conservation, landscape planning, governance, health, bioeconomy, climate adaptation, and transfer of forest knowledge and technology to society.
Coordinatora Catalana de Fundacions is a membership association representing over 3,000 Catalan foundations. It provides a comprehensive directory of foundations by sector, along with training, resources, and coordination services for the foundation sector across Catalonia.
Revista Soberanía Alimentaria is a Barcelona-based magazine publishing critical analysis and stories on food sovereignty, agroecology, and land justice. It serves as a platform for grassroots voices and food system transformation across the Spanish state.
Barcelona-based magazine and knowledge platform publishing critical analysis and stories on food sovereignty, agroecology, land justice, and food-system transformation. Relevant to CATBIS as narrative/knowledge infrastructure for agroecology, community food access, food sovereignty, and grassroots food-system transition in Catalunya and the Spanish state.
Mediterranean Coastal
Las Acacias is a permaculture education center in Castelldefels offering workshops, camps, and training in regenerative agriculture and bioconstruction. It focuses on ancestral wisdom recovery, children's nature-based learning, and local community cooperation for ecological restoration.
Permaculture education centre in Castelldefels offering workshops, camps, regenerative agriculture, bioconstruction, ancestral-wisdom recovery, children’s nature learning, and community cooperation. Relevant to CATBIS as a local Catalan learning/demonstrator node for permaculture, regenerative agriculture, ecological education, and community-scale restoration.
ACTE (Assemblea Catalana per la Transició Ecosocial) is a Catalan coalition of movements, collectives, organizations, and individuals. It pushes a just, democratic ecosocial transition (ecofeminist + global justice) and aligns actors around shared narratives, demands, mobilization, and political action.
Catalan ecosocial-transition coalition aligning movements, collectives, organizations, and citizens around just, democratic, ecofeminist and global-justice transition. Relevant to CATBIS as movement/policy infrastructure for ecosocial transition, political advocacy, mobilization, and network coordination in Catalunya.
Pod is a cooperative digital management tool designed for the agrarian sector, helping small farmers, cooperatives, and artisans streamline orders, traceability, and invoicing. It focuses on improving the quality of life and profitability of rural producers in Spain.
Cooperative digital management tool for the agrarian sector, supporting small farmers, cooperatives, and artisans with orders, traceability, invoicing, and rural-producer viability in Spain. Relevant to CATBIS as agri-food infrastructure for farmer support, cooperative production, regional sourcing, and rural economic resilience.
Caixa Enginyers is a Catalan cooperative bank and financial group offering cooperative banking, insurance, and socially responsible investment products with sustainability and member ownership at its core.
Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan cooperative/alternative-finance infrastructure. Its responsible banking model, cooperative ownership, sustainable finance commitments, socially responsible investment products, and environmental/social impact orientation make it relevant to ecosocial transition and potential regenerative enterprise finance, though not a direct ecological actor.
Simbiosy is a Spanish consultancy specializing in industrial symbiosis and circular economy. It helps territories and companies optimize resource flows, waste valorization, and collaborative business models to drive local sustainability.
Spanish consultancy specializing in industrial symbiosis and circular economy, helping territories and companies optimize resource flows, valorize waste, and build collaborative circular business models. Relevant to CATBIS as circular-economy and territorial resource-flow infrastructure with potential Catalunya/Spain relevance.
Barcelona Circular (BAC) is a Barcelona circular-economy and industrial digital-transformation hub in Bon Pastor, acting as an entrepreneurship, innovation, prototyping, coworking, and training lab for new circular business models.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona-local circular-economy infrastructure promoted by Barcelona City Council / Barcelona Activa with Mondragon University and TeamLabs. It supports SMEs, young talent, experts, prototyping, circular business models, industrial digital transformation, and urban circular entrepreneurship. Area2 corrected to Barcelonès because Bon Pastor / Sant Andreu is in Barcelona city.
Can Gabarra / CoopGabarra is a rural cooperative housing and cultural-community project in Dosrius, recovering heritage buildings for collective living, cultural activity, sustainability, and circular-economy values.
Relevant to CATBIS as a Maresme-based cooperative housing, rural heritage reuse, collective-living, cultural-community, and circular-economy project. It is an example of social and territorial regeneration through cohousing, sustainability, community cultural programming, and reuse of rural built heritage.
Barcelona Activa is Barcelona City Council’s local economic development agency, supporting employment, entrepreneurship, business competitiveness, strategic sectors, and inclusive, sustainable economic development.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona public economic-transition infrastructure. It supports entrepreneurship, employment, sustainable business fabric, green and circular economy, blue economy, social/environmental impact initiatives, and public-sector support for strategic transition sectors. Area2 corrected to Barcelonès because it is Barcelona-city infrastructure.
CoopCat is the Confederation of Cooperatives of Catalunya, the main representative body for Catalan cooperatives across sectors including work, agriculture, consumption, housing, education, services, energy, and social economy.
Strong CATBIS fit as Catalan cooperative ecosystem infrastructure. CoopCat represents and promotes the cooperative movement in Catalunya, supports cooperative values and social economy development, connects sector federations, and provides field-level infrastructure for collective ownership, democratic governance, and ecosocial transition.
BioHubCat is Catalonia’s Bioeconomy Hub, a one-stop shop dedicated to generating economic value from renewable organic resources in Catalunya.
Strong CATBIS fit as Catalan bioeconomy infrastructure. BioHubCat supports renewable organic-resource valorisation, circular bioeconomy, industrial symbiosis, territorial bioeconomy projects, technical assistance, business development, investment into Catalan bioeconomy, and international cooperation around bioeconomy. Keep Area2 regional because it serves Catalunya-wide bioeconomy development.
Sebastia is a wood construction company based in the Pyrenees (Lleida), manufacturing sustainable structural timber solutions from locally managed pine and spruce forests since 1954. It promotes bioeconomy and proximity-based forest management in Catalonia.
Pyrenees/Lleida wood-construction company producing sustainable structural timber from locally managed pine and spruce forests. Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan bioeconomy infrastructure connecting forest management, local materials, timber construction, proximity value chains, and regenerative built-environment transition.
Pyrenean Mediterranean,Alpine / High Mountain
Catalan federation representing, promoting, and defending consumer cooperativism and the rights of consumer-members and users in Catalunya.
Catalan federation for consumer cooperatives and user cooperatives. Relevant to CATBIS as cooperative/social-economy infrastructure connected to ecological consumption, community food access, cooperative governance, and consumer-side food/system transition in Catalunya.
Worker cooperative linked to Mujeres Unidas Entre Tierras (MUET), providing care and domestic-work services while supporting labour regularization and better conditions for home-care workers.
Codi Cooperatiu is a nonprofit technology cooperative developing web and mobile applications, integrations, APIs, dashboards, and digital tools with cooperative technological accompaniment.
Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan cooperative/digital infrastructure for social and solidarity economy actors. It supports custom software, web applications, internal management tools, integrations, technological accompaniment, and cooperative digital capacity, with activity linked to Barcelona and Osona.
Coopdevs is a Barcelona open cooperative developing free/open-source software, digital tools, Odoo/ERP systems, business intelligence, and technological accompaniment for cooperatives and social-and-solidarity-economy projects.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona cooperative technology and digital-commons infrastructure. Coopdevs strengthens social-and-solidarity-economy projects through open-source software, platform cooperativism, intercooperation, digital transition, business intelligence, ERP/Odoo tools, and long-term technological capacity for transformative projects.
Network of Catalan conservation entities stewarding natural heritage and supporting environmental volunteering and donation infrastructure across Catalunya.
Central Catalan conservation-network infrastructure. Relevant to CATBIS as the closest unified doorway to nature stewardship, custody initiatives, environmental volunteering and donation pathways across Catalunya.
CoopGeeni is a Catalan integral cooperative for services, housing, and consumption, supporting cooperative housing, energy renovation, building rehabilitation, renewable energy, and local energy communities.
Strong CATBIS fit as Catalan cooperative housing and energy-transition infrastructure. It works on dignified, healthy, sustainable housing; use-right cooperative housing; energetic rehabilitation of buildings; renewable energy; and local energy communities, linking housing justice, building decarbonisation, and social-economy models.
AnaWin / TACTIC is a Terra Alta-based agri-food software company building tools for vineyard, winery, traceability, compliance, and agricultural management.
Catalan agritech and wine-sector software company based in Batea, Terra Alta. Relevant to CATBIS as digital infrastructure for viticulture, traceability, agri-food management, and compliance in a Catalan bioeconomy sector. Regenerative relevance is indirect but acceptable as agri-food / territorial productive infrastructure.
Environmental organisation active in Alt Empordà, supporting river and territorial defence campaigns, including protection of the Fluvià river mouth.
Relevant to CATBIS and the Fluvià ecosystem as an Alt Empordà environmental actor involved in river protection, public advocacy and territorial stewardship.
Anigami is a Catalan nature-experience organisation active in outdoor education, adventure, forest bathing, and nature-connection activities, with activities including Collsacabra / Osona.
Catalan nature-activity and environmental education actor. Relevant to CATBIS through nature connection, ecological education, forest bathing, rural/nature-based experiences, and community wellbeing. Area2 set to Osona because available activity evidence points to Collsacabra / l’Esquirol; broader Catalunya scope remains possible.
Civic Energy is a Catalan union of cooperatives supporting the creation and management of local energy communities through technical, social, communication, funding, and operational accompaniment.
Strong CATBIS fit as Catalan community-energy infrastructure. Civic Energy supports local renewable-energy communities, shared self-consumption, citizen-led energy transition, fossil-free energy, project feasibility, financing, communication, energization, and democratic community management across Catalunya.
Catalan social and solidarity economy network; umbrella entity behind xes.cat and related ESS initiatives such as Mercat Social.
Ethical/cooperative bank named in this WIP doc as running "Ethical Banking Projects" — support for solidarity-economy initiatives. Pitched as a natural match for ReFi BCN's GG24 quadratic-funding round on mission alignment ("perfect alignment with ethical banking mission") and access to international ethical-finance networks.
Barcelona-based engineering company developing IoT, hardware, firmware, cloud, AI, and edge-to-cloud technology solutions for sectors including smart cities, energy, healthcare, agriculture, and industry.
BiorNE is the permaculture association of the Northeast bioregion, legally constituted in 2017 to support permaculture projects and people across Catalunya and Aragón.
Relevant to CATBIS as a Catalunya/Aragón permaculture and bioregional network supporting strategies and techniques with positive cultural, social, and ecological impact. Strong fit for regenerative design, agroecology, community learning, and ecosystem-oriented land practices across the Northeast bioregion.
ARCA is the Catalan regional network for rural and maritime development. It supports and represents 11 Local Action Groups and 5 Fisheries Local Action Groups, helping rural and coastal territories create better livelihoods and opportunities.
Catalan rural and maritime development network. Relevant to CATBIS as territorial infrastructure for rural development, maritime transition, LEADER-type programs, fisheries local action groups, local opportunity-building, and ecosystem coordination across Catalunya. Strong cross-cutting fit for food systems, coastal/maritime economies, local resilience, and social territorial development.
CoopHalal is a Barcelona-based Islamic financial services cooperative offering ethical, interest-free financing for individuals and companies, promoting solidarity finance, community resilience, and values-aligned economic transition.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona ethical/cooperative finance infrastructure. CoopHalal provides interest-free Islamic financial services, supports people and companies with alternative finance, and contributes to financial inclusion, community resilience, and social-economy transition. Regenerative relevance is indirect but useful as values-aligned finance infrastructure.
4BlueTech is a Barcelona-born climate-tech startup developing modular CO₂ / emissions-capture and traceability systems. Its work links carbon capture, air-quality monitoring, circular capture-to-use pathways, and emissions-compensation models.
Barcelona-born climate/cleantech startup developing modular CO₂ / emissions capture and traceability systems, with circular capture-to-use pathways and ACCIÓ-supported patent work. Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan climate-tech infrastructure at the intersection of energy transition, circular economy, carbon capture, and possible bioeconomy/microalgae pathways.
Federació de Cooperatives Agràries de Catalunya is the Catalan federation representing agricultural cooperatives across Catalunya.
Catalan federation of agricultural cooperatives. Relevant to CATBIS as agri-food and cooperative ecosystem infrastructure for farmer organizations, rural development, food-system transition, value chains, and bioeconomy in Catalunya.
Artificial Nature / DAN*NA is a Barcelona-based advanced materials company developing PLH, a patented bio-based polymer platform for bioplastics, bio-resins, agriculture, cosmetics, and biomedical applications.
Barcelona deep-tech biomaterials and bioplastics company based at the Barcelona Science Park. Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan circular bioeconomy infrastructure: bio-based polymers, sustainable materials, zero-microplastic alternatives, agriculture applications, and industrial biomaterials innovation. Area2 set to Barcelonès because the company operates from Barcelona Science Park.
Cambium Permacultura is a Barcelona-based nonprofit association promoting the dissemination and application of permaculture through education and training, active since 2003.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona-based permaculture education and practitioner-capacity infrastructure. It supports regenerative design, agroecology, urban/peri-urban/rural transition, permaculture learning, and Spain/Catalunya-facing networks of practice. Area2 set to Barcelonès because it is based in Barcelona.
Catalan agroecology cooperative promoting the transition toward fairer and more sustainable food systems through local agroecological transition projects.
Catalan agroecology cooperative and food-system transition actor. Relevant to CATBIS through agroecology, local food systems, food sovereignty, producer/community accompaniment, territorial resilience, and participatory transition work. Keep Area2 regional unless a specific project geography is being curated.
Nonprofit rural sustainability association based around Vilafranca del Penedès / Font-rubí, working on sustainable rural initiatives, agroecology, low-tech, education, and regenerative project support.
Alt Penedès rural sustainability association supporting agroecology, low-tech, environmental education, and regenerative rural initiatives. Relevant to CATBIS as a local actor for rural regeneration, food-system transition, eco-social learning, and community-scale experimentation in Catalunya.
Arç Cooperativa is a Catalan insurance brokerage specializing in ethical and solidarity-based insurance for the social and solidarity economy, the voluntary sector, and renewable-energy initiatives.
Catalan cooperative insurance brokerage and service infrastructure for the social and solidarity economy. Relevant to CATBIS as enabling infrastructure for cooperatives, associations, renewable-energy initiatives, and ecosocial-transition actors. Not a direct ecological actor, but useful as social/financial resilience infrastructure for the ecosystem.
Aiguasol is a Barcelona-based cooperative providing energy consultancy, engineering, software, and applied research for renewable energy, energy communities, district networks, building decarbonisation, and energy-transition planning.
Barcelona-based cooperative energy consultancy and R&D actor. Relevant to CATBIS as technical infrastructure for renewable energy, energy communities, district heating/cooling, building decarbonisation, environmental quality, monitoring, and democratic low-carbon transition in Catalunya and Europe.
BATEC is a Barcelona cooperative intercooperation project for energy transition, working from the social and solidarity economy toward a sustainable, just, and democratic energy model.
Strong CATBIS fit as Barcelona-local cooperative energy-transition infrastructure. It supports energy communities, energy sovereignty, intercooperation between cooperative and associative actors, and democratic renewable-energy transition from the social and solidarity economy. Area2 set to Barcelonès because the project works from Barcelona and supports city energy-community processes.
CONFAVC is the Confederation of Neighbourhood Associations of Catalunya, coordinating hundreds of neighbourhood associations and federations and supporting campaigns, training, social projects, participation, and community struggles to improve quality of life in Catalan neighbourhoods.
Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan neighbourhood-movement and civic/community infrastructure. It strengthens local associations, neighbourhood organising, participation, campaigns, training, social projects, social justice, and community resilience across Catalunya, with a Barcelona base.
Non-profit community land-use cooperative founded in 2020 in Sant Pau de Segúries (Ripollès). Combines regenerative farming and rotational grazing, soil and ecosystem regeneration, cooperative cohousing, environmental education, rural accommodation, and cultural activity through La Lluerna bookshop in Ripoll.
Strong CATBIS fit as a Catalunya-based regenerative farm, community land-stewardship cooperative and practical learning node. Demonstrates regenerative grazing, no-till biointensive horticulture, agroforestry and water-conscious land design, while supporting rural resilience, cooperative living and decentralized culture in the Ripollès.
AKASHA Hub is a Barcelona civic hub and self-managed community for social innovation, shared knowledge, sustainability, experimentation, makers/workshops, and social-impact projects.
Barcelona civic hub for social innovation and community experimentation. Relevant to CATBIS as urban social infrastructure for sustainable ideas, shared knowledge, interdisciplinary collaboration, makers/workshops, biological/garden experimentation, decentralized governance, and neighbourhood-scale social-impact projects.
Canòdrom is Barcelona’s Digital and Democratic Innovation Centre, an open civic space for digital culture, open-source technologies, digital rights, democratic participation, and community programming.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona-local civic and democratic digital infrastructure. It supports critical technology, participatory democracy, digital rights, open-source culture, social justice, diversity, sustainability, neighbourhood/city/world programming, and grassroots/community projects. Area2 set to Barcelonès because it is a Barcelona facility.
AMAP is the Catalan Association of Municipalities and Entities for Public Water. It promotes and supports public water management across Catalunya, providing resources, coordination, and municipal support.
Catalan public-water network and municipal support infrastructure. Relevant to CATBIS through water commons, public water governance, remunicipalisation, drinking-water and sewage service governance, and territorial resilience across Catalunya. Strong complement to Aigua és Vida: AMAP is more municipal/institutional, while Aigua és Vida is more movement/platform oriented.
Barcelona Energia is the public 100% renewable electricity supplier for Barcelona and the metropolitan area, promoting energy transition, efficiency, local renewable generation, self-consumption, and citizen participation.
Relevant to CATBIS as municipal/public energy-transition infrastructure for Barcelona and the metropolitan area. It commercialises 100% renewable energy, supports self-consumption and local solar generation, represents a public alternative to large energy providers, and contributes to energy sovereignty and democratic low-carbon transition.
Aliança contra la Pobresa Energètica (APE) is a Catalan grassroots movement defending universal access to basic supplies such as water and energy. It supports affected households and campaigns against utility cut-offs and energy poverty.
Catalan energy-justice and basic-supplies movement. Relevant to CATBIS as social and political infrastructure for just energy transition, anti-poverty organising, mutual support, water/energy rights, legal protections, and grassroots advocacy against utility cut-offs in Catalunya.
Comunalitat de Sants is an urban communal-economy initiative in Sants, Hostafrancs, and La Bordeta that strengthens social transformation through the social and solidarity economy, community spaces, mutual aid, food sovereignty, common goods, education/care, employment, and rooted local economy.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona neighbourhood-level commons and communal-economy infrastructure. It supports mutual aid, local social transformation, food sovereignty, common goods, community governance, and social-and-solidarity-economy networks in Sants, Hostafrancs, and La Bordeta.
BCNUEJ is a Barcelona-based research lab at ICTA-UAB focused on urban environmental justice, climate justice, sustainability, housing rights, health, and just urban planning.
Relevant to CATBIS as research and mapping infrastructure for urban environmental justice, climate justice, green gentrification, housing inequality, urban planning, public health, vulnerability, and community-centered environmental governance. Area2 set to Barcelonès because the lab is Barcelona-based and focused on urban justice research, while its methods and projects can inform broader Catalan urban transition work.
Barcelona member of the global Impact Hub Network, combining coworking and event spaces, community-building, entrepreneurship support, consulting, impact and innovation, and territorial regeneration.
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Justicia Alimentaria is an organization working for food sovereignty, social justice, and the transformation of the food system through campaigns, education, research, advocacy, and citizen mobilization.
Food-sovereignty and food-justice organization relevant to CATBIS as a campaigning, research, education, and advocacy actor around agroecology, food-system transformation, responsible consumption, public policy, and social justice. Its Catalunya relevance should be treated as regional unless more specific territorial activity or local chapter information is added later.
Animal Latitude is an association organizing environmental education, nature observation, workshops, consulting, research, and projects that build respectful and sustainable relationships with the natural world. It is relevant to CATBIS as environmental-learning and nature-connection infrastructure.
Strategic design and research lab working on institutional innovation, civic infrastructure, land, housing, climate transition, and new governance models for systemic change.
Strategic design and research lab working on institutional innovation, civic infrastructure, land, housing, climate transition, governance models, and systemic change. Relevant to CATBIS as an international/European reference actor for bioregional governance, civic infrastructure, land and housing transition, and new institutional models for regeneration.
Aethnic is a Barcelona/Catalunya organization promoting responsible and sustainable tourism as a tool for socio-ecological transition, local economies, environmental responsibility, social justice, and community benefit. Its Catalonia-wide responsible tourism network makes it relevant to CATBIS as sustainable-territorial transition infrastructure.
CHAPTER #2 is a Catalan social-innovation organization using entrepreneurship, innovation, lean methodologies, and the social economy as tools for social and labour inclusion, including migrant inclusion.
Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan social-economy and inclusion infrastructure. It supports meaningful occupation, entrepreneurship programs, migrant inclusion, social innovation, labour inclusion, and European projects such as WE CAN, contributing to social resilience and inclusive ecosocial transition in Catalunya.
Aigua és Vida is a Catalan platform defending water as a human right and common good, not a commodity. It advocates public, democratic management with citizen participation, social/environmental justice, climate-aware policy, ecosystem protection, and fair water use.
Catalan water-commons and public-governance platform. Relevant to CATBIS as civic and political infrastructure for democratic water management, remunicipalisation, citizen participation, water justice, climate-aware policy, and territorial resilience across Catalunya.
Barcelona social enterprise for fishing tourism, marine education, scientific outreach, and responsible local fish consumption, connecting citizens with the Barcelona Fishermen’s Guild and Mediterranean marine biodiversity.
Barcelona marine education and responsible seafood initiative connecting citizens with the Fishermen’s Guild, Mediterranean biodiversity, sustainable fisheries, and responsible local fish consumption. Relevant to CATBIS as blue bioeconomy / food-system education and marine-territorial awareness infrastructure.
CEL COOP is a Catalan cooperative quality label / initiative supporting local cooperative energy communities and advancing ecosocial transition and energy justice.
Relevant to CATBIS as Catalan cooperative energy-community infrastructure. It promotes local energy communities in cooperative form, supports technical, social, legal, financial, and management accompaniment, and advances energy sovereignty, shared democratic governance, social impact, and energy justice.
Colectic is a Barcelona nonprofit technology cooperative working for social transformation through participation, learning, community action, digital inclusion, social technology, and the socialization of ICT.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona cooperative social-technology infrastructure. It reduces the digital divide, supports marginalized groups with ICT access and skills, provides training and labour-market pathways in tech, promotes free software/hardware and community-based digital culture, and strengthens social and labour inclusion through technology.
Barcelona City Council’s Urbanism, Climate Action, Mobility, Neighbourhood Plan and Urban Services area is responsible for city-scale urban ecology, climate, mobility, public space, water, and urban-service policy.
Barcelona municipal public-policy actor. Relevant to CATBIS as institutional infrastructure for urban ecology, climate action, sustainable mobility, public-space transformation, water/sequera policy, urban services, and ecosocial transition in Barcelona. Area2 set to Barcelonès because the operational scope is Barcelona city.
Cooperative financial services organization / ethical finance funder.
Catalan public body for climate action, food and rural agenda.
Catalan public body for climate action, food policy, and rural agenda. Relevant to CATBIS as institutional infrastructure for climate transition, food-system policy, rural development, biodiversity/environmental governance, and public programmes across Catalunya.
Federation / network of worker cooperatives.
Cooperative / social economy organization in Barcelona.
Coòpolis — Ateneu Cooperatiu de Barcelona is Barcelona’s cooperative-development and social-and-solidarity-economy support infrastructure, based at Bloc4 and offering training, accompaniment, observatory work, and ecosocial-transition programming.
Barcelona cooperative ecosystem infrastructure supporting creation, consolidation, training, education, observatory work, and sectoral circles for the social and solidarity economy. Relevant to CATBIS as a strong urban node for cooperative development, ecosocial transition, energy transition through its Cercle de Transició Ecosocial, feminist economies, anti-racist/migration work, and local economic resilience.
Ajuntament de Barcelona is Barcelona’s municipal public institution. It is relevant to CATBIS as city-level governance, funding, policy, and implementation infrastructure for urban ecology, climate adaptation, social economy, public services, and ecosocial transition.
Barcelona city public institution. Relevant to CATBIS as core municipal governance infrastructure for urban ecology, climate adaptation, mobility, housing, local economy, social policy, and public programmes shaping ecosocial transition in Barcelona.
Regenerative / permaculture farm or project in Catalunya.
Catalan regenerative/permaculture farm and learning project. Relevant to CATBIS as a Catalunya-based practical node for permaculture, regenerative agriculture, demonstrator-site learning, rural transition, and ecological education.
Bax is a Barcelona-headquartered innovation consultancy helping public, private, research, and civil-society actors design pilots, EU collaborations, tools, and strategies across circular economy, energy, nature, mobility, materials, urban transition, and related fields.
Relevant to CATBIS as Barcelona-headquartered innovation and EU-project infrastructure for circular economy, nature-based solutions, sustainable consumption, energy transition, urban systems, materials, and collaborative ecosystem-building. Keep Area2 regional because its work is Catalunya/Europe-facing consultancy and program infrastructure rather than a specific local territorial actor.
Azolla Projects is a Barcelona-linked naturetech / carbon-farming startup helping farmers transition to regenerative agriculture through soil-carbon monitoring, carbon credits, and regenerative carbon-farming methodologies.
Relevant to CATBIS as Catalonia-facing regenerative-agriculture and carbon-farming infrastructure. Its work connects farmer transition support, soil organic carbon monitoring, regenerative and agroforestry practices, biodiversity and water-cycle recovery, Mediterranean carbon-farming pilots, and natural-capital / carbon-credit mechanisms, including work across Catalonia and Aragón.
Spanish network of local governments working to build sustainable, resilient, inclusive, diverse, healthy, accessible, and environmentally respectful local food systems through agroecology-based public policies.
Municipal agroecology network supporting local authorities to develop agroecological food policies, sustainable food systems, local employment, public procurement, and cross-city learning. Relevant to CATBIS as policy and municipal-infrastructure reference for agroecological transition, including potential Catalan municipal food-system work.
Associació GENS (Grup d'Experimentació en Naturisme i Sostenibilitat) is a rural association based in Font-Rubí (Alt Penedès, Catalonia) promoting sustainable rural initiatives to address social, economic, and environmental challenges. Its work spans four axes: training in sustainable practices and rural project management; accompaniment and specialist services for rural and agroecological initiatives; environmental projects focused on protecting and recovering natural ecosystems; and community building through collaborative networks and mutual support. Key programmes include the Regen Hub (accelerator for regenerative agri-food enterprises), Acadèmia Rústika (training for rural professionals), La Gatera (agroecological food group), Defensem el Llentiscle (environmental defence), and Can Ubach (demonstrator site).
Operations in Catalonia, Alt Penedès, Mediterranean dry interior. Bioregionalism, regeneration, ecosocial transition. Regenerative agriculture, structured learning and rural training, farmer and producer accompaniment, network weaving, ecological monitoring and environmental stewardship. Rural association operating at the intersection of agroecological transition, territorial resilience, and community organisation. Builds capacity in rural practitioners and emerging agri-food projects through training and direct accompaniment. Combines environmental action with social infrastructure — food sovereignty, land stewardship, and collaborative networks. Demonstrator and convener role within the Catalan regenerative and ecosocial ecosystem.
Ágora Regenerativa is a training and consultancy platform for regenerative transition in rural territories. It supports rural entrepreneurs, agroecological practitioners, regenerative agriculture, livestock, forest management, and organisations working toward environmental regeneration.
Training and consultancy platform operating in Catalunya and Spain around regenerative rural transition. Core relevance: regenerative agriculture, livestock, forest management, rural entrepreneurship, farmer/producer support, structured learning, community-building, and organisational accompaniment for environmental regeneration. Strong CATBIS fit as a capacity-building and network node for regenerative food systems and rural territorial transition.
Barcelona permaculture hub connected to 12 Principles Permaculture Design, envisioned as a permanent space for learning, courses, skill-sharing, networking, and regenerative design in an urban and social context.
Barcelona-based permaculture learning and community hub for social/urban permaculture, regenerative design, skill-sharing, and deep adaptation. Relevant to CATBIS as urban permaculture infrastructure and a practical node for regenerative education, community resilience, and social-ecological design in Catalunya.
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Madrid-headquartered B Corp (founded 2017 by Gonzalo and Gabriel Úrculo, Juliette Simonin, and Moises Calviño) and market leader in the European farmer-to-consumer direct sales industry. Originally born from Naranjas del Carmen, a Valencia orange farm that built its own direct sales infrastructure, CrowdFarming now offers farmers a full one-stop-shop platform — IT infrastructure, logistics, customer service, packaging, and marketing — to sell directly to end consumers across Spain, France, Germany, and Italy. Its signature model is the tree adoption system, where consumers finance a tree or plant and receive its harvest, building a direct relationship between producer and consumer and significantly reducing food waste. Also offers direct box subscriptions for seasonal organic produce. Has raised $34.2M from impact investors including Triodos, Astanor, and Seaya Ventures, and secured a €15M EIB loan in 2023. Certified B Corp with a score of 106.6. Increasingly integrating regenerative agriculture practices into its farmer network.
Headquartered in Madrid, operations across Spain and Western Europe. Regeneration, ecosocial transition. Farmer support through direct sales infrastructure and logistics; value chain development cutting out intermediaries; regional and seasonal sourcing for conscious consumers; community food access through transparent producer-consumer relationships; regenerative agriculture adoption among partnered farms. Relevant as a scaling model for connecting regenerative producers to markets and for building consumer-producer relationships in the food system.
Official Catalunya-wide landscape consortium attached to the Generalitat’s Department of Territory. It advises public administrations and Catalan society on landscape protection, management and planning; produces landscape catalogues, quality objectives, monitoring and territorial-planning tools; and convenes government, academia, professional bodies and civil society. Based in Olot, Garrotxa, it is a key institutional interface for CATBIS and Bioregioning Earth.
Catalunya’s closest institutional analogue to a dedicated landscape agency. Strong in statutory landscape intelligence, monitoring, policy advice, territorial frameworks and multi-stakeholder convening. Its landscape catalogues connect landscape-quality objectives to territorial and urban planning. The principal gap relative to a full integrated-landscape-management agency is limited executive, budgetary and direct delivery authority; those functions remain distributed across Generalitat departments, ARCA/local action groups, XCN, CREAF and sector agencies.
Catalan rural cooperative services hub based in Ripoll that brings together social-economy projects to support rural territories facing systemic crisis through regenerative development, governance, participation, land stewardship, forestry management, agroecological dynamization, entrepreneurship, global justice, and migrant reception.
Ripoll-based cooperative platform for rural regeneration and social economy services. Relevant to CATBIS as territorial infrastructure for rural resilience, regenerative development, land stewardship, forest management, agroecology, local governance, and ecosocial transition in Catalan rural contexts.
Public research centre founded in 1987 by the Generalitat de Catalunya, UAB, and the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC), with the UB and IRTA subsequently joining. Based at the UAB campus in Cerdanyola del Vallès, CREAF is dedicated to terrestrial ecology, territorial analysis, and global change, pursuing excellence in both basic and applied research. Works across four core areas: biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, global change, and Earth observation (remote sensing and GIS). Key applied topics include regenerative agriculture, nature-based solutions, Mediterranean basin ecosystems, citizen science, and ecosystem services. Produces conceptual and methodological tools to support environmental management and territorial planning by public administrations and private actors. Acts as a bridge between academia, government, and society, and is positioned as a reference centre for terrestrial ecology and global change research in the Mediterranean region.
Based in Cerdanyola del Vallès, research scope is Catalunya-wide and Mediterranean basin with international collaborations. Regeneration, ecosocial transition. Ecological monitoring and long-term ecosystem research, formal scientific production, geographic and territorial mapping using remote sensing and GIS, citizen science programmes, territorial monitoring of biodiversity and global change impacts. Potential scientific partner and knowledge anchor for the bioregional knowledge base, particularly on Mediterranean ecosystems, land use change, and nature-based solutions.
Cultural and educational cooperative (founded 2006, based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) that drives situated processes to collectively institute material and symbolic practices, forms of relation, and knowledges understood as common-use resources. Works at the intersection of critical art, popular education, and community organising, with a long-term, place-based presence in working-class neighbourhoods — particularly La Florida and Bellvitge in L'Hospitalet. Part of La Col·lectiva, the Ateneu Cooperatiu of L'Hospitalet. Operates horizontally and transdisciplinarily, combining feminist, anti-racist, and cooperative principles throughout all its work.
Based in L'Hospitalet (Baix Llobregat, Mediterranean Coastal/Pre-Coastal); work is neighbourhood and territory-rooted. Ecosocial transition. Participatory workshops and community processes; popular and critical education; art and storytelling as social transformation tools; knowledge production and publication; place-making and territorial practices; peer learning; cultural hub and convening. Relevant to the knowledge base for its practice-based approach to commoning, community resilience, and situated socio-environmental processes in urban-periphery contexts.
Enginyers Agrònoms de Catalunya (COEAC) is the Catalan professional college/association for agricultural engineers, offering professional services, training, sector commissions, and representation for agronomy and agri-food professionals.
Catalan public-law professional college and association for agricultural engineers. Relevant to CATBIS as professional and knowledge infrastructure for agronomy, agri-food systems, agriculture, territorial management, environmental practice, food-loss prevention, and bioeconomy transition in Catalunya. Regenerative orientation is indirect but materially relevant through the agri-food professional ecosystem.
International organisation established by European States in 1993, headquartered in Joensuu, Finland, with offices in Barcelona, Bonn, Brussels, Rome, and Malaysia. Has 30 member countries and ~130 member organisations from 41 countries. Conducts interdisciplinary research and provides science-to-policy support on forest-related issues across three programmes: Bioeconomy, Governance, and Resilience. Its Barcelona office — hosted at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site — is home to the Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED), the Genetic Resources Facility (EFIGEN), and the International Partnerships Facility. EFIMED specifically focuses on improving the resilience of Mediterranean forested landscapes through research, policy advice, and networking, and runs the Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda 2030, a biennial Mediterranean Forest Week, a Young Leadership Programme, and the MedForest open-access knowledge platform. Also hosts the EFI Bioregions Facility, which supports bioregion-scale forest governance and landscape approaches across Europe. Strong overlap with the bioregional and Mediterranean ecosystem research agenda.
Global headquarters in Finland; Barcelona office (Barcelonès, Mediterranean Coastal) hosts Mediterranean and genetic resources work. Bioregionalism, regeneration. Formal scientific research on forest ecosystems and global change; ecological and territorial monitoring; knowledge production and policy-relevant publications; network weaving across researchers, practitioners, and policymakers; political advocacy at EU level on forest policy and nature restoration; habitat connectivity and landscape-scale forest resilience. The EFIMED and Bioregions Facility are directly relevant to the bioregional knowledge base and Mediterranean ecosystem context.
Barcelona climate justice project working to create long-term physical, social, and educational infrastructure, including a Climate Justice Center and Movement School for social and ecological movements.
Barcelona climate-justice and movement-infrastructure project creating physical, educational, and social space for ecosocial transition. Relevant to CATBIS as urban movement infrastructure for climate justice, community resilience, mutual aid, political education, and regenerative/ecosocial organizing in Catalunya.
Internal ecosystem/container row for the Som / social-economy cooperative ecosystem in Catalunya, likely grouping cooperative, commons, and solidarity-economy actors connected to ecosocial transition.
Potential CATBIS ecosystem-level container for mapping Som-linked cooperative/social-economy infrastructure in Catalunya. Relevant if used to group actors in cooperative finance, energy, housing, culture, food, and commons-based ecosocial transition; should be human-reviewed because it is not a single external actor.
Internal ecosystem placeholder for Catalunya’s cluster ecosystem: sectoral business and innovation clusters that may connect to bioeconomy, circular economy, food systems, energy, and territorial transition.
Potential CATBIS ecosystem-level container for tracking cluster organizations and sectoral innovation infrastructure in Catalunya. Relevance depends on links to regenerative/circular/bioeconomy sectors rather than all clusters generally.
Non-profit cooperative (Cooperativa Eixarcolant, SCCL) based in Jorba (Anoia, Catalunya Central), founded in 2016, working to recover and reintroduce wild edible plants and traditional agricultural varieties as a lever for transforming the agri-food system toward a more sustainable, healthy, and just model. Its name comes from the Catalan word for hand-weeding — reclaiming so-called "weeds" as valuable resources. Core work spans ethnobotanical prospection and oral history gathering; a seed bank of 400+ entries of wild and traditional varieties; seed and seedling commercialisation; consumer and producer education; and a network of territorial nodes across Catalunya. Organises annual events including the Jornada Gastronòmica de les Plantes Oblidades (Gastronomy Day of Forgotten Plants), ethnobotany film screenings, and hands-on workshops. Has collaborated with the Centro Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos to repatriate and recultivate traditional varieties from central Catalunya that had been preserved off-site for decades. Also runs the SINGULARS project, a coalition of 200+ people and organisations to normalise the consumption of local, healthy, affordable food while supporting local farming and trade.
Based in Jorba (Anoia), operations Catalunya-wide with a focus on Catalunya Central (Anoia, Urgell, Noguera). Bioregionalism, regeneration, ecosocial transition. Seed conservation and nursery; traditional ecological knowledge recovery through ethnobotanical fieldwork; regenerative and agroecological agriculture; community food access and food sovereignty; learning programmes and popular education; citizen science; territorial network weaving through local nodes and annual events.
Barcelona-based foundation and impact-investing ecosystem builder supporting startups and organizations that address social and environmental challenges through acceleration, investment, and cross-sector collaboration.
Catalan impact and venture-philanthropy ecosystem actor supporting social/environmental startups, impact investment, acceleration and cross-sector innovation. Relevant to CATBIS as finance and venture-cultivation infrastructure for regenerative, climate, social-impact and ecosystem-transition initiatives in Catalunya, though specific CATBIS thematic fit should be reviewed per portfolio.
Bloc4BCN is Barcelona’s cooperative hub at Can Batlló, a public-cooperative space supporting cooperatives and social-and-solidarity-economy initiatives with workspace, training, incubation, acceleration, and ecosystem connection.
Strong CATBIS fit as Barcelona-local cooperative and social-economy infrastructure. It supports over 4,500 m² of cooperative space, incubation and acceleration, intercooperation, social-economy projects, and sectors such as sustainable food/agroecology, care, energy, housing, mobility, digital services, and local commerce. Area2 corrected to Barcelonès because Can Batlló is in Barcelona city.
Regenerative Investing Academy is an educational initiative connected to Atreyu that develops learning journeys, field resources, and practices for regenerative investing and living-systems-aligned capital.
Barcelona-connected regenerative investing education initiative building capacity, language, and practice for investors and investees to align capital with living systems, place, potential, participation, and regeneration. Relevant to CATBIS as financial-learning infrastructure for regenerative finance and impact investing, though its Catalunya-specific ecosystem role should be confirmed.
Catalan non-profit cooperative strategic consultancy supporting organizations, institutions, and communities through regenerative, resilience-oriented, and bioregional approaches to activate territorial transformation.
Garrotxa/Catalunya-based cooperative working on regeneration, resilience, bioregionalization, community processes, and strategic support for territorial transformation. Relevant to CATBIS as a core Catalan regenerative-development actor with strong capacity in facilitation, governance, community resilience, bioregional thinking, and public/community ecosystem work.
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Pan-European collective of 25+ system-changing organisations, funders, and impact investors initiated by Ashoka Netherlands and co-led by Commonland and OpEPA, with partners including the Presencing Institute and The Weaving Lab. Its mission is to mobilise 1 million changemakers to restore, protect, and regenerate 1 million hectares of land and sea in Europe by 2030. The core instrument is the Bioregional Weaving Lab (BWL) — a geographically grounded, multi-stakeholder partnership process that weaves together local innovators, farmers, policymakers, NGOs, and citizens around a shared vision for their territory. The process draws on Theory-U and the 4 Returns framework (natural, social, financial, and inspirational), helping communities map root causes, align on a holistic landscape plan, and connect with funders and investors at bioregional scale. To date, 8 BWLs have been established across Europe (Ireland, the Netherlands, and others), with a target of 10. The Collective represents hundreds of system changers working directly in bioregions on nature-based solutions, ecosystem restoration, and biodiversity.
International, pan-European scope. Bioregionalism, regeneration. Network weaving across system changers, practitioners, funders, and public bodies; participatory planning and visioning processes at bioregional scale; portfolio development using the 4 Returns framework; peer learning through summits and a community of practice; political advocacy for nature restoration at EU level. Key reference node for the bioregional field in Europe and a central framework reference for this knowledge base.
Iberian network of regenerative territories connecting people, landscapes, and organizations across Spain and Portugal to accelerate social, environmental, and economic landscape regeneration.
Iberian bioregional regeneration network working to make the Iberian Peninsula a reference for landscape restoration and social-ecological regeneration. Relevant to CATBIS as a wider Iberian field-building network for regenerative territories, landscape restoration, rural economies, ecosystem regeneration, and cross-territorial learning that may include or inform Catalan initiatives.