A non-profit association based in Catalonia, Spain, aimed at the study, dissemination and promotion of the spiritual and intangible cultural heritage values inherent in Nature, particularly in relation to the conservation of nature and natural protected areas.
Documentation Centre
The Silene Documentation Centre contains resources and documents on the world’s intangible spiritual and cultural heritage and its relevance on a local to international scale to the conservation of natural heritage. The service is provided in four languages -English, Spanish, French and Catalan. All documents are in their original languages, being accompanied by translations whenever possible.
It is a resource of the Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas of the World Commission on Protected Areas of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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On-line dialogue on climate emergency and human quality
The Centre d’Estudis de tradicions de saviesa (Center for the Study of Wisdom Traditions) is organizing a telematic…

6th edition Postgrad Course on Spiritual Meanings and Values of Nature
The Fundació Universitat de Girona offers the 6th edition of the Postgraduate Course on spiritual meanings and values…
Consultancy Projects
Projects devoted to the study, promotion and dissemination of the cultural and spiritual values of nature and landscape. In many instances, the projects had been undertaken in collaboration with other organisations, local, national or internbational.

Selection of projects
Projects and activities carried out in the international arena Since 2005: Coordination of the Delos Initiative, of IUCN,…

Endinsa’t Project: Creation of ecotherapeutic and spiritual spaces in the municipality of Bossòst
Following the proposal of the Silene Association, the Bossòst Town Hall, Val d’Aran, Catalonia, decides to launch the…
Capacity buidling and dissemination

Collaboration with Ciutat Nova magazine
Starting with issue 183 (autumn 2020) of the Ciutat Nova magazine, Silene has started a regular collaboration, by…

Silene establishes agreements with three publishers
On the occasion of St. George’s Day 2020, when we made proposals for readings related to the topics…