The Instituto Terra Luminous conserves and regenerates a stretch of Atlantic Forest very close to São Paulo and cultivates an intentional community that is a laboratory of the new world, based on non-violence and permaculture. The quarantine to contain the Covid-19 pandemic made the main source of funds that was the Retreat Center unfeasible. The Institute is in danger of maintaining itself at that moment when it changes its course to activate new fundraising strategies to continue with its noble mission. The group of activists and environmentalists who take care of Terra Luminous struggles by donating their time and work, as there are no funds or organizations to support them.