Portugal
A community of 170 and a school and research station for realistic utopia.
SAMPLE COURSE TOPICS
- Energy Autonomy (Technology)
- Water Retention Landscapes
- Permaculture & Food Autonomy
- Seeds and Seed Harvesting
- Core Threads for Community Building
- Global Political Work
- Interspecies Communication
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- Composting Toilets
- Solar Cooking and Biogas
- Water Retention Landscapes
- Permaculture & Seed Harvesting
- Love Free from Fear
- Key Necessities for Community Living
- Connection with Animals/Nature
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
- Choir (local singing group)
- Art/Painting Courses
- Weekly Political Cafes
- Local Festivals / Markets
- Vegan Cooking
- Forum Community Building Tool
- Volleyball Matches
- Pizza Night
EXCURSIONS
- Paradise Place
- Paradise Beach/Milao
- Sao Luis Transition Town
- Sintra/Lisbon
- Zambujera do Mar and Milfontes
COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION:
The project was founded in Germany in 1978. In 1995 it moved to Portugal. Today 170 people live and work on a property of 330 acres. The founding thought was to develop a non-violent life model for cooperation between human being, animal and nature. Soon it became clear that the healing of love and of human community had to be placed at the center of this work. Sexuality, love and partnership need to be freed from lying and fear, for there can be no peace on Earth as long as there is war in love. The ecological and technological research of Tamera includes the implementation of a retention landscape for the healing of water and nature, as well as a model for regional autonomy in energy and food. Through the Global Campus and the Terra Nova School Tamera is working within a global network on the social, ecological and ethical foundations of a new Earth — Terra Nova.