directed by Sepp Holzer
As of October 2008 we will be offering four seminars with Sepp Holzer each year where one can learn the theory and practice of Holzer's Permaculture in conjunction with the actual development of the water landscape in Tamera.
“Holzer's Permaculture
means landscape design in a wider sense:
Correct the mistakes of past,
enable the symbioses of mutual effects,
letting nature work,
reestablishing natural cycles.“
(Sepp Holzer)
The essential areas of Holzer's Permaculture are the development of water landscapes for the ecological renaturation of the land, and the evolution of many mutually-supportive communities of plant and biotopes, which also create a self-sufficient supply of food for the people living there.
In addition to dealing with these basic topics, each seminar has its own focus in such a way that the seminars can be attended individually, or as a series that complement each other. 
Water Landscape and AquaCulture
Directed by: Sepp Holzer and the Ecology Team of Tamera
Topics:
Building water landscapes, ponds, wet and dry areas, taking the different geological situations of valleys and slopes/hills into consideration
How to create biotopes where water purifies itself naturally
Inventory of the flora and the fauna in the area of the water landscape water plants and fishes
“Learning to read nature”: Perception/Survey of a catchment area/watershed; recognizing symbiosis of mutual effects in dry and wet areas Shallow, shore, and deep water zones and their meaning
Continued development and design of the experimental areas designed during the October seminar: mixed and undersown crops in the cultivation of vegetables and grain
Installation of experimental grain areas with ancient grain, single grain, and emmer
Building raised beds and terraces
Planting fruit tress and bushes
Continuation of the design of the “Sensual Garden” at vital energetic places in Tamera
General Information:
Depending on the weather conditions, the contents of the seminars are subject to change.
Price:
850 Euro per seminar, includes accommodation in 4-bed Visitor Huts with your own sleeping bag and vegan food. You may book a room in the Guest House at an additional cost, if available.
For each seminar the first day named is always the date of arrival, the last day always the date of departure.
Registration:
office(at)tamera.org
phone: +351 283 635 306.
Take note of the dates of the coming seminars in 2009:
June 3 - 10
September 25 - October 2
December 2 - 9
Detailed curricula to be determined.
Read an article from Sepp Holzer how is working with us in Tamera :
Water is life! - a Model for Renaturation of Dry Regions.
In southern Portugal, a pilot model shows how the desertification of the Mediterranean and other threatened places in the world can be stopped. It is also a model for regional food autonomy.
http://www.newearthrising.org/2008/11/water-is-life---a-model-for-renaturation-of-dry-regions.asp
Permaculture Rebel Sepp Holzer : http://www.krameterhof.at/
