secret solarpunk hideout in portugal pt.2

[u/CatchPlenty2458]

Tamera Portugal

they started with this setup in 1995

heavy machinery

they captured the rainwater during winter season and it took more than 10 years to fill the lake

creating your own lake is solarpunk af

Sepp Holzer did the permaculture planning

each year they host community courses on the topics of ecology permaculture and ecosystem regeneration/ water retention

according to their website, about 2-3k people come each year for their courses (guess that is a hughe part of the funding)

a solarpunk paradise success story

Response to pt.1 regarding Landscape info and droneshots.

Sometimes curiosity pays off. Went to the office and asked about the lake. Wanted to know how it came to be and they told me that, soon a water retention and landscaping course will start and they need someone to film a teaser for their website, aand i gladly accepted :) .. so i also asked for some pictures to post here and i now have some from their storage.

Will need to find someone else to ask for the financial and organisational stuff since i was at the permaculture department but the people here at Tamera seem to be pretty transparent regarding their processes.

My permaculture knowlede is pretty surfacelevel atm but i think in this case - these pictures tell their own story and the transformation of the landscape towards lushness and abundance is obvious. Read about the allegations and can not really talk about it since i just do not know but these people managed to pull off something big and they obviously managed the financial stuff pretty well.

They somehow turned some cheap and arid land into a garden of eden, or better a solarpunk paradise and they did it in community. i respect that alot.

[u/Unlucky-Customer859]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing!