The last episode of the Ruhrpott tetralogie is now online at Ruhrpott Part IV - long…
Photography about tamera
Tamera is an EcoVillage in Portugal. The project was founded in Germany in 1978. In 1995 it moved to Portugal. As of today 170 people live and work on a property of about 330 acres. Find out more at Tamera.org

Give
A sculpture at one of the lakes in Tamera, Portugal

From the outside
Blueprint meeting at the Ecovillage Tamera, Portugal

The plan I
Biogas experts discussing the production of a new biogas storage.

An then there were stars
I'm living in Essen, Germany. One of those city full of light pollution.

Fit
Solar Cities intern working on an IBC.

Planting the seeds of sustainable living
Planting the seeds of sustainable living

more seeds for growth
more seeds for growth

Discuss I
Biogas experts talking about a biogas plant.

Team work I
Working on parts for a biogas plant during the biogas experimentation week in Tamera, Portugal

I like tomatoes
I like tomatoes, growing only for seeds

ripe figs to be cropped
ripe figs to be cropped. They are so delicious.

under the serious moonlight
under the serious moonlight in Tamera, Portugal

Discuss II
Bee and TH discussing the insulation of a biogas plant.

Biogas workshop II
A professor explaining a biogas plant to the audience.

Fairtrade arabic coffee
Fairtrade Arabic coffee found on my why to hill

Biogas workshop I
TH Culhane explaining the Puxin biogas plant to biogas training course participants.

Straw bale shredder
Solar C³ITIES intern is Shredding the straw bale at Tamera, Portugal

Sundown
Sundown at the Ecovillage Tamera, Portugal

Distill the sun
A sunn distiller invented by Jürgen Kleinwächter, shown at Ecovillage Tamera in Portugal.

Sahara camping
A small transporter besides a tree at an ecovillage

loci the cat
this cat needed much of scratching and fondling.

Selfportrait
"Self portrait" during sundown in Tamera, Portugal

Besides the football field
Besides the football field

A free wish
A free wish - falling star during a night in Tamera, Portugal

Golf car
Golf car

Reverse optical path measurement
Optical engineer presenting a reverse optical path measurement.

A piece of art
A euro note origami looking like a shirt

Testing the clay II
Different soils and its clay content during the testing process.

Composting toilets
Composting toilets

Wall cut
A view through a window into another world.

Happy together
Part of the biogas experimentation week cheering for the cam.

Team site visit
Surplus team during a site visit in Tamera

In the shadow
Sundown in Tamera Portugal.

Junk Yard
A small junk yard in the middle of an ecovillage

Team work II
Working on the insulation of a biogas plant.

Ruhrpott Part Four - long kiss goodbye
Part four of the Ruhrpott series. The final chapter. I was already torn away from Essen.

twenty days and one week
In 2015 we stayed for twenty days and one week in Finland.

the blue flame tour
In 2014 I went to Ireland for protest, permaculture and biogas.

The LINK exchange
While being on Gran Canaria - specifically Las Palmas - for the LINK project - I had the chance to take my old Nex 7 out and shoot some photos.…

cuban affairs
Cigars, cars and landscapes. Photos from Cuba, the city of Havana, and Varadero

Ruhrpott Part One - a new city
Over 8 years I took a lot of photos. I started with a Canon 60D and then switched to a Sony Nex 7. Those bulky and heavy DSLRs are like dinosaurs…

I love Berlin
Berlin, the capital of Germany. I have to say: yes, I do love Berlin.

oh my portugal
Visting Portugal / Tamera ecoVillage in September 2014 on invitation by Solar C³ities e.V. I joined the Blueprint, a group of like minded people…

Portuguese days
In September 2017 I went to Portugal to meet with the Blueprint Alliance.