The Tamera & ZEGG Festival – From Crisis To Connection
Community - Our Strongest Response
The festival landing page will be released by mid-December.
Join us for an inspirational gathering where two visionary intentional communities – Tamera (Portugal) and ZEGG
– come together to explore elements of a new, peaceful culture. One essential aspect of the festival is to harvest the knowledge gained through the lived experience of communitarian life.Together we open a field of loving presence, deep encounters and collective wisdom, where our actions are rooted in connection and community becomes a living response.
Programme Overview
Thursday: Arriving in the Field
Opening circle, shared dinner, and guided dyads to arrive within. Context input on grief, spacious Popcorn Sharing, and ending in noble silence.
Friday – Grief Ritual & Community
Morning: collective grief ritual. Afternoon: homegroups, community principles, global circle, and different workshops for nervous system regulation and energy release. Evening mantra starry night.
Saturday – Our Strongest Response
Inspirational panel talks on collective responses. Homegroups & global circle. Evening celebration with party, high-state ritual, and free dance space
Sunday – Integration & Closing
Summer Solstice ritual, homegroups, reflection, and shared closing. Integration and transition back into the world.
Festivalplan - changes possible; Version: 12/25
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Frühbucher bis 11.01.2026: 136 €
Seminarleiter:innen
Gerrit Jacobi
Gerrit Jacobi studied business administration and has been involved in various initiatives such as Studies for Future in Berlin. At the Tamera & ZEGG-Festival, he is responsible for all organizational matters and for weaving together all areas of work within the communities. With his esprit, he brings a fresh breeze to the team!
Since 2022, Gerrit—who has been visiting the ZEGG since his youth—has been living in the ZEGG community. Here, he organizes and co-leads festivals as part of the team, such as the Summer Camp in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and Easter in 2025. Since January 2025, he has been one of four managing directors at ZEGG. Previously, he worked for various (start-up) companies in Berlin that contribute to a sustainable transformation of the world.These are research topics that move Gerrit:> Peace> Connected effectiveness
> Collective (or more collective) leadership “Qualities I like to embody are clarity, flow, and connection.”
Gerrit Jacobi hat Betriebswirtschaft studiert und sich für verschiedene Initiativen wie die Studies for Future in Berlin eingesetzt. Beim Sommercamp ist er für alles Organisatorische und das verweben aller Arbeitsbereiche der Gemeinschaft zuständig. Er bringt mit seinem Esprit Frische ins Team!
Seit 2022 lebt Gerrit, der das ZEGG schon seit seiner Jugend besucht, in der ZEGG-Gemeinschaft. Hier organisiert und leitet er im Team Festivals wie 2023 und 2024 das Sommercamp und 2025 Ostern. Seit Januar 2025 ist er einer von vier Geschäftsführer_innen im ZEGG. Vorher arbeitete er für verschiedene (Start-up)- Unternehmen in Berlin, die zu einem nachhaltigen Wandel auf dieser Welt beitragen.
Das sind Forschungsthemen, die Gerrit bewegen:
Friedenverbundene Wirksamkeit kollektive(re) Führung„Qualitäten, die ich gerne verkörpere sind Klarheit, Flow und Anbindung.“
Gerrit Jacobi studied business administration and has been involved in various initiatives such as Studies for Future in Berlin. At the Summer Camp, he is responsible for all organizational matters and for weaving together all areas of work within the community. With his esprit, he brings a fresh breeze to the team!Since 2022, Gerrit—who has been visiting the ZEGG since his youth—has been living in the ZEGG community. Here, he organizes and co-leads festivals as part of the team, such as the Summer Camp in 2023 and 2024, and Easter in 2025. Since January 2025, he has been one of four managing directors at ZEGG. Previously, he worked for various (start-up) companies in Berlin that contribute to a sustainable transformation of the world.
Vera Kleinhammes
Elias Schmidt
Born in 2001, at ZEGG since 2022
Elias completed his training in the ZEGG garden and works there with great joy as part of a dedicated team. He’s also involved in the Center for World Philosophy and Religion. The question that drives him is: How and where can we be effective in today’s world? Elias is a person full of curiosity and energy who can get excited about many different topics.
Hannah Stietenroth
A question that continues to guide her is: How can we strengthen relational competence – with ourselves, with one another, with the earth, and within our social and political systems?
In her educational work, she accompanies groups through processes around mediation, trauma healing, and democratic engagement. She is a certified Yoga Teacher and Holistic Bodywork Practitioner. Since 2016, she has lived and learned in different intentional communities.
Jessica Bomball
Jessica Bomball studied theater in Leipzig and worked as a professional actress for many years. She loves to act, perform and improvise, and in these artistic expressions finds a powerful channel for her creative energies. She joined Tamera in 2017, where she finds a place to perform and live these life energies not only “on stage” but in real life. She’s a community builder and socially supports adults, youth and children.
