Europäische Akademie für Landschaftskultur
European Academy for the Culture of Landscape
Académie Européenne pour la Culture du Paysage
Accademia Europea per la Cultura del Paesaggio
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...the delicate, rounded leaves of opening linden buds, almost translucent, still fanned out. Beside them, the spherically arranged, light green stars of a maple blossom. Sensory experience connects us not only to the external appearance of things...
...Developing a renewed relationship with the landscape through mindful observation is more than a journey of discovery; it is also a path of learning that leads to ourselves...
Laurens Bockemühl
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The European Academy for Landscape Culture PETRARCA provides a forum for dialogue and research for all people who care about the preservation, care, and development of European cultural landscapes. This includes the conviction that landscapes can be reborn when people recognize their intrinsic role and are willing to take active responsibility.
...Landscape is therefore not a static state. Assessing its inhabitants and processes is a first step. But it then becomes a fluid understanding that appears different throughout the year, and more generally, in the passage of time...
Karin Mecozzi , Ars Herbaria, p. 48
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... the need for new paradigms for the governance of rural landscapes of Europe is urgent. Is there a future for Europe's landscape diversity?
Bas Pedroli
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Naturbeobachtung im Jahreslauf
Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2026 | 16:30 Uhr
Weitere Termine: 12. März, 09. April, 07. Mai,11. Juni 2026 | jeweils 16:30 Uhr
Ort: Frankenstraße 31, Stralsund bei Angela Pfennig
mit Sonja Schürger
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Tenerife – a volcanic island of contrasts
A Goethean exploration of their nature and culture, following in the footsteps of Alexander von Humboldt
Saturday, April 18 to Sunday, April 26, 2026
Location: Candelaria/Tenerife
with Sonja Schürger and Jan Albert Rispens
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Animal and human – as embodiments of soul and spirit
Basic training for Goetheanism Module 2
Thursday, April 30 to Sunday, May 3, 2026
Location: Anthroposophical Working Center Munich, Leopoldstraße 46 a
with Christoph Hueck, Berthold Heyden, Michael Kalisch, Jan Albert Rispens, Sonja Schürger and others
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To reach the flint fields from the Kleiner Jasmunder Bodden
Cycling tour with nature appreciation
Saturday, June 27, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Meeting point: Lietzow train station on Rügen
With Sonja Schürger
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Nature observation throughout the year | Second half of the year
Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 4:30 p.m.
Further dates : August 13, September 17, October 15, November 12 | each at 4:30 p.m.
Meeting point: Entrance to Kleiner Frankenteich, Wasserstraße stop, Stralsund
with Sonja Schürger
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Wege zur Heilpflanze: Die Mohngewächse – Schlafmohn, Hornmohn, Schöllkraut, Lerchensporn
Seminar und Exkursionen in goetheanistischer Naturerfahrung in Österreich
Samstag 18. Juli bis Samstag 25. Juli 2026
Ort: Berggasthof Sereinig, Bodental Kärnten, Österreich
Mit Sonja Schürger und Jan Albert Rispens
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Medicinal plants for people and landscape
Seminar on the Goethean-phenomenological experience of medicinal plants in their natural environment and understanding of their healing effects
Friday, July 3, 6 p.m. to Sunday, July 5, 2026, 12 p.m.
Location: Hof Amalion, Patricia Christmann, 17337 Uckerland near Prenzlau
With Sonja Schürger
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Rambles through the Rügen region - In the footsteps of Johann Jakob Grümbke Part III
Sunset on the Rugard near Bergen
Cycling tour with nature appreciation
Saturday, August 1, 2026 | 6-9 pm
Meeting point: Parking lot at Rugard | Rugardweg 13, 18528 Bergen
With Sonja Schürger and Angela Pfennig
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Rambles through the Rügen region - In the footsteps of Johann Jakob Grümbke Part IV
Towards the Kubitzer Bodden from Rambin to the salt pastures Drammendorf to Landow
Cycling tour with nature appreciation
Saturday, October 10, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Meeting point: 18573 Rambin on Rügen, train station
With Sonja Schürger and Angela Pfennig
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Phenomena – Processes – Gestures
Glimpses into the world of the elements
Basic training for Goetheanism Module 3
Thursday, November 5 to Sunday, November 8, 2026
Location: Anthroposophical Working Center Munich, Leopoldstr. 46a
With David Auerbach, Cornelis Bockemühl, Manfred Schleyer, Michael Kalisch, Jan Albert Rispens, Sonja Schürger and others
Organizer: Initiative for Goetheanism eV
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Information on all current and past activities can be found at ACTIVITIES | WORKSHOPS .
Book announcement – the new PETRARCA book has been released!
Sonja Schürger, Bas Pedroli, Laurens Bockemühl, Thomas van Elsen & Cornelis Bockemühl
Landscape – an inner journey of discovery
Ways to a vibrant relationship between humans and nature
304 pages, 130 color illustrations, hardcover
38 € / 46 CHF, ISBN 978-3-943305-56-2
Available now in bookstores
