Pater Niklaus BRANTSCHEN (Jesuit and authorised Zen-Teacher. Former Leader of the Lasalle-Institute, Switzerland):
Dieter Duhm opposes a culture of war and death a culture of peace and life. Therefore I want to thank him.

Gloria CUARTAS, Human Rights Activist and former Major of Apartadó, Colombia, awarded by the UNESCO with the "Mayors for Peace Award“:
Dear Friends: From Colombia I am writing to the men and women who commit for a world which is free of violence, free of oppression and free of an economic structure in which the compliance with Human Rights can no longer be guaranteed. I am writing from the position of a woman who is working for peace, as an advocate of Human Rights; I was awarded by the UNESCO as "Mayoress of Peace". I am committing my life to accompany communities who defend their right to live on their land and to no longer be driven away in Colombia - a country which is drowning in and over 50-years-long civil war. Through this commitment I got to know Tamera in Portugal. My experience in the peace community of Tamera was a gift for my life like from mother nature. It brought calmness, friends and community into my life. I can count on a large group of friends who haven't left me alone, not even from Portugal, not even in the most difficult months of my life, when I have been in exposed to political, military persecutions, which I have suffered again and again during the last eight years and still do since I am part of the political opposition in Colombia, standing on the side of the suppressed. The community of Tamera hasn't left me alone when campaigns where launched against me, when I was defamed and threatened, which caused infinite suffering to me. In the community of Tamera I found good people who gave me their hands and their hearts and who have helped me to live. I found loyalty in the friendship.
I visit the Summer University of Tamera as a regular guest and I am in continuous communication. For this reason I know the community deeply. I have found a place there where I have contact with wonderful people, a place of integration, of knowledge, of continuous dialogue between men and women who commit their lives to find another possibility to make this planet in a more favourable way, and who, everybody for him/herself, contributes to the well-being of all fellow human beings wherever possible. Tamera is doing permanent research on new forms of relations between human beings and nature, between individual and collective life. This made me recommend this community to my friends, not only to those in Colombia but also in other parts of the world.
This community is definitely at a place where democracy is being built up. When I got to know this experiment my life as a woman found a new base. I could believe in solidarity, in freedom and in respect of life again.
I thank the community of Tamera for every day they have been using to protect my life and the lives of the people in the "Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartad—" (Peace Community San José de Apartadó) in Colombia. I thank for their daily endeavours, to bring together many people on a global level, to defend the poorest people in Colombia who are fighting for their right of life and peace. Always count on my love and my gratefulness.

Arun Gandhi, President, M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA:
Dieter Duhm makes a profound case for living peace rather than talking peace. This will be essential if we want to create a future without war. His book "Future without War" is an outstanding book and a “must” for every peacemaker.

Ross and Hildur Jackson, Founders of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Denmark:
Tamera is one of the ecovillages in our global network that we always listen to, as you are taking very radical and innovative steps in many directions and with great courage, as in your peacework, university and Solar Village project. Experimenting means finding new paths and this often awakens fear and opposition. But humankind needs this kind of experimentation. We hope you will continue with your courageous initiatives so that we may all learn from your successes and failures. As we have never visited Tamera, we look forward to seeing for ourselves sometime soon.

Max O. LINDEGGER, Ecovillage Designer, Teacher Crystal Waters, Australia:
I have visited Tamera on 3 occasions over the last couple of years. I have been teaching on the Ecovillage Design Education Course, presented at the Summer University and worked with the Ecology, Architectural and Planning teams. Exchanges via e-mail are ongoing. I found my Tamera friends open to experimentation in Agriculture, Architecture, Technology and Governance - the way we live together as communities. These are hard working people with a clear focus where they want to go and they are able to keep an open mind to new ideas. Their work in the field of Solar Technology (and others) is without doubt "leading Edge" and I'm convinced that the hard work will lead to solutions the wider population will benefit from in the future. The programmes at Tamera continue to bring out the best in young people - excellent and confident organisers. I miss my friends at Tamera - a place which has become a "Home away from Home" and I wish them all the best in finding solutions for a challenging future for this planet.

Vasamalli POTHILI, Speaker of the Todas, India:
I experienced in Tamera community life. A functioning community is very essential for having peace in the world. Tamera people give importance to plants, animals, earth, even to stones. They are trying to get original knowledge of the human being by getting to know grassroot people, whom we would call “vana vasi”, those who are more or less dependent on nature and the so called “civilized” people. I felt that Tamera is an ancient and sacred place. There are so many open hearts in Tamera. I also found that the people in Tamera mean what they say and act according to what they have said. This is why they can trust each other. There are some similarities in their community life with my Toda community in India.

Peacevillage SAN JOSÉ DE APARTADÓ José, Colombia:
We do not have words to express how grateful we are for all the support you have given to us, for all you have taught us and for the amount of respect and solidarity arising in our cooperation. All of it for a better world! Your pioneering geist is a source of inspiration which nourishes our peace process. These are invaluable things we can only thank for.
We felt you very close, very close to our pain, to our work, to our joys, to our daily work. We do really see you as brothers, with great respect and a lot of heart. We know you are standing at our side.

Srinivasan SOUNDARA RAJAN (Barefoot College, Tilonia, India):
What is so remarkable about being and living in the Tamera Community is their genuine initiatives to work towards Peace amongst all irrespective of gender class and creed.
While representing Barefoot College, Tilonia at the Summer University 2006 one had first hand experience of living amongst the Tamera Community which reassured us that the peaceful and non-violent efforts taken up by the Tamera Community to establish a Durable Peace for All. This gives everyone of us hope that it is possible. Our best wishes from the Tilonia Family.

Gideon SPIRO, Journalist and Peace Activist, Israel:
During my time with the Tamera community, I found that I disagreed with the members on some issues as well as agreed with them on many others, but I never for a moment doubted their commitment to world peace in general or to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more particularly. Their work in these areas deserves unwavering support. I urge anyone who can help the Tamera community in their worthy quest for peace to do so.