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Many of our 2020 camp experiences have been postponed due to the Covid-19 virus. We look forward to continue the gatherings when it is safe to do so. Please check our website or subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates. We commend the efforts by so many of us to limit the spread of the virus and send deep thanks to the healthcare workers across the globe taking care of those most affected. We see our work of bringing balance back to ecosystems as more important than ever. Our team is busy building our organizational capacity during this time so that we can share the message of regenerative land management even further. We are grateful for your support and look forward to seeing you at camp in the future.
ABOUT ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION CAMPS
Ecosystem Restoration Camps Foundation is a Dutch non-profit foundation with hundreds of members from over 30 countries around the world, and we continue to grow. In 2017 we established Camp Altiplano, the first Ecosystem Restoration Camp in Spain, and now have a camp on every continent. Our aim is to open 100 camps by 2030.
Our structure enables us to work with an executive Board of Directors, a volunteer and financially responsible Supervisory Board and a strategic Advisory Council. We regularly work with our members in the development of the foundation to incorporate their thoughts and ideas into our strategy moving forward.
Read our organisation articles in English or in Dutch, or read more about our Policy Plan and Privacy Statement.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pieter van der Gaag
Director
Jan Hein van der Hoeven
Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS – ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Are appointed by and are accountable to the Supervisory Board.
- Act as a daily representative to the Foundation and are being paid for their time if that time is substantial.
- Adopt, prepare, and execute the Foundation’s policy, within the frameworks as decided by the Supervisory Board.
- Manage the budget of the Foundation and produce its annual reports.
- Lead the team.
Erin Beasley
Director – USA
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION CAMPS - USA
- Is selected by and accountable to the US Board of Directors.
- Act as a daily representative of Ecosystem Restoration Camps in the United States.
- Lead development and implementation of US fundraising, strategy and grantmaking with partners and the global Ecosystem Restoration Camps movement.
- Manage the budget of the US operations and produce annual reports.
STAFF
Ashleigh Brown
Business Development Coordinator
Egle Stropute
Marketing Coordinator
Scott Israel
Technical Coordinator
Fae Rinaldo
Fundraising Coordinator
Cristina Pianca
Fundraising Coordinator
Inge Kerkhof
Camp Coordinator
Oliver Goshey
Restoration Consultant
Paul Brown
Public Relations
Ben Stromback
Video Production & Comms
Cath Ritchie
Communications Coordinator
ADVISORY COUNCIL
John D. Liu
Chair; Visiting Research Fellow Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), Ecosystem Ambassador – Commonland Foundation
Tim Harland
Publisher at Permaculture Magazine
Maddy Harland
Editor of Permaculture Magazine
Ben Falk
Founder of Whole Systems Design
May East
Chief Executive of GAIA Education
Dr. John Todd
Principle of John Todd Ecological Design
Patrick Worms
Senior Science Policy and Communications Advisor at World Agro-Forestry Center (ICRAF)
Dietmar Roth
President of Alvelal Cooperative
Ronnie Cummins
Regeneration International
Andre Leu
President of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Albert Bates
The Farm Ecovillage Training Center
Charling Tao
Professor of Physics, CNRS at Centre National de la recherché scientifique
Warren Brush
Co-Founder of Quail Springs Permaculture
Lauren Tucker
Director of Product Development at White Buffalo Land Trust, Board Chair of Kiss the Ground
Daniel Wahl
Author of Designing Regenerative Cultures
Leo Van der Vlist
Director of Netherlands Institute for Indigenous People
Professor Li Rui
President of World Association for Soil and Water Conservation
Rob Wheeler
Main Representative to the United Nations, Global Ecovillage Network
Willem Ferwerda
CEO of Commonland Foundation
Bela Hatvany
Chairman of Mustardseed Trust
Brock Dolman
Co-Founder & Program Director of Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Alan Watson Featherstone
Founder of Trees for Life
Andrew Langford
Founder of Gaia University
Liora Adler
Founder of Gaia University
Amory Lovins
Cofounder of Rocky Mountain Institute
Mark Cohen
Cofounder of Far Valley Farm Community Land Trust;
Founder of Belize Agroforestry Research Center
Misha Teasdale
Founder of Greenpop
Carl Pretorius
Managing Director of Just Trees
Leo Horn
Head of the World Resources Institute, UK Office
Mark Shepard
Forest Agriculture Enterprises and New Forest Farm
Helmy Abouleish
CEO of SEKEM Initiative
Li An Phoa
Founder of Drinkable Rivers
Tom Duncan
CEO of Earthbanc; Co-Founder of Liquid Token; Research Fellow CRDC George Mason University (Earth Back to Eden Project)
John Button
Permaculture Designer & Co-Founder of GreenGaiaProject
Wouter van Eck
Designer & Co-Farmer of Food Forest Ketelbroek; Chair of Voedselbosbouw Foundation
Sonne Copijn
Director of Bee Foundation
Michael “Skeeter” Pillarski
Founder of Friends of the Trees Society; Founder of Global Earth Repair Foundation
ADVISORY COUNCIL – ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Advisory Council gives strategic advice and guidance to the Supervisory Board and the General Assembly. John D. Liu is currently serving as director of the advisory board.
SUPERVISORY BOARD
François De Keuleneer
Chairman
Jane Nakhanu Wegesa Fraser
Member
Paloma Caro
Member
Loucky Spit
Member
Rhamis Kent
Member
Reem N Bsaiso
Member
Nanno Kleiterp
Member
SUPERVISORY BOARD – ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Are responsible and accountable for all decisions of the Foundation.
- Appoint a Board of Directors and oversee the day-to-day affairs of the Foundation.
- Oversee the budget, financial planning, and reporting process.
- Approve annual plans, financial statements, reports, and budgets.
- Oversee strategy and help to minimize risks associated with the Foundation’s activities, regulation and compliance issues.