We are the
Restore Nature Foundation

We are people driven to create positive change.
Part of a movement dedicated to restoring nature to its natural form. Because in the end we are all part of nature.
People safeguarding the vision:
Board members

I believe that the worldwide ecological crisis and the growing social inequality are the most urgent challenges of our time. Therefore, it is up to our generation to look for possibilities how to interweave these topics and look for holistic solutions.
Given my background in Community Development and Socio-Cultural Anthropology, I am interested in how people mobilize and organise themselves around a shared vision. Like we do around with the foundation around ecosystem restoration. I believe that an inclusive and local approach is important to create long term collaborations and impact.
Apart from my role as secretary for the Restore Nature Foundation I want to help develop solutions that integrate local communities and locally embed them in an ethical way.
How we function
We function as a non profit organization with the objective to serve a common cause: ecosystem restoration.
Team functioning
Our team consists of two directors and three board members: together they carry the vision of the organization, each contributing with their own qualities.
We meet regularly to receive updates on the financial and operating conditions of the foundation, as well as planning our activities and putting our objectives into concrete activities.
The two directors initiate, manage and evaluate the activities of the Foundation. For their efforts to pull the wagon, initiating and executing actions, managing day to day tasks and setting up larger objectives and work in the field they receive a reasonable financial compensation that does not exceed modal income. Both working on a freelance bases.
The members of the board provide oversight, leadership and guidance for the foundation's legal and ecological paths. They also serve as the legal check and balance of the organization, carrying responsibility for the healthy and just management of the foundation. Official decisions and approval for actions are responsibilities of the members of the board: they take place by democratic majority voting.
The board members do not get financial rewards for their activities in their role. They can get compensated for certain costs that fall under our financial compensation policy.
Transparency & focus
We aim to be as transparant as possible by communicating, reporting and keeping track of our activities and administration.
We aim to invest as much of the funds as we can to create in-depth and sustainable impact on nature. And at the same time we aim to create a sustainable income for our people doing the work so they can keep committing themselves while being able to support their livelihood.
Together we are dedicating as much time as we can to our cause. As we believe this way we can be part of a bigger movement that is building a hopeful future.