ABOUT
This Is How We Started
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Mike: Pioneer of Peppelhof (Limburg, the Netherlands) ReDesigning the Dutch countryside with food forestry, off-the-grid-eco-houses, intergenerational finance, and rewilding soils and souls
Desiree: we met in Peppelhof as permaculturists, and I went back to big-business for scalable nature-based solutions and wildfire propagation. Nature's Math. Superformula. ESG-consultancy. Together we represent 3 continents. Mike is European-African, Desiree is European Asian.
Désirée Driesenaar
Bonus-mother of 2. Grandmother of 4.
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Since 1988: International business development tech sectors and mathematics. Ecology-economy.
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Since 2012: Green-Blue geometry and education
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Sciences partnerships for AI-IoT-integration
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Since 2020: advisor EU Commission: Blue Economy
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Regenerative farmers, wildfire, visionary architecture, circular economy projects. Biodesign.
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Regenerative courses with Vanessa in her Pandasia Project in Greece. Soil/water. Healthy buildings. Community. Financing.
You can find my profile on LinkedIn. Dutch Design based.Half of the year, we live in Greece. Peloponnese Living.
We have a newsletter on Substack: Abundanism. Greek Hidden Gems. I write sensate books (I'm synesthetic) and reports. 800+ stories on Medium. We also have a YouTube Channel.
Your daily dose of Simple Complexity.
Welcome to our fast-spinning planet.
Why don't we FEEL that?
Immersive Design
Warm regards, Desiree
Mike Harps
In 2012, my life clicked together on Mount Everest in Nepal. My professional work was in transport & logistics.
I became a pioneer in a regenerative Dutch rural project. Peppelhof by Stichting Phien soon after.
Now, there is 80+ ha of rewilded land and water. 4 farms. 39+ families. "Building Paradise". Also a 6-episode documentary on national Dutch TV.
I've always loved airplanes, birds, cars, trucks, water, sea, cultures and travel. I'm sporty and a granddad. I'm intuitive and I "feel" how life enfolds. I see pictures of healthy futures just like Desiree does. Living like a pilgrim. Simple life in the fast and slower lanes...
Adventurous and walking with mindfulness.
Warm regards, Mike Harps