The goal of my pre-order and crowdfunding campaign has been reached! We did it. My book How social green are you? is becoming a reality. The very last book pre-order came in just twenty minutes before midnight, right before the …
Help grow a social green movement by pre-ordering my book in Dutch or/and English. For me, being social green means actively contributing to a society in which people, animals, and nature flourish together on an equal footing. In today’s world, …
After my web publication and exhibition on the history of the Geuzenhof, I was contacted by the BBC to ask whether garden journalist Monty Don could visit the Geuzenhof to talk with me about my research on Social Green for …
As part of my research for my book on Social Green, I attended the Dutch Black Scholar and Expert Conference at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. The conference centres Black expertise, highlighting experiences and research. My book …
Today I spent Outdoor Office Day in the Amsterdam Forest. Tamara van Witzenburg and Ioana Biris invited me to take part in the Wanderwalk with a Sustainable Leader. I used the opportunity to talk with various sustainability-minded thinkers about my …
In my lecture at Museum Het Schip Amsterdam I will elaborate on the need to combine social and green when designing cities. City dwellers should also make this quality their own, in order to increase the (public) greenery in the …
Lecture – The social-green heritage of garden architect Mien Ruys > Read more
My research on Social Green and the Geuzenhof is being presented this month at Rotterdam Architecture Month (1–30 June 2025) – the Netherlands’ largest architecture festival focused on the future of the city. My contribution is part of the main …
I am continuing my research on Social Green during guided tours and lectures. Furthermore, I am working on a book about Social Green – expanding the Geuzenhof network further, zooming out to a global perspective. While the adjective social-green doesn’t …
I was absolutely thrilled that so many people attended the opening of my exhibition ‘The People of Geuzenhof‘ last week at Arcam, Centre for Architecture Amsterdam. My exhibition is on view until April 6, 2025. Lively discussions unfolded in the …
My project, which many of you know as a ‘green project’, ‘garden documentation’ or ‘data story’, has now been given a name and has been published: “The Story of Geuzenhof”. The documentation was presented yesterday on the occasion of the launch …
