Patensie (SA): Living Lands warmly welcomes Marijn Zwinkels to South Africa. Marijn will take up the position of Programme Coordinator for the Dutch Government’s Water for Food & Ecosystems Programme to which Living Lands has been appointed to manage as part of the collaborative network PRESENCE in the Baviaanskloof.  “I am looking forward to bringing the knowledge I gained in Holland to South Africa and seeing how bets I can put it to use here” says Marijn.  “The definitely be a change of lifestyle in moving to more of a work and personal life combination but I hope I can find a balance there.”  Marijn will be based at  PRESENCE Learning Village at Kouga Dam and is excited about the possibilities his new role will bring. “ I hope that by the end of my first year I  have – with the help of our partners -  been able to get the various aspects of the project working effectively so that we can continue utilising future investments wisely in the following years.”

Living Lands is a South African foundation setup by EarthCollective to act as secretariat  to the PRESENCE Learning Network. PRESENCE aims to guide and mainstream the restoration of ‘living landscapes’.