Ian Mostert
Project leader Children and Nature @ IVN Natuureducatie
Ian Mostert is the Children and Nature project leader at IVN Nature Education. Connections are made between children and nature where you learn about nature, your own physical capabilities, cooperation and imagination.
He was involved in the development of many natural schoolyards in Rotterdam. In 2014, Ian developed the current concept of green-blue schoolyards in Rotterdam. As a youth health worker, Ian discovered the importance of space as an essential component for both children and parents to grow up in the more urbanizing city. Both physical and mental space is needed to be able to develop more freely and to enable a sustainable future.
In the green-blue schoolyards, children and the neighborhood are also in an environment that is good for the climate and biodiversity. In this way the participants can look more consciously at their environment and develop a positive attitude and behaviour with regard to climate and biodiversity
