We base ourselves on the eco-social system (H.Oosterling, Down to Earth Magazine 2013). This is the circle of common everyday life events. Growing, caring, consuming and renewing. We get energy from caring for plants and preparing food. We focus on raising awareness of the ecosystem, ecological citizenship, nature, culture health and education.

We consume the energy by acting and reflecting. Renewal is something that people have to learn. Circularity, and the emphasis on it, is a clarification/elaboration of what we have called sustainability for a long time.



The eco-social circle is a circle because of the attention it places on renewal, placing humans within the cycle and thus making them an integral part of it. We are mindful of the diversity in our society and try to involve the neighbourhood, and city in the realisation and maintenance of our project.

This means that the Kok, Ceciel Landsaat, of our restaurant De Kok en de Tuinman (the cook and the gardener), mainly buys organically and sustainably grown local products, mindful of the ecological footprint. The food is seasonal, and vegetarian or prepared with North Sea fish. She can give workshops to make children and adults aware of good, healthy food and ways to prepare it. Internships can also be provided.



De Tuinman, Anna Veenstra, is aware of the positive power of nature on people as well as the negative effects of our way of life on nature. Our foundation would like to bring people together, allow them to develop and make them happier through nature. So Anna jumped right in when the opportunity arose to create a huge garden where the former playground of the old home economics academy of the Koningsveldestraat was. The old playground was completely tiled so it took some doing to turn it into a green space which contributes to a healthy urban ecology where people can learn about healthy, relaxed and meaningful living in harmony with urban nature. In short, we do more than making excellent food, brew coffee and water plants!