Nature is her best neighbor

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She has been taught this since her youth: if you are mentally and physically capable of helping others, then you should do it. Volunteering is a must!And she does a lot, such as giving swimming lessons at a swimming club (for 40 years!). In 2005, she took the initiative with a neighbor to improve the maintenance of the edges of the Middenmeer and Voorland sports parks in Amsterdam East in an environmentally friendly way with a group of volunteers. Every month they do all kinds of tasks, including hanging birdhouses, pollarding willows, and planting lots of flowers along the ditch banks to increase biodiversity.

Is nature also your best neighbor?

The group operates under the flagNature Your Best Neighbor, about 25 people regularly participate. And everyone is more than welcome to join in as well.Other volunteer opportunities in nature can be found here.

Photos: Sake Rijpkema