I have been writing nature books for a series of Actua publishers for a few years now and the third part will be published soon ('green frogs'). I am also a forest engineer who, after 23 years of international work in forestry and nature management, has taken the time to help youth in the Netherlands experience nature and gain knowledge of nature and the relationship they can have with it. I also make films for YouTube for various clients. I am a secular Franciscan (Third Order) and enjoy the special knowledge that Francis of Assisi shares with us about our relationship to nature.