AyA Team
![Anastasia](https://aya-nature.one/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Anastasia.jpg)
Anastasia
Community building, self-sufficiency and dancing/movement are my personal interests. I look forward to a physical place where these can come together and we can work together in living from the ground up and acting from the heart.
I see myself working in the food forest and everything that flows from it. But my interests also lie in bringing different elements together. I also like to see the whole thing and it usually comes naturally.
Background in 5 elements, movement, massage and teaching assistant. Pulled out in recent years and was allowed to gain experience in social gardens and permaculture.
![Astrid](https://aya-nature.one/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ecodorp-aya-astrid-2.jpg)
Astrid
At a young age I dreamed of huge hands that protected the earth and freed it from environmental pollution. In my mind I flew over lush countryside with vast forests and clear, clean, flowing water.
I really want to contribute to a clean, healthier earth for our children.
Occupations:
Waldorf teacher
Cultural Entrepreneur
![Catharina](https://aya-nature.one/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catharina.jpg)
Catharina
“I like nothing better than planting trees and cutting herbs for even more
biodiversity in our green environment. I prefer to make beautiful products that support our health in a tailor-made way.”
At the Floraya circle I help to grow, harvest and process medicinal herbs as a link in the entire chain from plant to oil. I feel completely at home in this region. For Aya you can contact me with anything with a € sign, from my role as treasurer.
Occupations:
CEO ‘In de koperen ketel‘ distillery workshop in Gilze NB, author of ‘Lavender’ distillery book: practical manual’ and ‘Larch, Spar and Scots Pine: conifers with a medicinal effect’, employee (volunteer) Social TRade Organization socialtrade.nl, transition advisor/trainer community building.
![Demian](https://aya-nature.one/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Demian-e1608152463730.jpg)
Demian
It feels to me that since my childhood on the farm and in nature, this society, this boat drifts further and further away from the mainland, nature. I would like to make the movement back to living with and in nature. For myself and also for the children after me.
I am in an environment that invites happiness, contact, abundance, playfulness and wonder.
Occupations:
Illustrator, animator, 3d artist, designer, musician, teacher, workshop supervisor
![Ronald](https://aya-nature.one/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ronald-Natuurcentrum-aya-medewerker.jpg)
Ronald
Haya,
AyA is a life goal. Leaving a better world for my daughter is what motivates me the most. When I am in nature, eating healthy and exercising I feel best. But there is less and less nature and harmony is hard to find in modern cities. Changing this together is worth more than gold.
Occupations:
yoga teacher
web designer
![Yordi](https://aya-nature.one/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Moontreeman-natuurcentrum-aya-hovenier.jpg)
Yordi
How do I see myself in the eco-village?
– Construction and design of eco houses
– Creation of food forests and terrain
– Teacher of permaculture, herbalism and natural building
Experience
– Own company (Permaculture Innovations) Ecosystem restoration, paradise gardens and innovation by permaculture
– Food forest expert
– Designer
– Teacher
– Herbalist
– Gardener
– Eco ponds
– Street work
– Tree care
– Green roofs
![Michele](https://aya-nature.one/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AYA-klaver-gold-20210512-met-schaduw_small.jpg)
Michele
Permaculture, eco building, eco communities, engineer.
Michele has been with AYA for many years. He’s very creative and a teamplayer.