Geertjan is certified Participatory Action Researcher at SevenSenses. He completed the SevenSenses PAR Practitioners Program with success and is currently arranging new PAR opportunities on different subjects together with his SevenSenses colleagues. In 2022 he successfully completed the PAR-Trainers Training and now gives in-company PAR-trainings and is part of the trainers team of the SevenSenses PAR Practitioners Program.
Geertjan:
“In 2019, I first came into contact with Participatory Action Research. I was the temporary coordinator of a PAR project aimed at stimulating the energy transition in several neighborhoods in Utrecht and Amsterdam. Primary schools and their students were also involved. I became very inspired by this approach and decided to enroll in the training program.
I love the open and creative spirit of PAR. Moreover, you can apply PAR to almost any subject! That means PAR offers opportunities to broaden your horizons. And that has been a great motivation for me to enroll in the SevenSenses PAR Practitioners Program.
Besides PAR, I am active as a singer-songwriter and storyteller. I have released an album and two singles and perform on stage with a cabaret show I wrote myself, When the Trees Called the Rain. In this mix of stories and songs, the relationship between humans and nature is central. The performance is a plea to put nature at the center and to re-embrace indigenous wisdom in our culture.
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