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Who are we?
Click on any picture to start the gallery
and read about some of the RE-PEAT team and network
(and enjoy some quarantine-friendly headshots)
This page is constantly being updated so may not include all current
members.
Lara-Lane Plambeck
Member of Peat Fest Working Group
"Hi, I’m Lara. I study Cultural Analysis and am interested in bringing together social and environmental justice in academia, culture and activism. I went to COP25 with some people who started RE-PEAT just then. We talked about Peatlands on the bus where I just read about them in “Soil and Soul”. Just after that I realized how much of my own place of birth in Northern Germany used to be peatlands. I feel a deep sense of responsibility and gratefulness for this earth that has been my parental body of choice. And I feep deep grief for the monocultural violation and extractivist exploitation it has been having to endure. I believe that Western bodies and minds need to be decolonized just like the Earth for healing in times of Climate Collapse. I am glad we are here to give back care to peatlands that nurture soil, clean the air and keep us alive."
Gijs Lochten
Member of Media and Promotion Working Group
"Hi hi, my name is Gijs. I’m currently studying philosophy in Belgium at Ghent University. Coming from the countryside, I was interested in getting to know the nature around me from a young age. But as I grew older, I came to learn more and more about climate change and the human destruction of the environment, realising that even in my own countryside village nature had become scarce. That’s why I decided to search for ways to help to protect what I learned to love. I came into contact with RE-PEAT by meeting Ireen during my exchange in Sweden and felt immediately attracted by the focus on peatland. It was only recently that I learned about the importance of peatland and it was even more recent since I discovered a small patch of peatland still intact in my own hometown! It quickly became the place to go whenever I needed to clear my head. That’s why I didn’t think twice about joining this group of RE-PEATERS, where I can share my fascination with these wonderfully weird wetlands with others. By being part of RE-PEAT, I hope to contribute to the protection of peatlands all over the world, so that more people can find their own patch of peatland to help them clear their heads."
Kate Goodman
Member of Bog Academy Working Group
"Hi, I’m Kate. I am currently studying Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Management at Harper Adams University in the UK. I first leant about peatlands in one of my lectures and decided to write an assignment about them which is when I found RE-PEAT. I learnt so much about peatlands and their importance as a carbon sink and how they could improve our climate and so I decided I wanted to take action to spread awareness about peatlands and their benefits as a habitat.
It was only recently that I visited my first peatland. Seeing a peatland in person reinforced my motivation to restore these habitats and protect the species that inhabit it because they’re fascinating."
Okke Reuer
Member of Peat Fest Working Group
"Hey there! My name is Okke (he) and I’m currently studying biodiversity and ecology in Göttingen, Germany.
My peat story starts with my father asking me to join him on a bird excursion – not to a peatland, but still: this trip sparked my passion for birds, and I haven’t stopped looking at landscapes from a bird’s eye view ever since.
When I visited my local peatland for the first time, I was enchanted by the grunting bittern, the butterfly-like lapwings and posing godwits. The birds seemed to ask: Who wouldn’t want to live in an ecosystem so full of freedom and inspiration? I started discovering the world of peatlands and eventually I’ve discovered RE-PEAT and its beautiful, holistic approach to peatland conservation."
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