Ian Mostert

About Ian Mostert Ian Mostert is project leader Child and Nature at IVN Nature Education. Connections are made between children and nature where you learn about nature, your own physical capabilities, cooperation and imagination. Because of his involvement in the development of children, Ian is active in many initiatives to let children play, learn, move, meet and relax outside. He was involved in the development of many natural schoolyards in Rotterdam. In 2014, Ian developed the current concept of green-blue schoolyards in Rotterdam, which evolves every year and is strengthened and expanded with an entire program team of municipal officials and experts within the network. As a youth health worker, Ian discovered the importance of space as an essential component for both children and parents to grow up in the more urbanizing city. Both physical and mental space is needed to be able to develop more freely and to enable a sustainable future. In the green-blue schoolyards, children and the neighborhood are also in an environment that is good for the climate and biodiversity. In this way the participants can look more consciously at their environment and develop a positive attitude and behavior with regard to climate and biodiversity