Aveen Colgan
Education & Partnerships
Aveen is founder and director of the Green Living Lab. She is from Northern Ireland and feels blessed to have grown up surrounded by the beautiful nature there. She shares her deep respect of nature in her work to direct the GLL’s learning experiences and to create restorative natural spaces.
Maggie Mulley
Education & Partnerships
Maggie studied in the dome at the Green Living Library, and is a graduate of the Green Student Bootcamp Challenge 2017. She now helps lead our Education and Partnerships team to develop events and collaborations. She grew up in England and has a Masters in Geo-Information Science & Remote Sensing from Wageningen. A recent trip to Norway to research the impact of reindeer carcasses on ecosystems showed her the regenerative power of nature firsthand.
Gabi Figueiredo
Interactive Learning & Communications
Gabi is from Brazil and has a Masters in Clinical and Experimental Psychology. She is passionate about the power of nature connection to support mental health. She is a proud graduate of the Green Student Bootcamp Challenge 2018 and now leads our Interactive Learning and Communications teams.
Deeksha Sharma
Interactive Learning & Development
Deeksha joined us in summer 2019 to help facilitate ‘Paradise Earth’: our regenerative culture programme at the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. She is from India and is now based in the growing Dutch city of Almere. She works as a software engineer and applies her skills to co-lead our Interactive Learning team.
Gabriela Dankova
Learning Facilitation
Gabriela is a PhD candidate of molecular biology at the Erasmus Medical Centre. She grew up in the Czech Republic, where regular forest walks from an early age fostered her strong bond with nature. She applies her organisational skills in her dual roles in as Learning Facilitation lead and Team Coordinator.
Kristina Kalpaklieva
Creative Workshop Leader
Kristina is a creative copywriter and amateur artist. Inspired by the Green Living Lab and its spirit of positivity and connection, she leads “Art in Nature” workshops for children by age or at heart.