Visiting the Volkstuin of Almere
In Almere lives the largest Suriname community in the Netherlands. In this Volkstuin they bring their native crops and grow them under the glass, where the climate reaches the optimum conditions for...
Jip Santen
Aquaponics Assistant
Veggie Portrait. Jip - Jip chose the spring onion.
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Jip Santen
Hi :)
My name is Jip (she/her), I am 22 years old. I recently got my bachelor's degree in Environmental Technology. Issues connected to land (use) are a special interest of mine. Land has so much economic, social, and spiritual value, and the way we ‘consume’ that value in such different ways all over the world is very interesting to me. The creative ways in which we can solve land use issues here in Amsterdam, such as the (refugee) housing crisis, heat stress, or food security give me a lot of energy, as it breaks the boundaries between social and natural structures; and the arts and the sciences.
At Mediamatic I work in the aquaponic greenhouse. It’s my pride and joy to make sure the fish are taken care of, and I am getting to know a bunch of funky plants that we can grow in the greenhouse and serve in the restaurant. Right now Andreas and I are preparing a project to learn more about the potential and the possible problems of irrigating our plants with canal water from the Dijksgracht.
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Image: Andreas Buben
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Image: Sandra Ruiz Castroviejo
Veggie Portrait. Jip
Jip chose the spring onion.
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Jip setting up the waterpump
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