Green Cafe warmly invites you to our next event: a game played in nature to encourage us to observe and understand the intricate connections that nature offers us and see ourselves as a part of it. The game is played outdoors in nature and is an interactive, detective-like workshop where participants explore the local ecosystem by finding traces/evidence, taking pictures of it and working with the facilitator (chief inspector) to connect this evidence on the map to reveal ecological relationships. During this interesting Escape Room-like adventure in nature, we will be guided by a game facilitator, and an experienced IVN guide who can explain a lot about the nature we are in and the species we are seeing. We will play this game at the Klokputten lakes, which is very rich in biodiversity, and a lesser known nature area in Eindhoven.

The event is based on a game developed by Luna Snelder, who will be your facilitator. The game is called 'EcoSystem Investigation' (ESI) and was created from a collaboration with IVN Veldhoven-Eindhoven-Vessem, Nieuw Zwanenburg, Phood Farm and Brabants Landschap. See more about Luna at https://lunasnelder.com/

IVN
Since 1960, IVN has been connecting people with nature by helping children and adults to experience how fun, healthy and important nature is. https://www.ivn.nl/afdeling/veldhoven-eindhoven-vessem/

Practicalities
Meeting point: Klokputten, Locatellistraat 3a, 5654 JB Eindhoven (parking place)
Gather at 10:15, event 10:30-12:30. (Please be on time)
Bring walking shoes and wear weather-appropriate clothing (sun, wind, rain)

The Green Café
Organizer The Green Café is a collaboration between Trefpunt Groen Eindhoven, People for Planet, Eindje Groen, with individual contributors; Hariprasad Parthasarathy, Mayra Ortega Maldonado Chloe Baldasseroni and Zubin Nayak. It organizes various activities on sustainability for the international community of Eindhoven. For example, lectures, workshops, city tours and film sessions on the themes of nature, environment, and sustainability. Green Cafe is supported by the Eindhoven Library and the Holland Expat Center South.

The membership for the Library in Eindhoven is completely free for young people. Adults only pay €19 a year for a library subscription. Being a member of the library, you can enjoy all benefits and support the library at the same time. Join us fast and easy online.

During some of the events of the Library Eindhoven, pictures are taken for the potential publication on social media, online- or printed media. At lectures, mainly the speaker and the location as a whole, are photographed. Please inform the photographer, if you do not wish to be photographed.