Except Integrated Sustainability
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Multi-disciplinary consulting, innovation and development organization working on advanced sustainability projects around the globe.

Albertien Perdok

MSc

Ecosystem Designer

Albertien Perdok

Guilty Pleasure:  Chocolate
Enjoys:   Learning new things and reading science-fiction

Areas of expertise:

  • Strategic planning and project design
  • Training and development
  • Project management
  • (Animal) Ecology

Professional titles: 

  • MSc Forest and Nature Conservation

Location:  Rotterdam area, the Netherlands

Contact

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  • Phone  +31 (0)6 2808 5431

Albertien is intent on making a contribution in creating a sustainable society. With that mission in mind, she directed her education and the first years of her professional career towards nature conservation. Albertien studied at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and holds a MSc. degree in Forest- and Nature Conservation. This allowed her to work for NGO’s like WWF Netherlands, Foundations of Success Europe and Eurosite. Several years ago Albertien started her own business, focused on strategic planning and management of conservation projects. 

After several years focus on biodiversity management, Albertien wanted to work together with others on making the food system more sustainable. The combination of polyculture and vertical farming offer a promising way forward. 

The majority of Albertien’s work is related to Polydome, but she is also involved in other sustainability projects. Albertien brings energy and structure to processes, creating an environment for others to excel. With her analytical and constructive approach she helps teams design and implement effective interventions. She applies her expertise of adaptive management and ecology to make projects successful in realizing change towards sustainability.

Projects

Polydome Arkna

Dec 19, 2017, Feasibility Study and Business Plan

Vision National Park Oostvaardersplassen

Apr 15, 2019, Framework for Park Management and Nature Conservation

For Staatsbosbeheer  (the Dutch nature management agency), Flevoland Province, and the municipalities of Almere and Lelystad, we developed a vision document for the future development of Oostvaardersplassen National Park in the Netherlands. The document offers a vision, mission, performance goals, and principles for a national park that will be internationally acclaimed by 2030 for its ecological sustainability, societal value, and economic resilience. A accompanying Inspiration Booklet introduces interesting practices from around the world to offer inspiration and specific  ideas for actions to realize the formulated perfromance goals.

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Leaders for Nature: Shared Resources, joint solutions

Aug 10, 2016, From awareness to action with the network of IUCN

On 17th April 2015, IUCN organized the Leaders for Nature forum in Eindhoven. Except supported IUCN in a year long trajectory to prepare and guide the Forum in a new format. This included concept development, stakeholder involvement and preparation of the challenges.

The preparations resulted in 10 challenges brought in by the network of Leaders for Nature. Over 150 participants from business, NGOs and government joined the forum. Guided by Except, teams worked on the most pressing natural capital challenges.

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Arkna Eco-Park Masterplan

Nov 23, 2019, Self sustaining tourism community in Estonia

In Rakvere, Estonia, we developed the masterplan for the 671 Ha self-reliant Arkna Eco-Park. The park is built on a historical site tracing back to 1527, and becomes a primary tourist destination in the country, including a Polydome sustainable agriculture system.  

We worked with  Arkna Eco-Park to build a complete masterplan template for years to come, including its marketing strategy, identity, logos and brochures, closed loop metabolism, food system, event program, and design guidelines.

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Schiphol Catalyst Office Innovation

Jan 05, 2019, Boosting sustainability and health of Amsterdam Airport CBD

We’re working with Schiphol Real Estate and more than 70 stakeholders and experts on boosting sustainability and performance of the Schiphol Central Business District with the concept of a Catalytic multi-tennant office design.

The project realizes an integrated sustainable and self sufficient area, that is a healthy and inspiring place to work, with a footprint of over 20.000 m2 in an unprecedented sustainable and future proof building.

 

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Polydome

Oct 19, 2021, High Performance Sustainable Polyculture Agriculture

Polydome is a revolutionary approach to greenhouse agriculture that offers the possibility of commercial scale, net-zero-impact food production. The Polydome system strategically interweaves a wide variety of crops and animals, taking advantage of every inch of the greenhouse while eliminating the need for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

Polydome is an answer to a part of the world food crisis. With its high yields (60 – 90 kg per square meter), and diverse outputs (over 50 crops, two mushroom varieties, chickens, eggs, fish, and honey), even a small Polydome system can sustainably provide a varied food supply for a large population. Scalable. Profitable.

Polydome has been extensively researched by Except and over 12 partners in the industry. Concept overview and technical details are published in a free open source book, downloadable below.

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