Li An Phoa

Li An Phoa is a whole systems ecologist, philosopher and entrepreneur, who engages people in a holistic worldview – a living network of inseparable patterns of relationships. She creates events, outdoor learning experiences and projects around landscapes, food and water by inviting people into a sensorial and inquiring relationship with each other and the earth. She weaves ecosystems and cross-pollinates relations by building bridges among people, disciplines and industries. She works with large organisations such as Triodos Bank, Unilever and the Rwandan Ministry of Health as well as with innovative farmers, artists and indigenous people. She is a university lecturer at e.g. the Erasmus University and Leiden University.

Her current project, Drinkable Rivers, includes a source-to-sea river curriculum that moves along, learns from and takes care of rivers as indicators for a new economy and a regenerative society. With her nomadic school Spring College, she brings together university students, entrepreneurs, investors, teams, families, and children on walks – grounding our daily life choices (economy) in accordance with the logic of life (ecology). She is a conceptual artist and her life – living nomadically for a decade while walking ten thousands of kilometres – is a form of art in itself.