Wessel van Eeden
Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local
Wessel van Eeden is a purpose communication specialist. Since 2003 he was involved in the start of Dance4life(.com) where Wessel headed global marketing until 2010.
From 2013 till 2022 Wessel was global marketing director and executive board member at Justdiggit.
Purpose communication innovator. Born in the Netherlands, traveled the world and in love with the mother continent.
On a mission to connect the dots between the predominantly negative climate change narrative and the potential of positive storytelling to promote nature-based solutions.
If we restore and protect ecosystems at large, we can mitigate global warming, secure food and water and protect biodiversity. We need to do it now. We need to do it together.
Wessel lives in Rotterdam together with Mirella and together they have a 6-year-old daughter, Mia. Wessel loves reading, DJ’ing and basketball.
Projects
Restore Local
Visit ProjectAccelerating locally led land restoration across Africa’s vital landscapes
Part of Forest and Landscape Restoration