The Lighthouse
​Regenerative learning project — Enschede
What it is
The Lighthouse is a regenerative learning project based in Enschede.
It brings together different projects that explore how people can learn from land, animals, and each other by working hands-on and learning together.
These projects take the form of small, practical gatherings focused on regenerative practices that people can apply in real life.
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The long-term vision is a permanent, fossil fuel–free community and education site built around three connected pillars: people, land, and animals.
This reflects a commitment to learning how humans, land, and animals can work together in regenerative ways.
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In its current phase (2026), The Lighthouse is focused on pilot projects and collaborations, learning by doing and gaining real-world experience together.​
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The Lighthouse projects
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The Lighthouse functions as an umbrella project until it finds its permanent site.
It takes shape through a small number of connected, real-world initiatives that explore learning, land, and community in different ways.
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Right now (2026), the Lighthouse has two main project streams: community-based gatherings (the women’s group) and a small-scale regenerative comparison plot project.
Enschede Sister Circle
The first project of the Lighthouse is a bi-monthly women’s group hosted in collaboration with a local nonprofit (FRIDA book cafe). Started in January of 2026, this group focuses on connection, reflection, and shared learning, and forms part of The Lighthouse’s community-building work.
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More info about Enschede Sister Circle on the website, CLICK HERE
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Biodiversity Comparison Plot
What exactly are biodiversity comparison plots — and why start here?
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These small research gardens are designed to show how different types of soil disturbance and care influence plant growth, root structure, insects, soil life, and overall ecosystem resilience. By planting the same mix of indicator species in each plot, we can clearly observe how the soil itself shapes the outcome.
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The three plots will compare:
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Tilled soil — representing conventional disturbance-based land management.
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Undisturbed soil — planted directly, allowing natural soil structure and biology to stay intact.
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Mulched soil — covered with a thick layer of organic matter to support moisture retention, soil carbon, and habitat for life.
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The plants in each plot will respond differently — and these responses help us “read” the soil and understand what it needs to regenerate.
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This project is part of the wider vision of The Lighthouse, a community initiative dedicated to ecological learning, creativity, and regenerative land stewardship.
While the permanent home of The Lighthouse is still in progress, the research begins now — so the land can guide our next steps.
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Follow along with this project CLICK HERE
Collaboration & Community Expertise
The Lighthouse welcomes collaboration with people who carry deep knowledge in their field — whether that’s regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, soil health, animal–plant relationships, ecological design, or other forms of land-based wisdom.
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If you’re an expert, educator, practitioner, or simply someone passionate about sharing what you know, let´s connect.
Together we can co-create workshops, talks, demonstrations, community days, or creative learning experiences that make this knowledge accessible to the wider community.
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The goal is to lift each other up:
• support local practitioners and small businesses
• bring visibility to meaningful work happening in the region
• weave together different perspectives on ecology, creativity, and well-being
• offer the community hands-on learning with people who truly understand their craft
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If you feel called to collaborate, teach, or dream up a project together, please reach out. Let’s build something inspiring, useful, and rooted in care — for nature and the people who live in it.
About the Founder, Noa
My background brings together community-based work, education, and years of tending to land and animals. I studied natural horsemanship along with equine behavior and psychology. I have spent years independently learning about regenerative agriculture and ecology.
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I do not present myself as a soil scientist or agricultural consultant. My role at The Lighthouse is to act as an initiator, host, and facilitator—creating space where people can engage directly with the land and where those with practical expertise can share their knowledge in ways that are accessible and applicable.
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The Lighthouse comes from a continuing fascination with how land, learning, nature, and community shape one another. When people learn through lived experience—especially in community—it transforms the way they care for the places around them.
Who this is for
The Lighthouse is for people who are curious about land, regeneration, and place-based learning — not necessarily experts.
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Participants across its projects may include:
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People interested in regenerative agriculture or ecology
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Educators, facilitators, or community builders
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Landowners curious about low-impact regenerative practices
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Professionals or students wanting hands-on experience​
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You don’t need prior knowledge — only curiosity and an openness to learning through hands-on experience with land and living systems.
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Collaboration
The Lighthouse is intentionally collaborative.
Its projects are shaped in conversation with:
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Soil professionals, growers, and ecological practitioners
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Landowners open to temporary, low-impact use of land
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Local organizations and initiatives aligned with regenerative values
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If you have practical experience to share, or land that could host small pilot gatherings, lets connect.
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Values
The Lighthouse is guided by values of care, responsibility, collaboration, and long-term stewardship.
It starts from the understanding that humans are part of living systems, and that what we do-or dont do- matters.
Change is unavoidable; The Lighthouse focuses on learning how to make choices in daily life in ways that regenerate land, support life, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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Across its projects, priority is given to learning over scale, relationships over speed, and practices that people can meaningfully apply — from farms and fields to gardens, balconies, and shared urban spaces.
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Why The Lighthouse Exists
The Lighthouse exists to demonstrate that small, informed actions add up.
Whether its through regenerative farming practices, fossil fuel–free systems, or simple steps like planting flowers, creating habitat, or tending a garden, we all can actively improve the environments they live in.
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Learning together, in community, helps turn environmental concern into practical action
Get in touch
If you’re interested in collaborating, sharing knowledge with enthusiastic learners, or learning together, please reach out. I look forward to hearing from you!
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Contact Founder and Director of Operations, Noa,
via email at theLighthouseNL@gmail.com
or by WhatsApp 0628120767
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