ABOUT TERRAGON

Terragon Nature Lab is an open laboratory, a knowledge hub, and incubation space exploring regenerative thinking and self-sustaining living through hands-on, land-rooted practice. We create environments where children, students and researchers can
PLAY, LEARN and EXPERIMENT
with ways to nurture our social and natural systems soy they can thrive in the long term.

Terragon functions as a living playground for exploration, learning, and real-world application.

Our projects sit at the intersection of nature, education, art, technology, and collective intelligence. Activities range from nature camps and outdoor school programmes to mentorships, academic collaborations, and interdisciplinary experiments. For more than 20 years, Terragon has brought together multidisciplinary groups and communities to connect with nature, build awareness, co-create ideas, and engage in collaborative action.

Regenerative thinking is about

     a conscious choice to make a forward change,

LOCATION

Terragon’s Amsterdam home base is located in a self-managed protected nature reserve in Oud-Osdorp, on the western edge of the city. The site combines a natural setting with easy access, located approximately 10 km from Amsterdam Central Station and Schiphol Airport.

The location consists of forest and garden areas, along with a range of experimental spaces, including a geodesic dome, a 10-meter-high tipi, wagons, and a central building. Together, these elements create a retreat-like environment that supports immersion, collaboration, and long-term experimentation, while remaining embedded in the urban context of Amsterdam.

TEAM

Terragon Nature Lab was founded by Claudia Rodriguez Ortiz, an engineer educated at MIT and a strategic advisor working at the intersection of sustainability, systems thinking, and long-term development.

Over the years, Terragon has initiated and hosted projects with non-profit organizations, companies, governmental bodies, and academic institutions. The lab regularly welcomes people from diverse disciplines — including scientists, builders, programmers, designers, artists, educators, camp counsellors, and farmers — from all over the world, forming a continuous exchange of skills, perspectives, and cultures.

ACTIVITIES

Terragon functions as a living demonstration of a collaborative ecosystem that supports nature-inclusive and regenerative practice. Activities on site range from children’s nature camps and outdoor school programmes to mentorships, academic collaborations, in-residence projects for interdisciplinary talents, and cultural practices that transmit values through shared traditions and rituals.

Across these activities, Terragon provides space for hands-on learning, experimentation, and real-world testing — bringing together education, research, culture. and practice in a land-rooted environment.

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