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Louis De Jaeger

Louis De Jaeger (born 12 January 1994) is a Belgian entrepreneur, garden and landscape designer, author and award-winning filmmaker from Bruges. Together with Dirk Draulans, Steven Vromman and Mies Meulders, he founded the ByeByeGrass-campaign with which he calls upon citizens as well as the government to replace as many lawns as possible by a more sustainable alternative.[1][2][3]

Louis De Jaeger
Born12 January 1994 (1994-01-12) (age 30)
Bruges
Websitelouisdj.com

He became well known in Belgium by sending a letter to King Philip asking him to transform his royal lawns into flower meadows[4] and by making a plea in the Flemish Parliament. Worldwide, he designs food forests, gardens and sustainable agricultural projects with his company Commensalist.[5][6]

Food forests

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De Jaeger co-founded the Food Forest Institute together with Ben Brumagne. Food Forest Institute is Belgian organisation that researches the feasibility of food forest production in agriculture and wants to promote this form of land use.[7][8] He also called for making Brussels an edible capital.[9] With the Food Forest Podcast, he introduces well-known food foresters to the general public.[10] He was appointed by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to develop a food forest strategy for Flanders.[11][12]

The Biggest Tree Plant

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Together with Belgian social entrepreneurs he founded The Biggest Tree Plant. With this campaign they call on citizens to plant as many trees as possible in their own gardens. They also held the largest food forest crowdfunding campaign in the world in which more than one hundred landowners participated, with a total of one hundred hectares of potential new food forest to be added.[13][14]

Author

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Since 2018, Louis De Jaeger has written more than 50 opinion pieces for De Standaard, De Morgen, Knack,[15] Knack Weekend[16] and MO* magazine.[17] He made his debut with his book: We eten ons dood: How we can save the world with our agriculture, published by Houtekiet. The book spent several weeks in the top 10 in science.[18] Currently, he is writing a book on food forest design.[19][20]

Filmmaker

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Louis De Jaeger made an award-winning documentary about food forests: FoodForest (2022) in which he travels around Belgium with his foldable bike in search of the stories of Belgian food forest pioneers. He collaborated with award-winning Dutch filmmaker Daan Jongbloed. The film was selected for film festivals in Canada, Italy, Brazil, India and Australia, among others.[21] De Jaeger also composed the soundtrack for this film.[22]

Night train

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Together with Louis Lammertyn, Louis De Jaeger founded Belgium's first privatized night train company in 2020: Moonlight Express. The company later merged with European Sleeper, which was founded by Dutch entrepreneurs Elmer van Buuren and Chris Engelsman.[23][24]

References

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  1. ^ VRT NWS (26 March 2019). "Laat het gras maar groeien: "Liever een verwilderde tuin dan een verzorgd gazon"". vrtnws.be. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ BELGA (31 March 2022). "Tover uw gazon eens om tot écht groen: 'Een strak gazon is zo dood als beton'". De Morgen. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Korte gazon is zo dood als beton". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Zegt de koning zijn gazon vaarwel?". De Standaard. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Commensalist – Louis De Jaeger – Future Proof Landscape Design & Public Speaker". Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ "'Oorlog tegen gras' krijgt vervolg in Vlaams Parlement". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Vuile handen, schone handel: De opmars van voedselbossen en boerenmarkten". demorgen.be. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. ^ Eva Kestemont (7 October 2020). "Halen we ons eten binnenkort uit het bos? 'Dit is de ultieme landbouwvorm'". Site-KnackWeekend-NL. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. ^ "'Brussel moet een eetbare hoofdstad worden'". www.bruzz.be. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Nieuwe podcastreeks brengt de Vlaamse voedselboswereld in kaart". Landbouwleven. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Voedselveranderaars". Departement Landbouw & Visserij. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Opinie: Een noodvoedselplan voor Vlaanderen dankzij voedselbossen". Landbouwleven. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  13. ^ VRT NWS (7 October 2020). "Grootste boomplantactie ooit start in Asse: "Als iedereen één boom plant, hebben we dubbel zoveel bos"". vrtnws.be. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  14. ^ "De Grootste Boomplantactie - Elke reden is goed". grootsteboomplantactie.be. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Alle artikels van Louis De Jaeger op Knack.be". Site-Knack-NL. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Alle artikels van Louis De Jaeger op Knack Weekend.be". Site-KnackWeekend-NL. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Louis De Jaeger". MO*. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Onze boeken & e-books: Wetenschap | Standaard Boekhandel". www.standaardboekhandel.be. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Ontwerp je eigen voedselbos | De Slegte". www.deslegte.com. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Louis De Jaeger schrijft boek: 'Schaf alle pesticiden af en geef boeren tijd en geld voor de transitie'". Landbouwleven. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Video. Half maart première van docufilm van Bruggeling Louis De Jaeger over de wondere wereld van voedselbossen". Het nieuws van West-Vlaanderen. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Filmavond in de warme meente voedselbos van louis de jaeger". www.hln.be. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Belgian start-up Moonlight Express to launch night trains between Brussels, Liège and Berlin in April 2022".
  24. ^ "Dutch and Belgian night trains start-ups join forces".
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