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Safaya Consultancy provides environmentally conscious design, and a variety of customized services for your outdoor spaces.
I am a senior program manager and sustainability consultant specialising in water, carbon, agro and value-chains, ecological footprints, nature-based solutions (NBS), climate resilience, and ESG. Alongside consulting, I work as an ecopreneur, lecturer, and coach/facilitator—focused on making sustainable development practical, scalable, and intrinsic to the way society functions. I also co-wrote one of the world’s first comprehensive sustainability frameworks in 2010, and again in 2024.
Global Reach
Experience across Europe, Asia, and North America, working with public and private organisations across sectors.
Holistic Impact
Passionate about improving the circularity between people & planet and creating holistic solutions such as nature-based approaches for resilient outcomes.
Working Style
Collaborative and culturally aware, strategic and analytical, proactive, and driven to optimise results.
Education
MSc Hydrology, Minor in Sustainable Development
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2007–2009
Hydrogeology Field Course
University of Minnesota
2005
BSc Earth Sciences, Minors in Geographic Information Systems and Global Business Strategies
Pennsylvania State University, USA
2000–2004
Languages
English
Native
Dutch
Fluent
German
Conversational
French
Conversational
Hindi
Basic
Publications
Toward sustainable water use in the cotton supply chain: A comparative assessment of the water footprint of agricultural practices in India (2015, EGU-2016).
Capacity Building Towards Sustainable Cotton Cultivation: Water Footprint Reduction Strategies (2015).
Climate Change and Hydrological modelling Calibrated via Remote Sensing in the Guadalquivir Basin, southern Spain, MSc Thesis, 2009).
Paleoclimatic Controls on Mississippi Valley-type Lead-Zinc Deposit Formation (BSc project 2004, Geological Society of America, Denver Meeting).
Professional memberships
Energy Transition Academy (2022)
Dream Factory 2025
International Safety and Security Training - Forth Global, 2023
Climate Reality Project, 2017
Climate Coach and Facilitator, Climate-KIC, 2017
Pioneer-into-Practice, Climate-KIC, 2015
Water Footprint Assessment – Water Footprint Network, 2014
Life Cycle Assessment – Pré Consultants, 2011
Hazwoper-40 Certified – OSHA, 2005 (refresher 2018 at ERM)
Skills
Intercultural Communication – I grew up on 3 continents
GIS, Remote Sensing, Catchment Modelling (hydrology)
Surface and Groundwater,
Climate modelling, Crop Growth modelling
Geophysical Investigations - Field Surveys and Software