Vision: Caring as deeply for the environment, the artisans and their familes, and grateful for everything we have accomplished in moren than 30 countries. I like to inspire entrepreneurs to do what they love to do with passion and do it successfully. Dutch-born Anneke van Waesberghe is an author, designer, and environmentalist. By the age of 32, she had created and sold an international publishing company based in Brussels, Belgium. With these proceeds, she established a nonprofit organization that brought together sustainable design culture from Japan and the West. She guest lectured at design schools worldwide and consulted with multinationals around the US, Europe, and Asia. In the early nineties, her nonprofit East Meets West developed Design For the Environment (DFE) guidelines, sponsored by AT&T, JP Morgan, the 3M Corporation, the Dutch Agency for Energy and Environment NOVEM, and the National Endowment of the Arts. The DFE guidelines were adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to whom she, together with her Foundation and the Dutch Government, presented draft proposals for corporate environmental reporting and green tax initiatives. The DFE guidelines were also endorsed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the Council of European Communities, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, the Environmental Defence Fund, and the Netherlands Agency for Energy and the Environment. In 1997 she moved from New York to Bali, where she later established Escape Nomade, a producer of sustainable luxury tented accommodations. She continues to live in Bali, extending her philosophy of sustainability and ‘Living without Walls’ by creating Haute Couture Architecture resorts and private residences for clients worldwide. “Life in Bali has taught me more than I ever studied, read, or listened to. Its authenticity and culture are the key to sustainable development”.
