{"id":5941,"date":"2026-10-23T06:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/?p=5941"},"modified":"2026-10-23T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:33:08","slug":"organization-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/nl\/news-items\/2026\/10\/23\/organization-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisatie-update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5941\" class=\"elementor elementor-5941\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11d24fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11d24fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43d08cc\" data-id=\"43d08cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-053bbaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"053bbaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Overgangen<\/h3><p>Sinds de herfst van 2023 is het stil geweest binnen onze organisatie. We hebben nauwelijks berichten op sociale media geplaatst of artikelen geschreven, geen spreekbeurten gegeven en geen nieuwe partnerschappen gesloten. Waarom die stilte, vraagt u zich misschien af?<\/p><p>Zoals jullie je misschien herinneren, was Nature First volledig afhankelijk van vrijwilligers over de hele wereld. Toen de co\u00f6rdinatie van vrijwilligers en projecten meer dan een voltijdbaan werd, hebben sommigen van ons uit eigen zak een manager aangenomen om deze taak op zich te nemen. Maar zelfs toen raakten de vrijwilligers uitgeput, omdat er meer werk te doen was dan een parttime vrijwilliger aankon. De organisatie bereikte een punt waarop er meerdere voltijdmedewerkers nodig zouden zijn om alle activiteiten van deze wereldwijde organisatie te kunnen blijven uitvoeren.<\/p><p>Er zijn oprechte pogingen gedaan om financiering te vinden bij bedrijven, Nature First-leden en via andere kanalen, maar het is niet gelukt om zelfs maar een fractie van het benodigde geld bijeen te brengen om al onze activiteiten te ondersteunen. Toen het geld op was, moesten we een groot deel van het actieve werk van de Nature First-organisatie stopzetten.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7dc34e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7dc34e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4695\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191013-23-35-11-lg.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33d6c22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33d6c22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Voortgezet doel en verandering brengen<\/h3><p>Hoewel de structuur van Nature First wellicht niet kan bereiken wat we hadden gehoopt, is het doel van Nature First, waar we ons allemaal voor hebben ingezet, nog steeds springlevend en even hard nodig als altijd.<\/p><p>De <a href=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/nl\/principles\/\">Nature First - Kernprincipes<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/nl\/mission\/\">visie<\/a> kan onze acties blijven sturen. Hoewel we vaak denken dat het grote organisaties met enorme budgetten en gelikte brochures zijn die onze wereld veranderen, is de realiteit dat echte verandering meestal plaatsvindt in de gewone momenten van ons leven, door persoonlijke relaties en gesprekken. We zullen de idealen van Nature First niet realiseren door een gelikte post te plaatsen of Nature First-t-shirts te maken, maar door met onze vrienden en de mensen die we ontmoeten te praten over hoe we ervoor hebben gekozen om voor de natuur te zorgen terwijl we fotograferen. Het gebeurt wanneer we onze zorgen over onze impact delen, en het gebeurt wanneer we onze foto&#039;s en video&#039;s gebruiken om mensen te informeren over de natuur. Door deze dagelijkse kleine acties zullen we uiteindelijk een grotere cultuur cre\u00ebren waarin natuurfotografen bekend staan als beschermers en ambassadeurs van de natuur.<\/p><p>Het doel van Nature First is nooit geweest om een organisatie op te bouwen; het is altijd geweest om elk individu aan te moedigen de visie te omarmen en deze in zijn of haar eigen leven tot uiting te brengen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db8675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9db8675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Wat is het volgende?<\/h3><p>Wat kunt u nu van de organisatie verwachten?<\/p><p>We blijven een prachtige en functionele website onderhouden die onze gezamenlijke visie duidelijk uitdraagt. De website staat vol met geweldige artikelen en bronnen die je kunnen helpen bij je eigen werk om onze natuurlijke wereld te beschermen. In het ledengedeelte vind je een ledenlijst van Nature First-leden over de hele wereld die de waarden van Nature First delen. Ik moedig je aan om deze te gebruiken om anderen in je omgeving of in gebieden die je bezoekt te vinden en met hen in contact te komen. Daarnaast publiceren we elk jaar in april, op Earth Day, een nieuwsbrief met actuele onderwerpen op het snijvlak van fotografie en de natuur.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc0be1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc0be1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230622-05-50-07-lg-1024x731.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230622-05-50-07-lg-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230622-05-50-07-lg-500x357.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230622-05-50-07-lg-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230622-05-50-07-lg-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230622-05-50-07-lg-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230622-05-50-07-lg.jpg 2043w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd1a4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bd1a4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Mogelijkheden<\/h3><p>Hoe kun je betrokken blijven bij Nature First?<\/p><p>Je zou een artikel kunnen schrijven voor de nieuwsbrief of website (volledige instructies vind je op de website), of je kunt samen met anderen in je omgeving aandacht besteden aan belangrijke problemen waarmee natuurgebieden in jouw regio te maken hebben. Sommige fotografen hebben de handen ineengeslagen om afval te verzamelen, anderen hebben gezamenlijk artikelen geschreven voor hun regionale krant over de omgeving in hun buurt, en weer anderen maken video&#039;s om het publiek te informeren over een bepaald aspect van de natuur.<\/p><p>Wees creatief en bedenk hoe je je fotografie of videografie kunt inzetten om te informeren en bij te dragen aan de zorg voor onze wereld.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8625cdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8625cdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Gemeenschap<\/h3><p>Nature First is als organisatie misschien niet helemaal wat we aanvankelijk voor ogen hadden, maar we kunnen nog steeds een gemeenschap vormen die vol passie onze talenten en middelen inzet om voor onze natuurlijke wereld te zorgen. En dat is waar Nature First om draait.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a0907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4a0907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Oorspronkelijk gepubliceerd in de nieuwsbrief van najaar 2023\u2026<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Het dagelijkse actieve werk van de Nature First-organisatie loopt ten einde, maar we blijven doelgericht en vanuit een gemeenschapsgevoel verandering teweegbrengen. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":"{\"authors\":[50],\"author_categories\":{\"50\":\"1\"},\"fallback_author_user\":\"2\",\"ppma_author_box_select\":\"\",\"selected_authors\":[{\"id\":50,\"display_name\":\"Erik Stensland\",\"is_guest\":0,\"category_id\":\"1\"}]}"},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[50],"class_list":["post-5941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.5 - 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