StopTheDesert is a non-profit committed to fight desertification around the world. Based on thorough research, designated areas are selected and here local farmers will receive help transforming their agriculture to regenerative farming. This regenerates their land as well as protects it against future desertification. The transformations are funded by donors and the process is done in close collaboration with local experts as well as experts within regenerative farming. Finally, in the end of a project, Ecocerts will certify that it lives up to their Regenerative Agriculture standard.

Our Logo

Our logo has generously been designed and developed by our friends at Ahenam Creative in Toronto.

A Brief History

Having worked together on a vast number of IT projects, Elias and Ryan now know each other for more than 15 years. Elias’ family used to own a farm in Denmark and we both feel passionately about the environment so when we first started reading about desertification we right away felt the need for action. During the 2021 Covid lockdown push came to shove and we spent the following years studying desertification, designing a business model as well as setting up business entity and IT-platform, finding partners etc.

The Team

Elias is responsible for business development. He has studied Philosophy at University of Copenhagen and he has the last 25 years been starting up a number of businesses internationally. He lives in Copenhagen and is married with four children. Ryan is responsible for the IT development. Ryan has more than 20 years of IT development experience. He resides in Manila and is married with no children.

Advisory Board

Annette is a multilingual Startup Founder, and International Business Development Consultant with experience spanning diverse industries and sectors across the globe. She has been actively involved in a number of Non-Profit initiatives across the globe, and has always been an advocate for sustainable practices and living.

Brack is a product management consultant from Toronto, Canada. He grew up in a small village in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, an island in the Indian Ocean where agriculture is the main source of income for most families. He wants to enable small farmers to preserve their land and be profitable.

Disha is from the southern part of India and is right now studying biomedicine in the US.

Kristyna has 12+ years working experiences in e-commerce and digital, on which she has intensively added her interest in sustainability in the last 2 years. Based in Prague, Czech Republic.

Laura is a citizen of the world. With Colombian and Belgian roots, she has lived in Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK and France. Having been involved in a number of start-ups, she aims to be part of the solution for a sustainable environmental impact.

Paul is an affiliate account manager and an English teacher from Malawi and has also been involved in a number of start-ups before.