Allerd Stikker worked in executive positions in the industrial sector for 30 years. He obtained an MA degree in Theology and Religious Studies from Leeds University (1986) and published The Transformation Factor: Towards Ecological Consciousness (1992), Closing the Gap: Exploring the History of Gender Relations (2002) and Water, The Blood of the Earth (2007). In 2010 he created Valley Foundation, a not for profit foundation that financially supports initiatives by small entrepreneurs and institutes that develop innovative solutions for providing clean drinking- and sanitation water facilities in developing countries.
