Our Team

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Hans-Jörg Schwander

Education: Degrees in Landscape Planning and Teaching Communications
Experience: Conservation Management in Baden-Württemberg/ Media and Office Planning at Impuls/ Head of Innovation Academy
Subjects: Environmental and Transport Policy/ City Planning/ Environmental Protection/Education in Sustainable Development/ Citizen Participation
Tasks: Management/ Project Development/ Seminars
Languages: German/ English
Interests: Film/ Jazz/ Art/ Gardening/ Cycling/ Hiking/ Chinese Culture/ Qigong

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Steffen Ries

Education: Masters in Geography
Experience: Citizen Participation/ Water Development Planning/ Exhibitions on Environmental Issues/ Projects for Rural Development
Subjects: Sustainable Urban Planning/ Mobility/ Rural Development/ Environmental Education
Tasks: Support Visiting International Groups/ Program Development/ Website / Development of Educational Opportunities
Languages: German/ English/ Spanish
Interessen: Hiking/ Cycling/ Traveling/ Cooking

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Valérie Breteau

Education: Masters in Sociology
Experience: Radio/ International Culture and Media Projects/ German-French Public Relations/ Translation
Subjects: Sustainable Urban Planning/ Mobility/ Citizen Participation/ Organic Farming
Tasks: Support and Guidance for French-speaking groups/ Translation/ Program Development/ Development of Educational Opportunities
Languages: French/ German
Interests: Hiking/ Cycling/ Art and Literature/ Traveling/ Taichi

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Erhard Schulz

Education: Degree in Chemistry
Experience: Co-founder and Director of Landscape Management at BUND/ Organizer for Solar and Eco-fairs/ Co-founder of the Institute for Ecological Media/ Deputy Chairman of the Wind Energy Federation
Subjects: Regenerative Energy/ Organic Farming/ Environmental Education/ Citizen Engagement
Tasks: Guide for International Groups/ Deputy Head of Innovation Academy
Languages: German/ English
Interests: Traveling/ History/ Culture / Environmental Engagement

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Luciano Ibarra

Education: Film Maker/ Journalist
Experience: Environmental and Socio-Political Engagement/ Documentaries and Radio Broadcasts/ Co-founder of the Garden Coop in Freiburg
Subjects: Environmental Education/ Climate Change/ Energy Transition/ Post-Fossil Society/ Solidarity Agriculture/ Citizen Participation/ Intercultural Communication
Tasks: Group Support and Guidance
Languages: German/ French/ English/ Spanish
Interests: Hiking/ Traveling/ Music/ Film

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Lucie Rey

Education: Master in Sociology und Geograhy
Experience: Awareness of humanitarian and environmental issues / Participation in citizen consultation projects / Sociocultural Animation and Community Development
Subjects: Citizens participation / Urban public space / Sustainable urban planing / Education for sustainable development
Tasks: Group support and guidance / Development of educational opportunities / Organization of seminars
Languages: French / English / German
Interests: Traveling / Drums / Dance / Gardening

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Agnès Lamacz

Education: Master’s degree in Applied languages and intercultural management
Experience: Project management in SME & NGO in sustainability & environmental protection / Guide / Translator / Teacher
Subjects: Environmental protection / Alternatives to consumption / Architecture and urbanism / Energy transition / Raising awareness to climate change and biodiversity loss
Tasks: Guided tours / Translation / Conception of educational activities
Languages: French / English / German
Interests: Hiking / Cycling / Architecture / Writing

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Rolf Kellner

Education: Engineering Degree in City Planning and Architecture
Experience: Cooperative and Social Housing/ Mediation of Art and Architecture/ Sustainability in Urban Development
Subjects: Housing/ Architecture/ Holistic City Districts and Urban Planning/ Urban Development History/ Citizen Participation
Tasks: International Group Support/ Subject Development/ Consultation
Languages: German/ English
Interests: Hiking/ Back country Skiing/ History of Technology/ Asia/ City and Art Travels

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Pau Noy

Education: Industrial Engineer
Experience: Founder of Car-Sharing Barcelona and the Promoció del Transport Públic association, President of the Foundation for Sustainable and Safe Mobility
Subjects: Environmental and Transportation Policy / Energy / Postgrowth / Public transport in Barcelona
Tasks: International Group Support for Barcelona
Languages: Spanish / Catalan / English / French / Italian
Interests: Environment / Swimming / Bicycling / Piano / Tourism / Entrepreneur

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Seonjin Kim

Education: Master of Arts/ Media Cultural Studies
Experience: Translations and interpreting DE-KO, cooperation with ``Korea Environment Corporation KECO``
Tasks: Translating, interpreting and supporting visits of Korean groups
Languages: Korean, German, Japanese and English
Interests: Cooking, art, cats, fitness and hiking

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Li-Hong Koblin

Education: Economics, Master of Business Administration
Experience: Designing and implementing projects for renowned companies: Market Entry Studies/ Expat-Training/ Project Conception for Investors/ Interpreting and Translation
Subjects: Marketing/ Business Negotiation and Intercultural Training/Coaching
Tasks: German-Chinese Translating/ Seminar on Intercultural Training
Languages: Chinese/ German/ English
Interests: Taiji/ Qigong/ Intercultural Communication

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Eriko Aoyama-Pabel

Education: Bachelor of Arts / Master of Music
Experience: English lecturer since 2001 / Translation and Interpreting in English, German and Japanese / Workshops and Cultural Events
Tasks: Translating from German to Japanese / Seminar on intercultural training
Languages: Japanese / German / English
Interests: Music (Oboe and Tin Whistle) / Origami (Japanese Art of Paper folding) / Organic Nutrition / Art