Our Members
Marie-Antoinette Micheli
President of the Swiss Green Alliance
is committed to the ecological transition and the promotion of regenerative agriculture that reconciles biodiversity, climate, and social justice.
Holding a Master's degree in Global Change and Sustainability and a Bachelor's degree in Geosciences, Political Science, and Environmental Sciences, she has extensive expertise in sustainable development and international environmental policies.
Anthony Gargioni
General Secretary of the Swiss Green Alliance
Convinced that Switzerland has a decisive role to play in the climate transition, he became involved in this project alongside his studies. Above all, he wants to preserve and regenerate our local biodiversity.
Initiative Committee
Elise Buckle
President and CEO of Climate Bridges
Co-founders of SHE Changes Climate and founder of SHE Builds Bridges. Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies for the Executive Programme Graduate Institute of Geneva and also teaches Sustainability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Glion Institute of Business Education. She has been advising various organizations at the United Nations on climate change, nature-based solutions and leadership training for peace and climate diplomacy. International Gender Champion and co-lead of the climate impact group.
Karlee Schnyder
Director of REALFOOD SYSTEMS
She promotes agroecology and local methods of food production, specifically working with RFS partners towards ending the entrenched industrial-based animal agriculture and industrial fishing and aquaculture systems. She is also a youth ally, helping young emerging professionals navigate the sticky transition into job readiness. Karlee further serves as the Food Systems Lead and Board Member with RFS partner Climate-Sustainability.org, bringing food systems solutions into climate initiatives. Finally, Karlee is passionate about always considering ocean health in all of her work. She is a board member of Climate Bridges.
Prof. Charling Tao
is CNRS director of research emerita in the Center of Particle Physics Marseille, France and emerita professor of cosmology, Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University, China.
A long term activist, she has (co-) founded Ecosystem Restoration Communities, and the Weathermakers for a Sinai (re)greening.
She is an ambassador for the Egyptian Center for Desert Research and Habiba community in Nuweiba, Sinai.
Prof. Philippe C. Forêt
joined CCRS (Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, school of Management, University of Fribourg) in May 2023. He has contributed to the development of sustainability studies and introduced research and curriculum innovations in member institutions. His initiatives are typically long-term endeavors, tackle fundamental issues, combine cutting-edge approaches, and associate academic and non-academic partners. Published in four languages, Philippe's research agenda has received awards from eleven different countries. The Institutes for Advanced Study of Uppsala, Nantes, and Bristol have elected him Fellow. He has been since 2017 a member of the Society of Fellows of the Rachel Carson Center at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. He went to the University of California at Berkeley for his postdoctoral training in natural resources, earned a PhD in geography at the University of Chicago, and used to be a student in political science at Peking University.
Consultants
Dr Elena Soriano
Consultant for support programs for innovation, research, and development projects, Elena is from Málaga, Spain, and has lived in Vienna, Austria, for over 20 years. A biologist with a PhD in genetic engineering and biotechnology, she has published several studies on optimizing enzyme production in recombinant bacteria and bioreactors. She has collaborated on various projects in Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, the USA, Latin America, and the Middle East.
She was a pioneer in analyzing changes in phytoplankton gradients due to pollution and climate warming in the Alboran Sea (Department of Ecology at the University of Málaga), the effects of climate change on bark beetle proliferation and forest management in Central European forests (Forsttechnik Langschlag, Austria), and the impact of genetic engineering on agriculture (Arche Noah NGO).
She is an expert in ecological pesticides for fruit trees (Bioferm, DSM Group), achieving certifications for the production and international marketing of biotechnological products (Baxter, Takeda), and preparing environmental reports (Austrian Federal Environmental Agency) in both German and English.
Nicolas Blain
Is the Founder of Rights for Nature - Droits de la Nature, member of the Comity Community Development réseau lémanique of the IDG Inner Development Goals.
He also founded Solidarité La Bérade and is a member of Forest Communicators Network of FAO.
He Co-Developed as an Institutional Relations & Media Director for REForest Action, as Member of Comex, Responsible for Communication & Research.
Nicolas is also a founder member of 1% for the planet.
Matthieu Mehuys
Landscape architect and regenerative development expert, Matthieu is from Flanders, Belgium, and works internationally from his base in the Azores. He holds a Master of Engineering in Landscape Architecture and is the author of the award-winning book The 12 Universal Laws of Nature. With a background rooted in his family farm, he combines ecological design with a deep understanding of biodiversity and soil health.
After leaving the corporate sector, Matthieu traveled globally to study gardens and eco-projects, from the Americas to Africa. He now leads a consulting firm that designs low-maintenance, high-impact green spaces for private clients and institutional projects in Canada, Europe, and beyond.
Matthieu specializes in regenerative gardens, edible landscapes, and nature-based solutions. He also teaches online masterclasses, speaks internationally, and appears in a global health documentary (The Cure: An Inside Job) as an expert on the link between soil and human well-being.