There is no greater happiness on earth than to love and be loved.
My grandmother wrote this in my friendship album when I was a little child. It still shapes how I think about the world and what I want to contribute to it.
I came into this world as a highly sensitive artist’s soul, and to this day I perceive all its beauty with intensity and joyful wonder: the song of the blackbirds in the morning, the smell of summer rain, the cornflowers among swaying golden fields of grain.
I love this beautiful, wild and fragile world we live in so much!
I also love the idea that my grandchildren will one day learn to swim in clean water and that I’ll be able to teach them the names of my favourite flowers and birds — because there will still be insects in their future.
I love having conversations about difficult topics that inspire rather than frustrate, that bring us closer together rather than drive us apart. I love supporting people in finding their very own form of engagement — one that brings them joy and contributes to their personal growth. I love asking questions that invite new paths of thought — and crafting visions of the future that we can truly look forward to. I love creating beautiful things with my hands — whether with a crochet hook, a paintbrush or a pen — losing all sense of time and space in the process.
My roots in the climate movement
The German climate movement shaped who I am. For years, I managed public relations for the Nuremberg Greenpeace group and steered the group as coordinator through the difficult COVID years. The climate camp was my second home for a while — a wonderful testing ground that nourished my studies in political science and philosophy with the soil of local political reality.
From Nuremberg to Vancouver
Then the world called, and I moved to Vancouver, where I completed my Master’s in Communication for Social Change with a focus on effective climate communication. I was fascinated by the question of what it takes to foster climate engagement and design it in a way that is enjoyable and enables personal growth.
I am convinced that a clear vision of the world we want to build together plays a decisive role in keeping us committed for the long run — even when the headwinds get fierce.