Our team

The Bridge is made up of 4 co-founders presented below, as well as a team of volunteers!

Co‑founders

Adélaïde Charlier

The strategic development expert

Adelaide is a 24-year-old activist committed to climate justice.

At 18, she co-founded Youth For Climate Belgium. Through this experience, she acquired skills in mobilization, coordination of movements, debate with leaders (E. Macron, A. De Croo, A. Merkel), as well as ease in oratory.

She has also participated in various mobilizations in recent years, such as the co-creation of the collective LookDown.

Adelaide specialized in European politics at the College of Europe in Bruges, where she focuses on how strengthening democracy can help solve the climate crisis.

Chloé Mikolajczak

The Politics Expert

Chloé is a 30-year-old environmental and social justice activist.

She has worked in numerous European NGOs for six years on climate/economy subjects and influence of lobbies while participating in the creation of citizen collectives at the international and Belgian level.

Laurie Pazienza

The engineer

Laurie is a 29-year-old climate and human rights activist.

She works as an energy and climate change engineer at Climact.

Laurie also hosts a podcast where she and her guests talk about social and climate justice.

Lucie Morauw

The communications expert

Lucie is a 24-year-old climate and human rights activist since 2019 in different movements (such as Youth for Climate) where she participated in COP26.

She is at the origin of the creation and co-creation of collectives such as Fair Fashion, Totalement Down and Buffet Belge.

She worked for a year for the NGO Humundi as a community manager.

Lucie is the specialist in graphics and video, which allows us to mobilize, popularize or even carry voices little heard.

Board of Directors

Sandrine Dixon Decleve

Former President of the Club of Rome

Esmeralda de Belgique

Journalist, member of the royal family

Jean Pascal van Ypersele

Climatologist and former Vice-Chair of the IPCC

Nathan Stranart

Co-founder of The Goodcast

Dominique Lemenu

Grands-parents pour le climat

Sanna Abdessalem

Coordinator of AchACT

Isabel Casteleyn

Director of the Horizon 50-200 Project

Olivier de Schutter

United Nations Rapporteur

Fatima Zibouh

Political scientist and co-project manager of Molenbeek for Brussels 2030

Our core team 2025

Aline Florin

Activist and teacher

Aline is 35 years old, a French teacher and activist for climate and social justice. For 6 years, she has been raising awareness of ecology among her students through various activities and raising awareness of sustainable consumption through social networks and founded the Upcyclinarium directory to support upcyclers and encourage the circular economy.

Baptiste Dutron

Baptiste is a 27-year-old energy engineer, passionate about climate physics and energy issues. He is also the presenter of the Climate Fresco and gives short conferences on these issues in schools.

Bénédicte Franck

Bénédicte has been committed to climate and social justice since 2021, where she actively contributes to the creation of signs and visual materials for activist actions. His powerful voice resonates during demonstrations, carrying songs and slogans to amplify the collective message. At the same time, she is an entrepreneur and organizes stays in nature, intended for self-employed people and small businesses. Through these experiences, its objective is to create moments of pause and reconnection, inviting everyone to slow down to better reconnect with the environment. For her, it is about sowing the seeds of a more resilient society, respectful of human health and the planet.

Benoit Morel

Creator of living spaces that support the connection to oneself, to others, and to all living beings.

Clément Thoma

Clément, 22 years old, is an anti-fascist activist, for social and climate justice as well as for human and non-human animal rights. Involved since 2019, he is active in various collectives. A biology student at UCLouvain, he specializes in ethology and marine ecology. He is also a photographer and videographer.

Gilles Vander Borght

Gilles is a conference organizer and activist for the protection of living things.

Lara Franken

Lara is a student and activist for social and climate justice, madly in love with words, nature and people.

Louis Droussin

Louis is 23 years old and has been involved in environmental and social struggles since 2018. Now a doctoral researcher in Political Science at UNamur, he studies the way in which environmental parties, unions and social movements tackle ecological issues.

Marie Gomrée

Marie is an activist for a fairer world, the defense of the environment and human rights. Also active for a more sustainable textile sector.

Matteo Pisano

Matteo is passionate about photography, cinema, his family and his friends.

Nicolas Bormann

Research and Advocacy Officer for Climate Justice and Political Coordinator at the Climate Coalition.

Ysaline Daoust

Ysaline is an activist for climate and social justice.

Join the movement by becoming a volunteer!

Do you want to contribute to positive change in our community? Join us by putting a little of your time or talents to good use! Whether you are an artist, musician, technology expert, professor, video editor, designer, student, passionate about politics or with agricultural skills, your expertise is valuable.

As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to participate in meaningful projects, collaborate with other people sharing the same values and make a real difference. Every skill and every minute counts in our collective mission.

Does this tempt you? Contact us today to find out how you can get involved and contribute to our common cause!

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