Team
Meet our 2025 Team:
I am Lea from Vienna – the apparently most liveable city in the world (something we can debate during the camp!). I hold a Masters degree in Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy and work as a researcher at university, where I get to deliberate alternatives to the current social and ecological unsustainability of our dominant economic system. In my free time I enjoy reading sci-fi books, going for a hike and look forward to swimming in the Danube as the days get warmer again. I am excited to get to know the participants and discuss their ideas on how to make cities both ecologically and socially more sustainable for everyone!
Hola! I am Alexander from Chile and better known as Alexcinho, a happy and a passionate person about nature. Since I was a child sitting around the fire, I felt this connection with nature and since then I have the best memories with my family and friends in a forest, river or somewhere in the mountains. Through life I had the chance to live in different countries where I discovered the richness of culture, traditions, languages and differences. I remember being in nature all my life, so for me the connection with your natural and social surroundings are the key for life. Because of that I have been following an educational path in Permaculture and Environmental Science that took me to live in ecovillages and work/volunteering in different projects around the world. For me life is an experience and as more feelings you experience as closest you are to a perfect day.
Tīna is a multidisciplinary designer and researcher interested in political ecology and climate justice. She is a co-founder of a design collective Fabula, which explores regenerative, relational, and creative approaches to sustainability. Tīna actively collaborates with international alternative educational projects, like New Visions, Critical Engagement, and Cesis Pluriversity. She holds a BA in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic in Maine, USA, and an MA in Functional Design from the Art Academy of Latvia, where she is currently a visiting lecturer, leading a course in Speculative Design. Tīna explores her interests through writing, with essays published in international independent journals.
Hiya, I’m Julia and I’m from South Africa. I’m currently finishing my master’s in Urban Environmental Management in the Netherlands. Things I’m interested in include running, urban mobility, cycling, crosswords, hiking, food, and figuring out what we mean when we talk about sustainability. Really, I’m just interested in learning, so I’m really looking forward to meeting all of you and learning alongside you!
Hi, I’m Luis from Munich, Germany. I’m currently finishing my IB at Robert Bosch College and am excited to return soon to connect with participants and explore how we can build more sustainable cities. Sustainability has always been a passion of mine; I’ve worked on making our school more sustainable and have had many inspiring conversations along the way. Here, I learned how valuable it is to exchange ideas across cultures and backgrounds, which I’m convinced is key to sustaining a livable Earth. Outside of that, I’m interested in everything from basketball and nature to physics and food.
Hey, my name is Hannah, nice to meet you! I´m a student and in the last semesters of my Master in Climate Change and Societal Transformation in Vienna, Austria. I´m passionate about everything connected to the environment: being outdoors, planting vegetables, studying urban ecosystems and having a good time out in the sun. During my Bachelor, I´ve lived in Freiburg and fell in love with the city. Ever since, I have focussed on alternative city planning and I´m already curious about your thoughts and ideas. See you soon!
Thomas Drössel has worked as the Chief Financial Officer of RBC since December 2015. Before this, he spent 17 years working for Robert Bosch GmbH in various positions in Germany as well as South Korea. He is married and looks forward to being part of the Summer Camp in Freiburg and Heilbronn again this year!
Tobi is Sustainability Coordinator at UWC RBC and has been involved with the camp since the beginning. He will not be there in 2025 but is working with the team on programme planning – and ensuring the right kind of cheese is bought for the pizza session!
Ines works at RBC as a PR and Communications Manager while completing a Master’s degree in English Literature at Freiburg University at the same time. She is part of the team preparing everything that is needed for the summer camp to run smoothly.