Matteo Zampatti –
Chairperson and Treasurer of the Baltic Ecovillage Network since 2022, board member of Suderbyn Ekonomik Forening since 2021 and Relearn Suderbyn NGO since 2023. Matteo is actively involved in some working groups of GEN Europe, NextGEN, Yes To Sustainability and volunteering for multiple activist movements (food sharing, climate justice). He is working for the NGO Relearn Suderbyn as Admin Manager since 2022 and in 2024 he started working for Ecolise (the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability) as Events and Admin officer. He both facilitated and participated in various trainings including: facilitation, critical thinking, nature-based practices, climate dialogue, permaculture, non-violent communication and sociocracy, Bridgedale, Clips. Some of his other interests and projects are: networking, emotional response to the systemic crisis, rock climbing, community building, indigenous wisdom, regeneration, eco-construction, movies, inner work, contact improvisation, somatic and bodywork.
Lina Cirvinskiene – Board member of Baltic Ecovillage Network, Council member of ECOLISE, member of main working group in GEN Europe and chairwoman of Lithuanian National Network. Lina Cirvinskiene has a Bachelor degree in Political Sciences (Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences) and Master degree in Innovation and Technology Management, specialised in sustainable innovations (ISM University of Management and Economics). She’s been interested in sustainability in different areas for over 15 years and has different experience of working in the private sector (sustainable business), NGO and governmental organisations. As a professional (expert) she focuses on sustainable innovation management, including transition to a sustainable circular business model in 4 sectors – agriculture, textile, eco construction and energy.
