Who we are
An outsider’s eye, renewed and well travelled, a diversified and multidisciplinary experience bringing solutions for the project as a whole
George Oxley
Manager
Biochemist/Political Sciences
(Université Pierre et Marie Curie & Sciences Politiques – Diplomacy- Ileri / Paris)
- Scientific consultant for l’Oréal Group / prospectiv-research&innnovation
- Designer of cultivation protocols in regards to plant sociology, mycelia, bacteria and beneficial insects;
- Expert in myco-depollution;
- Formulator of plant odontalgic toothpaste for NAF labs (Ar)
- Partner of the T’ikapapa project for the biodiversity of the original potatoes of the Andes:
2006 FAO Gold Medal (Food & Agriculture Organisation), SEED AWARD 2007 for development – United Nations (UNDP/UNEP), BBC WORLD CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT 2007.
- Advisor for DOITUNG, Royal Thaïland Foundation – reforestation & development of the Golden Triangle.
- Advisor to PROMPEX Perù : development of agro food products for export.
- Chronicler for RUSTICA magazine: “Weeds as bio indicators” and “the modern forage: wild plants for gastonomy”
- Former Young Project officer at the European Commission DGXIII / Cabinet of Claude Cheysson (aid to developing countries.)
Gérard Ducerf
Ethnobotanist.
- Expert in Soil diagnosis with bio-indicator plants, in phytososiology and genuine biotopes;
- Medicinal plants expert : co-founder of the phytopharmaceutical laboratory Acanthis.
- Member of the Scientific Commission of the Burgundy Region.
- Member of the « Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Programme» for the French Ministry of Environment.
- Member of the « MEDSPA/EEC Programme » Inventory and uses of medicinal, condiment, perfume and industrial use plants for Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur – PACA region.
- Instructor of the medicinal plant harvester for the Boiron Laboratory.
- Adviser for the Organic production of famous French vineyards : Chateau Beychevelle, Chateau Pichon Longueville.
- Author of the « Encyclopedia of bio-indicator plants » in 2 volumes.
Alain Gachet
Geologist and radar satellite analyst
Doctor Engineer : Ecole des Mines de Paris.
-Senior oil and gas explorer for Total/Elf during 20 years.
-Founder of the company – RTF – Radar Technologies France
- Founder of WATEX : Discoverer of water for the Darfur refugees in collaboration with the UNHCR (2004/2006/2010).
-Collaborator with the NASA task force to analyse the under-soil radar images taken by the Space Shuttles. -
-Professor at the Ecole des Mines de Paris.
Diana Ubarrechena
Designer / Project Manager.
- Product Designer for beauty, agro-food, textile.
- 15years of development of artisan in the world.
- Founder of the brand “Trikitrixa” distributed in more than 250 shops on the planet – Neiman Marcus, Barney’s NY, Harvey Nichol’s, Galeries La Fayette, Le Printemps etc.
- In charge of the food trends and of the exhibition “world food products” SIAL 2004, Paris World Food Fair.
- Designer of product lines for communication: “the love sweets”, “IO” a sport line in nettle and linen cloth,
“T’ikka papa“ line of dried gourmet mash, eatable cosmetics for Sephora,…
- T’ikapapa project in Peru for the biodiversity of potato in the Andes (8000 small producers in the Andes)
- “Doitung” Project in Thailand, for the reforestation and the upgrade of the design of the artisans in the Golden Triangle .
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From the Blog
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011