Kumēia Team

Sustainability is at the foundation of everything we do at Kumēia, this includes how we work and build our team. 

Our team members work remotely from their respective homes and offices. This allows the organisation to avoid unnecessary business travel and commuting, which contributes to emissions. In addition to lowering our carbon footprint, remote working helps our team achieve a healthy work-life balance. Without this balance it is very difficult for any worker to keep their home low waste and sustainable. 

Our team members come from all over the world, including central Europe and the Middle East. With an international group, we are able to elicit communication and potential collaborative partnerships from a range of diverse places and organisations. 

Désirée Haupts (CH)

Founder & Project Manager

Désirée founded Kumēia to communicate knowledge that supports the creation of a sustainable lifestyle, and addresses the entrepreneurial motivations of people who want to contribute to the green evolution of our economies.

She is committed to ensuring our content is relevant, high quality and above all, trustworthy. Désirée’s role is to sustain and develop this mission and to lead Kumēia in all its current and future ventures.

Désirée is an experienced Communication Specialist, Storyteller and Activist. Fluent in 6 languages, she has been working as a consultant in Milan, Barcelona, Zürich, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with numerous projects including distinguished partners such as Dubai Expo 2020; the Swiss Confederation and Vitra. She has been invited as a speaker on several international platforms, including NIFF, where she shared the stage with Lucasfilm’s manager Scott Ross. 

We’re hiring!

Head of Social & Paid Media

We’re looking for our next Head of Social & Paid Media! You will be in charge of handling our social media presence to spread awareness about our aims and educational content. You will also be tasked with liaising with sponsors and supporters of the platform. This is a remote position with an approximate 20% pensum. We require you to have a great understanding of how social media management works. An affinity to graphic design. Very good English is a must. Are you interested? We can’t wait to hear from you! Please write to desiree.haupts (at) kumeia.org with a short motivation letter, CV and examples of your previous or ongoing work.

Alastair Oates (UK)

Senior Editor

Alastair is a copyeditor from Edinburgh, Scotland. After graduating in English Literature from Aberdeen University, he moved to Madrid where he worked as a teacher. In 2021, he completed a Master’s degree in Publishing at Edinburgh Napier University, and has subsequently been involved in various publishing projects. 

At Kumēia, Alastair performs an editorial role managing our content and assisting in the commissioning process. He is particularly focused on supporting new writers to overcome certain language and learning barriers, so they can share their experience and stories about the climate.

Marta Barragan Garrido (UAE)

Editor

Daniela Bevilacqua (DE)

Senior Web Developer

Daniela is an Italian full stack Developer now based in Berlin. She was passionate about tech and programming from a young age and she has more than ten year of experience working in communication agencies in Milan and big companies in Germany as well as in many freelance projects/platforms.

She was always intersted in the use of technology for helping sustainability and always exploring new ways in this direction.

She is taking care of Technical optimisation & development of Kumēia platform.

Gemma Cabello (ES)

Head of Video

Gemma was born in Barcelona in 1988, she studied cinematography specializing in editing and post-production. In her last year of college, she started working in film and since then she has spent almost 10 years working as an assistant editor, editor and post-production coordinator in advertising, cinema and platform projects. One of her most notable jobs as a post-production supervisor is Foodie Love, directed by Isabe Coixet and produced by HBO. Check out her work at www.gemmacabello.com

Monica Frigerio Cavadini (CH)

Finance Auditor

Coming Soon

Collaborate with us

Want to help our community on their sustainability journey?

Our organisation is constantly looking for new collaborators that can deliver interesting and engaging content on everything from energy efficiency to the green economy. It isn’t a requirement to have professional experience in the sustainability or environmental sector, however we always appreciate the perspective of insider experts.

So, if you have a story or piece of advice that can help people make better decisions as consumers or change a bad habit, we will promote you on our platform. 

Our collaborations are not only related to content creation. If you are a researcher, designer, scientist or activist, you are welcome to approach us with ideas for projects or e-learning courses. 

If you’re interested in being part of our team, kindly fill in the following form.