Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Ambassadors
Marc de Bel
<div>“All my life I have been fond of children and (other) animals. To be honest, I can only live two days without. On the third day I start to get pimples, noise in my ears and other aging symptoms. That is why I am very proud of my title as ambassador for JGI Belgium. I always considered monkeys, and especially chimpanzees, to be equal. That is why I used to (and still do) hang in trees as a young boy. My favorite hangout used to be my tree-house that I fell down from when I was eleven years old. Because of this tumble and the fall on my head I luckily didn’t really grew much older and I started writing. For example, my first book ‘The egg of uncle Trotter’, and the crazy, exciting new ‘Kriegeltjesboek’ called ‘The plan of professor Snootman’. In this book the three brave sisters ‘Kriegel’ end up at the Jane Goodall Institute after a bloodcurdling journey, together with the Chimps and other great apes! Not only black ones, but pink ones too …”</div> <p> </p> <div><a href="http://www.marcdebel.be/">www.marcdebel.be</a><br />Wikipedia: <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_de_Bel">Marc de Bel</a></div>
Lous-Philippe Loncke
<div>Louis-Philippe Loncke is a Belgian explorer and adventurer. He is also Fellow of The Explorers Club, together with Dr. Jane Goodall.<br />He has been doing expeditions since 2006. He mainly did cross several deserts on foot and sea kayaking journeys to raise awareness on ecological issues in remote areas. He mainly focusses on water preservation and clean up actions using a paddle sport.<br />He received the prestigious award “European Adventurer of the year” for 2016.<br />In April 2012, he helped to organise the first KayaClean event for JGI Belgium with underprivileged youth participating as part of the R&S programme. He now aims to lift the KayaClean.org to a global world wide scale by dedicated website where paddle cleaners volunteers can find and join a water cleaning activity done with a kayak or a canoe.<br />“I met Jane in May 2010 and what a surprise to receive an email 15 months later asking me to be an ambassador. I was just starting my BelgiKayak expedition. She is a symbol of hope to me. She continues to act for her beliefs, for her passion to preserve the animals, the environment and the people.” Jane knighted him in 2014 as “Jane Goodall Institute knight for the Youth, the animals and the plants in the order of the Iguana” or in short Sir Iguana.<br />Louis-Philippe Loncke can be followed on his blog and the social media Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.</div> <p> </p> <div><a href="https://www.louis-philippe-loncke.com/">www.louis-philippe-loncke.com</a><br />Wikipedia: <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke">Louis-Philippe Loncke</a></div>
Charline Van Snick
Charline Van Snick
Former top-level judoka, Charline has long been committed to the environment, maintaining a sustainable and vegetarian lifestyle. She fights for respect, equality and justice for all living beings, and has been a sponsor for Île de Paix.
In 2023, she participated in our reforestation action in Limburg, in collaboration with Sylva Nova.
