Mark Dubrulle
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Mark Dubrulle is a Belgian
consultant and environmentalist
.
(B) and spent two years at sea. His academic background is in psychology and sociology at the Social Academy of his hometown Ghent.
He has been involved in environmental activism and environmental protection for more than 40 years. His professional experience includes environmental management, communication strategies and European affairs. He is a Member of the Club of Rome
, President of the Club of Rome EU Chapter (Brussels
), and of the CoR-European Support Centre (Vienna
), Committee member of ECOROPA, a green think tank, since 1977. He was President of GreenFacts-Communicating Scientific Facts on Health and Environment from 2005 to 2009. He was co-founder and Chairman of the Europe of Cultures Forum from 2004 to 2010.
A founding member of the Belgian confederation of nature conservation and environmental organisations, Mark Dubrulle was National Secretary of the Bond Beter Leefmilieu / Inter-environnement from 1970 to 1980, an activist group which he co-founded, together with Michel Didisheim
and half a dozen friends. He was a co-founder and, from 1980 to 1982, the first Secretary of the Flemish green party AGALEV (presently Groen!).
Appointed Managing Director of Hill and Knowlton International Belgium in 1980, he left this leading PR/PA agency to start his own consultancy in 1986. Until 1998 he was Managing Director of EMSA Europe S.A., Environmental Management Strategies and Analysis. He presently is Managing Director of Dubrulle s.c.r.l., a cooperative services consultancy specialized in environmental affairs and sustainable development.
He lectured at several universities in Belgium, France, Italy and the U.K. He was a Belgian delegate at the first UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm
(1972), is a Past President of the European Society for Environment and Development (ESED), stood on the Policy Committee of the International Council for Oil and the Environment (ICOE) in Edinburgh
.
He has been active in many federalist movements and think tanks: Beweging voor de Verenigde Staten van Europa, Centre d’études pour les communes et les provinces/ Studiecentrum voor steden en gemeenten, Coudenberg group
, Front voor Unionistisch Federalisme/Front pour le fédéralisme d’Union, and B Plus.
In the seventies and eighties he worked closely with the Swiss philosopher Denis de Rougemont
as a counsellor of the Centre Européen de la Culture.
He is a member of the Dutch/Flemish Comité voor Buitenlands Cultureel Beleid and president of the section County of Namur of the cultural organisation Orde van den Prince.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
consultant and environmentalist
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
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Biography
Dubrulle was trained at the Naval School in OstendOstend
Ostend is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke , Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast....
(B) and spent two years at sea. His academic background is in psychology and sociology at the Social Academy of his hometown Ghent.
He has been involved in environmental activism and environmental protection for more than 40 years. His professional experience includes environmental management, communication strategies and European affairs. He is a Member of the Club of Rome
Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity." It consists of current and...
, President of the Club of Rome EU Chapter (Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
), and of the CoR-European Support Centre (Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
), Committee member of ECOROPA, a green think tank, since 1977. He was President of GreenFacts-Communicating Scientific Facts on Health and Environment from 2005 to 2009. He was co-founder and Chairman of the Europe of Cultures Forum from 2004 to 2010.
A founding member of the Belgian confederation of nature conservation and environmental organisations, Mark Dubrulle was National Secretary of the Bond Beter Leefmilieu / Inter-environnement from 1970 to 1980, an activist group which he co-founded, together with Michel Didisheim
Michel Didisheim
Michel, Count Didisheim was the private secretary and chief of staff of HRH Albert Prince of Liège, later to become king Albert II of Belgium...
and half a dozen friends. He was a co-founder and, from 1980 to 1982, the first Secretary of the Flemish green party AGALEV (presently Groen!).
Appointed Managing Director of Hill and Knowlton International Belgium in 1980, he left this leading PR/PA agency to start his own consultancy in 1986. Until 1998 he was Managing Director of EMSA Europe S.A., Environmental Management Strategies and Analysis. He presently is Managing Director of Dubrulle s.c.r.l., a cooperative services consultancy specialized in environmental affairs and sustainable development.
He lectured at several universities in Belgium, France, Italy and the U.K. He was a Belgian delegate at the first UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(1972), is a Past President of the European Society for Environment and Development (ESED), stood on the Policy Committee of the International Council for Oil and the Environment (ICOE) in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
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He has been active in many federalist movements and think tanks: Beweging voor de Verenigde Staten van Europa, Centre d’études pour les communes et les provinces/ Studiecentrum voor steden en gemeenten, Coudenberg group
Coudenberg group
The Coudenberg group was a Belgian federalist think-tank, it was named after the place where the members met, the Coudenberg, one of the seven hillocks on which the centre of Brussels has been built...
, Front voor Unionistisch Federalisme/Front pour le fédéralisme d’Union, and B Plus.
In the seventies and eighties he worked closely with the Swiss philosopher Denis de Rougemont
Denis de Rougemont
Denis de Rougemont was a Swiss writer, who wrote in French.He studied at the University of Neuchâtel, and then moved to Paris in 1930. There he wrote for and edited various publications, associating with the personalist groupings and the non-conformists of the 1930s...
as a counsellor of the Centre Européen de la Culture.
He is a member of the Dutch/Flemish Comité voor Buitenlands Cultureel Beleid and president of the section County of Namur of the cultural organisation Orde van den Prince.