Madeleine Recknagel

Walking the talk each and every day, living my values 100%!
Madeleine is an experienced Zero Waste and Circular Economy Facilitator with a passion to transform knowledge sharing and learning systems that enables young minds, entrepreneurs and businesses to connect through real-life community experiences so that we can live smarter, adapt to changes and become more resilient. With over 20 years’ experience living, traveling and working abroad in international marketing, corporate event management, tourism destination planning, digital education, urban permaculture planning she has been able to connect the dots and understand complex issues spanning across various disciplines and sectors.
Madeleine has been described as a Catalyst and transformational leader for making change happen and has become a public speaker/ workshop facilitator with more than 300 international appearances at events, conferences, universities, international schools, communities, businesses and TV programs. Her story is proof that success is not about resources, but it’s about being resourceful, creative and mindful.
Madeleine can be found in her free-time in the Urban Permaculture Garden “Portam al Hort”, a community project to educate and empower local neighborhoods and youth programs in Barcelona on urban permaculture, climate change, healthy living, plastic pollution and protection of society.
Specialties: Experiential facilitation/ Collaborative capacity builder/ Systems and Design Change/ Urban Permaculture Designer