Christine Ziegler

I have been the owner of INTER ACT as a sole proprietorship since 2006. At the end of 2024, I founded INTER ACT GmbH – Climate. Act. Now. to further focus on my work on the topics of climate protection, biodiversity and sustainable development. INTER ACT offers space for dialog, ideas solutions and concrete actions.

I studied biology and business mediation. I have been analyzing processes in the processes at the interface of sustainability, the environment and society for more than 30 years. I am also a climate expert for cities and municipalities. From 2019 until 2024 I was Head of the Climate Unit of the City of Winterthur.

My broad practical experience clearly shows me two things:

• Ambitious goals and complex measures require interdisciplinary knowledge and action. Tailor-made processes, openness and clear leeways support transdisciplinary solution finding.

• Courage and joy of targeted and supportive experimentation can lead to sustainable, climate-friendly behavioral changes.

When I am not on the road with INTER ACT, you can often find me in the Valais Alps, sailing on the water or at home in Rheinfelden where I am taming and designing my natural garden.

• Professional career

  
  • since 2025
    Senior academic member of the Strategic Climate Unit of the Canton Baselstadt (part time)
  • 2019 – 2024
    Head of the Climate Unit of the City of Winterthur
  • 2018 – 2019
    Project manager evaluation IBA Basel processes
  • 2017
    Operational manager of Ecolog GmbH
  • 2014 – 2016
    Co-Director of the Jurapark Aargau, regional nature park
  • 2006 – 2016
    Managing director INTER ACT (sole proprietorship)
  • 1998 – 2005
    Team leader in the Division “Processes” of the consulting firm, ecos, Basel
  • 1997 – 1998
    Exhibition assistant for the seasonal exhibitions of Pro Natura Centre Champ Pittet (VD) Co-founder of the Swiss Jazz Museum, Arlesheim (today Swissjazzorama, Uster)
  • 1990 – 1996
    Project leader entomologist in the research programs on biological weed control (IIBC, International Institute for Biological Control, Délemont, Switzerland and CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization, Montpellier, France).

• Education

  

• Commitment