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I'm communications director for the European Wind Energy Association.

EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting wind power in Europe and worldwide. Our members include 200 companies, organizations, and research institutions from more than 40 countries. This combined strength makes EWEA the world's largest renewable energy association.

I studied journalism at university, and after a period of freelancing for radio, I went to the other side of the fence, working as a media officer. A media officer's main task is advising on what could be a good story (therefore likely to be picked up), and how to say it to make it more interesting. I've been doing this for the past 14 years, mainly in the environmental, development, and humanitarian fields. I worked for intergovernmental institutions and NGOs. My current position at EWEA provides me with an ideal mix, as it merges an environmental perspective with what I consider the constructive approach of the wind-energy industry.

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I was born in Rome, Italy. I moved abroad when I was 18 and was based in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands for most of my adult life, with extensive work-related traveling around the world. I've been living in Brussels for the past three years.

It might sound odd, but when I was 18, I met an English professor who helped me prepare my end-of-high-school research. The work was on Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound," and her reading of the half-god struggle to give men fire while respecting nature really struck a chord. I've kept this fascination for the development of technical progress to improve life conditions while respecting the planet.

Having to take a photographer around a hospital in Goma, Congo, to take shots of sick women and children. We needed the images to illustrate their needs; the people were extremely kind but were not interested in photos: They wanted food and medicines. I felt cynical, inappropriate, and useless.

I enjoy my job. Some days are better than others, of course, but just being able to do a job I enjoy is extremely gratifying.

Bus, tube, bike, walk.

Fango (Mud), a novel by Niccolo Ammaniti, an Italian writer from the young generation.

Spaghetti "mare e monti" (shellfish and mushrooms). And dark chocolate! But that's not a meal, right?

Partially a natural news junkie, partially pushed on that path by my job. I receive three online news selections daily, mostly related to energy and the environment, I read online news sites (Reuters, AFP, BBC, ENDS among others), a couple of dailies, watch news on TV, and wake up to BBC World Service news.

I like wearing sandals -- but without socks. Do I qualify anyway?

The marine ecosystem, and anything related to it: coral reefs, fish, mammals, mangroves, etc.

I'd make environmentally friendly products (bio foods, cleaning products, washing powders, etc.) as cheap as some of their "unfriendly" counterparts. The environmentally friendly option is rarely the cheapest one, and this often discourages people's choice.

The long-term impacts of our present choices, those we might not be there to witness. This is particularly worrying when related to the issue of energy and climate change.

Apart from the news? A program on French TV called Thalassa.

Mac for graphic design, PC for everyday use. But it is just a matter of habits.

It's sunny.