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Marielle Dubbeling

December 17, 1968 - October 23, 2019

On 23rd of October, Marielle Dubbeling passed away peacefully at her home in France, following a long battle with cancer. Her husband, Guido, was at her side. She is remembered by many people, all over the world, as a unique individual; a spiritual person of integrity and uncompromising values; an influential thinker; a supportive and stimulating colleague and tutor; a steadfast leader; and, above all, a friend. Marielle was a leading expert in urban agriculture and city region food systems, who had significant and long lasting impacts on urban policies, as well as on research and education in this field of work. Marielle was co-founder of the RUAF Foundation, of which she was the Director since 2012, and a driving force of the RUAF Global Partnership. She will continue to inspire the many people that have been involved in studies and projects in which she took part. Please visit the RUAF website for the full article 'In Memoriam' https://www.ruaf.org/news/memoriam-marielle-dubbeling-1968-2019

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  • 2019-11-07 11:01:50 View / Comment (0)
    Yves Cabannes

    Yves Cabannes

    Yves Cabannes

    Marielle, you were such a wonderful friend and extraordinary colleague. Thank you so much for turning our lives and practices more luminous.. and greener. It has been over 20 years since we started contributing to build a better word with many many more of us. I remember how we struggled at the same time against the cancer, and when you survive you feel much more intensely the close friends who could not. Your legacy and inspiration will help me facing a deep sorrow. Yves.

  • 2019-10-31 19:28:01 View / Comment (0)
    Florence Egal

    Florence Egal

    Florence Egal

    A few things which I will always remember of her: - her independence - her love for Guido - she studied to be a druid - when one of their animals disappeared they would go by the SPA to check who needed to be adopted. - definitely not only UPA :-)...

  • 2019-10-29 23:55:17 View / Comment (0)
    Ahmed Sourani

    Ahmed Sourani

    Ahmed Sourani

    Marielle in the meeting of Gaza Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture platform (GUPAP). Gaza, Palestine, 2014.

  • 2019-10-29 15:53:39 View / Comment (0)
    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    MUKTA (means pearl, and also means freedom) Straddling two worlds Am I the pearl or the oyster? Whatever the world makes of me, the waves bring to me an unknown shore And I have to start all over Catching the sand, the grit between my teeth Making another pearl ever more special than the last Wrap me around a problem; a sea of them I just keep churning them Pearls out Incandescent, luminous, shimmering, reflecting Upon the endless tide (Juli Cariappa, organic farmer in Karnataka, South India, Sept 2019)

  • 2019-10-29 14:09:23 View / Comment (0)

    Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters

    So sad to hear that Marielle has left us. I had the honour to be at the start of what became her remarkable career. Marielle joined me as a student in Cameroon, where I conducted my PhD research, and with her came Guido all the way along. They resided in a very remote village and Marielle committed herself to collecting many data that I needed for my research. She did so with highest dedication imaginable, sharing sound and sometimes novel ideas around our research topic. When asked by her tutors at university to provide feedback on her performance I could only recommend to grant her the highest marks possible. And so they did and Marielle graduated summa cum laude. I will remember her as a remarkable personality with human assets that are too scarce in the world we live in.

  • 2019-10-29 12:06:27 View / Comment (0)
    Funke Cofie

    Funke Cofie

    Funke Cofie

    Marielle, you were such a Jewel!; a good-hearted, intelligent and diligent professional. You impacted your world. You were a direct blessing to many of us! I will not forget your last words to me, just two months before your death, when I enquired after your health. You wrote: ...."Blessing you with God’s love...". I didn't know it would be the last correspondence between us. You left me with God's love. I trust that you will find rest in the bosom of God. Your memories live on. Sleep, dearly beloved.

  • 2019-10-29 10:26:37 View / Comment (0)
    Mary Njenga

    Mary Njenga

    Mary Njenga

    Marielle at the Urban Agriculture and Gender Training in Joburg, South Africa 2004

  • 2019-10-29 00:17:29 View / Comment (0)
    Henk Renting

    Henk Renting

    Henk Renting

    Marielle with RUAF team, members and board meeting in Amersfoort 2016

  • 2019-10-29 00:10:04 View / Comment (0)
    Henk Renting

    Henk Renting

    Henk Renting

    Marielle speaking at Resilient Cities 2015 conference

  • 2019-10-28 22:35:22 View / Comment (0)
    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    Marielle developed a love of wood sculpture, sharing it with colleagues as part of the 2017 RUAF staff team retreat.

  • 2019-10-28 22:32:53 View / Comment (0)
    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    Marielle with members of the RUAF team, France, Sept 2017

  • 2019-10-28 21:55:39 View / Comment (0)
    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    Joy Carey

    Marielle at work, (a typical conference scene) at the ICLEI conference, Bonn, Germany, 2017

  • 2019-10-28 14:44:58 View / Comment (0)
    Ziad Moussa

    Ziad Moussa

    Ziad Moussa

    Marielle was the DNA of RUAF... Picture of one of the early (if not the first) RUAF Board meetings in 2009

  • 2019-10-28 14:43:05 View / Comment (0)
    Ziad Moussa

    Ziad Moussa

    Ziad Moussa

    With Marielle and the "From Seed to Table" RUAF team at the American University of Beirut in 2008! Many wonderful memories

  • 2019-10-28 08:50:45 View / Comment (0)
    Peter Laban

    Peter Laban

    Peter Laban

    Dear Marielle, dear Guido, Marielle always in a good mood from when I started working with her, as a young professional in the difficult ILEIA times, putting it back on its initial and so strong track in 1998, to the great phone call in 2012, discussing an urban agriculture project in Gaza. I remember still so well how to the point, clear and effective our first talks were, same page business, and then the implementing of that Oxfam Italia project with Rene' in one of the most difficult surroundings and institutional contexts, from value chains and change to participatory work with Gazawi farmers and other stakeholders, and all the other small and bigger thinking of new initiatives. Marielle, you as a strong a rooted olive tree, I was shocked to hera that you had succumbed, knowing how hard you have fought against it. Guido I am with you in the sadness and shock you have to through to now.

  • 2019-10-27 13:02:17 View / Comment (2)
    Henk Renting

    Henk Renting

    Henk Renting

    With Marielle at the signature ceremony of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact.

  • 2019-10-26 20:37:31 View / Comment (0)
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  • 2019-10-26 10:31:38 View / Comment (0)
    bram huijsman

    bram huijsman

    bram huijsman

    Ode to a beautiful person Like the invisible white threads connect the roots of trees and grow at times the most magnificent things. So tirelessly, unselfishly and often unseen was Marielle the bearer of a people’s network full of passion and professionalism. bram huijsman

  • 2019-10-26 11:31:42 wrote:

    I had the great fortune to work with Marielle as part of the RUAF Secretariat for 18 months, although she influenced my work for many years. Living quite near each other, we met at her house or mine, but more often in hospital rooms and cafeterias. Despite her illness, she stayed positive and engaged and was ever ready to give guidance, still with a sparkle in her eyes and her warm, easy smile. Marielle, you are so missed. Its hard to accept that you've left us, though your work will live on through everyone you have inspired. Huge hugs to Guido.

    2019-10-26 11:31:42 wrote: I had the great fortune to work with Marielle as part of the RUAF Secretariat for 18 months, although she influenced my work for many years. Living quite near each other, we met at her house or mine, but more often in hospital rooms and cafeterias. Despite her illness, she stayed positive and engaged and was ever ready to give guidance, still with a sparkle in her eyes and her warm, easy smile. Marielle, you are so missed. Its hard to accept that you've left us, though your work will live on through everyone you have inspired. Huge hugs to Guido.

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