Lucile Schmid is vice-president of La Fabrique écologique, a think tank specialised on green issues. She was co-president of the Green European foundation (2015-2017). In 2017, she co-founded a literary prize aiming at making green inspiration emerge in French literature. She has been actively writing and editing in Esprit revue for 20 years and has been a candidate and elected representative in France for the Socialist Party and the Greens. She was candidate for the 2019 European elections on a green list (Urgence écologie).