« Every day, more and more people are exchanging ideas, aiming to convince others and adopting the kind of behaviour that we will all emulate in tomorrow’s world. »
Vivien, co-president
We had a great time visiting our friends at La Gentle Factory in their new offices and workshop in Roubaix, situated in northern France! 🙏
La Gentle Factory is a French fashion brand that works hard daily to provide an environmentally friendly alternative to mainstream high street fashion brands. Their wares are woven from organic cotton and recycled fibres, not to mention being entirely manufactured in our own backyard here in France!
🔵 No less than 107,000 of us turned up to demand a future worth fighting for!
⚪ YES! Our generation will always be there to fight against climate change and to defend biodiversity!
🔴 YES! Green actions every day can go a very long way!
Our Communications Officer Thibaut represented Les Climat’Optimistes at one of UNESCO’s Liaison Committee meetings, where the organisation meets and engages in dialogue with associations active in a number of different areas.
Thibaut outlined our activities, our work for the protection of biodiversity, as well as our participation in the political arena in order to make environmental transition a tangible reality. Lire plus – Continue reading “The Climat’Optimists at UNESCO”→
✅ A joint Presidency representative of both sexes, with Asma and Vivien at the helm? – check!
✅ A team made up of 77% women? – check!
✅ Les Climat’Optimistes aren’t prepared to wait until the year 3000 before promoting gender equality and female empowerment. It’s always been part of our DNA 🤗
With that, let us take this opportunity to thank the women that make Les Climat’Optimistes what it is today! A big thanks to Asma, Manon, Lauriane, Sarah, Annabelle, Lola and Chloé for their commitment to fighting climate change and protecting biodiversity! 🌿🌏☀️
Against the backdrop of the theme “A Climate for the Future”, over 150 youths participated and suggested their solutions for a future threatened by climate change. With the help of the France-Quebec Office for Youth, Thibaut was given a platform to share our message of green action every day going a very long way. Lire plus – Continue reading “A Climate for the Future”→
Our Communications Officer Thibaut has been selected to take part in the Institut du Nouveau Monde’s 11th annual “winter session” programme in association with the France-Quebec Office for Youth.
The event takes place over three days and it allows participants to experience several different forms of citizens’ engagement. This special edition will be open to young people aged 15 to 35 and its goal is for them to reflect upon and propose both individual and collective solutions on how to tackle climate change.
We wanted to extend our heartiest congratulations to Claire Tauty, Director of French association Echanges pour une Terre Solidaire. Claire was recently awarded the very coveted French state distinction of Chevalière de l’Ordre National du Mérite, which she received at this year’s Festival de la Terre Solidaire, an event taking place in Picardie, north of Paris!
Founded by Claire in northern France in 1997, Echanges pour une Terre Solidaire seeks to promote a healthier diet for all and make healthy eating more accessible to people. To do so, Claire and her association tackle four major challenges:
🌿 Healthy eating coupled to social outreach, especially important in this region of northern France (Picardie), where the unemployment rate is higher than the national average.
🌿 Healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle, again of particular relevance in a region where, in 2012, 20% of the population were suffering from obesity, a health risk that affects those in a socially precarious position the most.
🌿 Improved access to fresh produce, in a bid to allow everyone to consume fruit and vegetable products that meet certain standards, especially important in an age where industrial foodstuffs are becoming ever cheaper to obtain.
🌿 Reducing food waste, which is fast becoming a major concern in France, where 10 million tonnes of still edible foodstuffs prematurely wind up on the rubbish heap from one year to the next.
To combat all of these issues and work towards a healthier lifestyle for all, Echanges pour une Terre Solidaire has taken on the mission of helping to develop a more sustainable agricultural model. A model that is both healthier and more just, by respecting both the land cultivated and exploited for such purposes, as well as the people who inhabit it.
As part of its actions, in 2016, Echanges pour une Terre Solidaire raised awareness among 5000 students at both primary and secondary level, engaging them on the topic of seasonal produce and the necessity of consuming fruit and vegetables, thus promoting the benefits of a healthy diet all-round 🍎
With this in mind, we wanted to thank Claire once again for her commitment to this project over the past 30 years. A special thanks to her and her team for their promotion of a socially conscious approach to healthy eating, and one that is mindful of major issues like climate change, biodiversity and people’s well-being! 🌿🌏☀️
Local and organic, it’s a matter of life and death!
What role for youth in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular Integrated Water Resources Management? Read the vision of Asma, our Co-president, in the UN Chronicle:
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”1 This new development agenda propagates an all-of-society engagement and partnership as a main driver for transformation. It is a collective action plan that unites State and non-State actors, whereby adequate opportunity and space is given to all major groups in society.
YES, youth has a role to play for climate action! Congrats to Vivien, our Co-president, for his nomination as Global Youth Climate Network (GYCN) Climate Ambassador for 2019! 🇫🇷🤗🇪🇺
The Global Youth Climate Network acts as a catalyst for youth throughout the world. It helps youth to work together for the development and implementation of initiatives raising awareness on climate change adapation and mitigation.
