Tools to help you
Here you have documents and links to sites that will help you in your actions.
This page is divided into several sections: educational tools, getting information through the media, training/guidance, awards/contests etc. Do not hesitate to consult the section that corresponds to what you are looking for and have a look at the others!
ADEME'S EDUCATIONAL TOOLS
The ADEME (translation: Agency for the Environment and Energy Management) has created a national guide for eco-delegates and a catalogue of educational tools (both in French). You will find a lot of information and ideas for action!
EDUCATION / COURSE CHOICE
I invite you to visit the Pépites Vertes website (https://www.lespepitesvertes.fr/). They highlight the ecological career paths of individuals. Their Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGDznOeuW6miWn15yP8zvVQ
CONTESTS/AWARDS/AID
There are plenty of contests and prizes to reward people who are committed to the ecological transition. Here are some examples:
At national level:
-prix de l’action éco-déléguée de l’année (ministère de l’Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse)
-Climate Education Award (International Weather and Climate Forum)
-prix du roman d'écologie (Association du Prix du Roman d' Écologie)
-prix National du Génie Écologique (Association fédérative des acteurs de l'Ingénierie et du Génie Écologiques)
-prix étudiant COAL – Culture & Diversité (Fondation Culture & Diversité et l’association COAL)
-Ma Petite Planète https://mapetiteplanete.org/decouvrir-le-jeu/ (challenge)
-E3D Label (for schools)
At regional level:
Here is a document that lists the different aids according to the regions.
UNDERSTANDING FOR BETTER ACTION
Here is a non-exhaustive list of mine of information:
Instagram accounts
FR: Graine de possible / Bon pote / Humeco / Claire Nouvian
EN: Chicks For Climate / Future Earth / Earthrise studio
streaming services
ImagoTV
films and series
Demain, Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent, 2015
En quête de sens, Marc de la Ménardière and Nathanael Coste, 2015*
Solutions locales pour un désordre global, Coline Serreau, 2010*
Bigger Than Us, Flore Vasseur, 2021
Human, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 2015*
Watt if, Olivier Sabatier and Maud Rochefort, 2018*
En quête d'autonomie, Demos Kratos, 2019*
Our Planet, David Attenborough, 2019
One Strange Rock, Darren Aronofsky, 2018
An Inconvenient Truth, David Guggenheim, 2006
Le Lorax, Chris Renaud, 2012
Chernobyl, Craig Mazin, 2019
Snowpiercer, Josh Friedman, Graeme Manson, 2020-2022
*available for free on ImagoTV
books
FR:
Ralentir ou périr, Timothée Parrique, 2022
Un monde sans fin, Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe Blain, 2021
Tout comprendre (ou presque) sur le climat, Anne Bres and Bon Pote, 2022
Basculons ! dans un monde vi(v)able, Maxime Ollivier and Tanguy Descamps, 2022
EN:
The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisis, Christiana Figueres, 2020
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, Florence Williams, 2017
Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist, Kate Raworth, 2017
Note: remember to check your school library or town library catalogue! If you can't find what you're looking for, you can make a suggestion.
podcasts
Terre au Carré by FranceInter
Nouvel Oeil
We Now
Sismique
ConsoGlobe
Don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any suggestions for additions!