Climate Action changemakers

The selection

• 350.orgWashington DC, USA“Anchoring a global movement to a single number gave the climate fight a clear line to hold.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• A Buon DirittoRome, Italy“A buon diritto: a non-profit association that has been defending the rights of marginalised people for 20 years, especially those deprived of their liberty. If the degree of civilisation of a country is measured by that of its prisons, the Italian situation is very serious. A buon diritto takes on questions that politics tends to ignore, and which are nonetheless fundamental.”Recommended by Ilaria Gaspari
• Abderazzak BenchaabaneMarrakech, Morocco“Forty years documenting Morocco's plants quietly saves knowledge that was about to disappear.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• AlenviParis, France“Letting small teams of caregivers truly own their work dignifies everyone in the room.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ama, Japanese Freediving WomenMie Prefecture, Japan“Two thousand years of diving in rhythm with the sea, taking only enough to return, still teaches us how to live with the ocean.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Audrey BourolleauLévis-Saint-Nom, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• Billion Oyster ProjectNew York, USA“Urban ecological restoration at scale with an exemplary educational dimension, a rare model of city/ocean reconciliation.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• BiltokiAnglet, France“They revive a covered market by trusting the small producers who already feed the town.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• BIOfábrikGuayaquil, EcuadorRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Brique par BriqueMontreal, CanadaRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• BôndyAntananarivo, Madagascar“Reconnecting Madagascar's communities with the forest they depend on is regeneration done with people.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• C# See Sharp LabTurin, Italy“Gloria Campaner, a renowned pianist, has been giving concerts since the age of five and knows well the iron discipline musicians are subjected to during their training. That is why she created C#SeeSharp, a creative laboratory that allows those who study music (and not only them) to become acquainted with their emotional life without having to repress it. Because she has put her talent and her exceptional experience at the service of those following the same path as her, with a generosity that is in itself a true creative force.”Recommended by Ilaria Gaspari
• Café JoyeuxParis, France“A cafe run by people with disabilities, served with real hospitality, makes inclusion feel ordinary and warm.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Café MarulandaYotoco, Colombia“A former guerrilla growing peace through coffee is the kind of second life worth celebrating.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• CarbocultureHelsinki, Finland“Turning farm waste into stable carbon is a quiet, useful answer to a loud problem.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• CecosesolaBarquisimeto, Venezuela“A hundred thousand families running their own markets and clinics by assembly, since 1967, humbles me.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ceinture Aliment-Terre LiégeoiseLiège, BelgiumRecommended by Rob Hopkins
• Cesar Jung-Harada / ProteiHong Kong, China“Cesar treats open-source hardware as a public good, and that generosity is rare in invention.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• CloudfisherAgadir, Morocco“Harvesting drinking water straight from fog is a simple idea that changes lives in dry places.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• CopenhillCopenhagen, Denmark“A power plant you can ski down is a bold idea, and I respect that they show its tensions honestly too.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ellen MacArthur FoundationLondon, UK“Ellen gave the circular economy its language, and that language shaped real policy.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, USA“Bryan Stevenson reminds me that getting close to injustice is where real change starts.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• EurasantéLille, France“Building a health-innovation cluster gave a whole region a future after industry.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• FairphoneAmsterdam, Netherlands“Bas showed that a phone can be built with repair and fair sourcing in mind, and that pressures the whole industry.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Father Manuel RuizSanto Domingo, Dominican RepublicRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Floating FarmRotterdam, Netherlands“A dairy farm afloat in Rotterdam's port is a playful answer to cities running out of room.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Fortuna CoolsManila, PhilippinesRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Grain de SailConcarneau, France“A company that shows decarbonised freight is a real, running operation, sailing out of Saint-Malo across the Atlantic.”Recommended by Simon Bernard
• Growing CommunitiesLondon, UKRecommended by Rob Hopkins
• GUILDSingapore, SingaporeRecommended by Cesar Jung-Harada
• HasdeoRaipur, India“Alok stands between the forest and the mine, and he does it by amplifying the people who live there.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Hepburn WindLeonards Hill, AustraliaRecommended by Søren Hermansen
• Ibn Al Baytar / Zoubida CharroufRabat, Morocco“Zoubida gave argan its science and made sure the women who harvest it earn from it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Indigenous Clean EnergyOttawa, CanadaRecommended by Søren Hermansen
• InovaYaLyon, FranceRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Institut Océanographique Paul Ricardîle des Embiez, France“Fifty years of independent Mediterranean science, freely open to the public, is a gift.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Instituto TerraAimorés, Brazil“The Salgados replanted a dead farm into forest, and the springs and animals came back, which gives me hope.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• isiMpondoXolobeni, South Africa“Their stand for ancestral land reminds me that protecting a place and honoring the people on it are one and the same.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• JazzilePutignano, Italy“Jazzile is a social cooperative that supports wine producers with the aim of creating a community cellar based on agroecological principles and natural, artisanal winemaking, for those who wish to share spaces and knowledge while respecting the diversity of the people, businesses and territories involved. Because the idea of sharing the means of production by building a network of solidarity is a beautiful one.”Recommended by Ilaria Gaspari
• KadeyaChicago, USARecommended by Simon Bernard
• Knepp Wildland / Isabella TreeDorset, UK“Letting a worn-out farm go wild brought back turtle doves and nightingales, and that story changed how I think about land.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Kufunda Learning VillageHarare, ZimbabweRecommended by Søren Hermansen
• La ChartreuseAiguenoire, France“Choosing to make less in order to stay true to themselves is a kind of courage I admire.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• La Preuve par 7Paris, France“Proving an idea by practice, with the people who live there, is urbanism I trust.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Les Beaux MetsMarseille, France“A Marseille kitchen where excellence and second chances grow together, and the food is genuinely good.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Les Fruits DéfendusMontreal, CanadaRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• Libera TerraCorleone, Italy“Turning land taken from the mafia into honest farming work is justice you can taste.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Live Love RecycleBeyruth, LebanonRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Low-Tech LabConcarneau, France“What stays with me is that every solution they test gets open-sourced, so the knowledge belongs to everyone.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Malene LundenSamsø, DenmarkRecommended by Søren Hermansen
• MareBluGarabito, Costa RicaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Mariam KeitaConakry, GuineaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Mondragon CorporationMondragon, Spain“Eighty thousand worker-owners governing their own companies since 1956 is the most serious counter-model to shareholder capitalism I know.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Muriel Richard-NocaLausanne, SwitzerlandRecommended by Katy Foraz
• NavdanyaDehradun, India“Vandana Shiva defends seeds as a commons, and that fight protects farmers everywhere.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• NotplaLondon, UK“Packaging you can eat or compost from seaweed feels like common sense we somehow forgot.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Nyaguthii ChegeNairobi, Kenya“Carrying forward Wangari Maathai's vision is no small task. Chege's stewardship matters because it keeps a foundational African environmental movement rooted in the women and communities who actually do the planting.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ocean AliveSetúbal, Portugal“Raquel hands the work of protecting the seagrass to the fisherwomen who know the estuary best.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Oceans 2050USA“Alexandra is building the data that lets ocean farmers prove and earn from the carbon they store.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• OceanWellLos Angeles, USARecommended by Simon Bernard
• Olivier RoellingerCancale, FranceRecommended by Katy Foraz
• Paul Emilieu StudioParis, France“Starting every project from what already exists is craft and conscience working together.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• PhytobokazPetit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France“Dr. Joseph gives Caribbean plant knowledge the scientific footing it always deserved.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Plastic FlamingoMuntinlupa City, PhilippinesRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Plastic OdysseyMarseille, France“Simon's ship shows coastal towns how to make plastic a local resource they can use.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Plateau UrbainParis, France“Keeping empty buildings alive between projects makes room for people who could never afford the rent.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Potato headSeminyak, IndonesiaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Proxima FusionMunich, Germany“A European route to fusion that runs continuously is a bet worth watching closely.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Rainforest ConnectionSan Francisco, USA“Turning old phones into ears for the forest is the kind of frugal cleverness I love.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ralph NaderWashington D.C, USA“Because he demonstrated that one person armed with rigorous research and moral clarity can reshape entire systems of power, and because he never confused access to elites with actual influence over them.”Recommended by Alberto Alemanno
• Raphaël HaumontParis-Saclay, FranceRecommended by Katy Foraz
• Refettorio ParisParis, France“Bottura turns surplus food into beautiful meals served with dignity, and the beauty matters here.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Refugee Food FestivalParis, France“Putting refugee chefs in great kitchens lets them arrive as talent, with stories worth tasting.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• RobriesSurabaya, IndonesiaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Rotor DeconstructionBruxelles, Belgium“They prove that salvaging a building's materials can pay for itself, which is what convinces builders.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• rrreefsZurich, Switzerland“Printing reef bricks shaped like real coral gives larvae a home to colonize, which is beautifully direct.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• SailcoopVannes, France“I like that they make crossing the Atlantic by sail feel like a real option again.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Samsø Energy AcademySamsø, Denmark“An island that owns its own wind together is the clearest proof that energy can be democratic.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Sara TurettaCernavodă, Romania“Sara Turetta decided, before turning 30, that she would devote her life to helping animals. She left her job in advertising after a trip to Romania that had shaken her deeply, opening her eyes to the tragedy of stray animals beyond any control and the brutality with which dogs were treated. She then founded Save the dogs and other animals, a foundation active in Italy and Romania, dedicated to rescuing dogs and other animals from the violence of a world that treats them as invisible. Her love for animals turned into concrete action. Her work is immense and unrelenting, and it allows thousands of dogs and other animals to escape a horrific fate.”Recommended by Ilaria Gaspari
• ScarabTechJohannesburg, South AfricaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Shorefast Foundation / Fogo Island InnFogo island, Canada“Zita Cobb came home and turned hospitality into a way to keep her island alive.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Simonetta CheliFrascati, Italy“Turning satellite data into tools for climate decisions is European responsibility at its best.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Slow Food Foundation for BiodiversityBra, Italy“Carlo Petrini reminded us that eating well is a pleasure worth defending everywhere.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• SOLshareDhaka, Bangladesh“Letting neighbors share their solar power makes clean energy reachable for the poorest, which is the whole point.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Songhaï CenterPorto-Novo, BeninRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• Sungai WatchBali, IndonesiaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Svalbard Global Seed VaultSvalbard, Norway“A cold mountain holding more than a million seeds is the most patient insurance humanity has.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Sweet OmLamentin (Guadeloupe), France“Therese grows wellbeing out of a Creole garden, and the care in it is real.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Sylvio RuizBogotá, ColombiaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Taisugar Circular VillageTaisugar, Taiwan“A village designed so materials keep circulating is a calm, livable picture of the circular economy.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Tetsunari IidaTokyo, JapanRecommended by Søren Hermansen
• Transition NetworkTotnes, UK“Rob taught me that imagining the future is itself a tool for the climate transition.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Union United Church Food BankMontreal, CanadaRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• Urban TilthRichmond, California, USARecommended by Rob Hopkins
• V CycleHong Kong, ChinaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Valldaura Self-Sufficient LabsBarcelona, Spain“A forest that is at once the resource, the classroom and the curriculum is my idea of a good lab.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• VelaParis, FranceRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Visionary Co.Nagoya, Japan“Turns a demographic constraint into an opportunity, physical strength as vocation, not stigma.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Why KamikatsuKamikatsu, Japan“A town that sorts its waste into 45 streams shows that the hard part is culture, and they did it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Wildlife Conservation Fund / Hélène GrimaudNew York, USA“A great pianist giving her fame to wolves is a union of art and wildness I find moving.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• WindcoopLorient, FranceRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Yellow Dot StudiosLos Angeles, USA“Using sharp humor to name greenwashing is a way to keep people awake that I enjoy.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• ÉcomarisMontréal, Canada“Making plankton visible is a quiet way to help us care about the half of our oxygen we never see.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Éliane Vogel-PolskyBrussels, Belgium“Because she used strategic litigation to establish gender equality as a fundamental EU principle, and because she showed how a single well-crafted legal case can reshape an entire constitutional order.”Recommended by Alberto Alemanno