Co-Being in France: the projects changemakers recommend

The selection

• AlenviParis, France“Small teams of caregivers who own their work. It gives dignity to everyone in the room.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Atelier Berger MilàParis, France“A young Franco-Spanish duo who treat architecture as the tissue between people and their territory. A quiet, exacting practice, from a single room to the fabric of a city.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• BiltokiAnglet, France“They bring a covered market back to life by trusting the small producers who already feed the town.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Café JoyeuxParis, France“A café run by people with disabilities, with real hospitality. Inclusion becomes ordinary, and warm.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Charles-Edouard NotredameLille, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• Etienne JarrierParis, France“Finding new ways to resist. Music emerged as one of them.”Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville
• EurasantéLille, France“A health-innovation cluster gave a whole region a future after heavy industry.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Florence RizzoParis, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• FratriesNantes, France“Sharing an ordinary city flat turns out to be the most dignified support you can offer.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• InovaYaLyon, FranceRecommended by Simon Bernard
• La Ferme des VolonteuxBeaumont-lès-Valence, France“A collective farm run as a worker cooperative in the Drôme, La Ferme des Volonteux pools land, tools and know-how around organic market gardening, direct sales and the training of future farmers.”Recommended by Paul Emilieu Marchesseau
• La MaestraParis, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• La maison perchéeParis, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• La Preuve par 7Paris, France“They prove an idea by doing it, with the people who live there. That is urbanism I trust.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• LazareNantes, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• Les Beaux MetsMarseille, France“A Marseille kitchen where excellence and second chances grow together. And the food is good.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Les Invités au FestinBesançon, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• Low-Tech LabConcarneau, France“Every solution they test is published open source. The knowledge belongs to everyone, and that is what stays with me.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• makesenseParis, France“They put collective intelligence to work for changemakers, two hours at a time.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• My Human KitNantes, France“Nicolas lost his hand and turned that into an open lab, where people design their own solutions.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• NightlineParis, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• Paul Emilieu StudioParis, France“He starts every project from what already exists. Craft and conscience, working together.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Philippe AlbanelLyon, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• PhytobokazPetit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France“Dr Joseph puts Caribbean plant knowledge on the scientific footing it always deserved.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Pierre RosanvallonParis, France“Because he built an entire intellectual project around making democracy work better rather than just critiquing it, and because he showed that rigorous scholarship and public engagement are not just compatible but necessary complements.”Recommended by Alberto Alemanno
• Plastic OdysseyMarseille, France“Simon's ship goes from port to port and shows coastal towns how to turn their plastic into something they can use locally.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Plateau UrbainParis, France“They keep empty buildings alive between two projects, and make room for people who could never afford the rent.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Refettorio ParisParis, France“Bottura turns surplus food into beautiful meals, served with dignity. The beauty is part of it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Refugee Food FestivalParis, France“Refugee chefs in great kitchens. They arrive as talent, with stories you can taste.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• SailcoopVannes, France“They make crossing the Atlantic by sail a real option again. I like that.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Sweet OmLamentin (Guadeloupe), France“Therese grows wellbeing out of a Creole garden. The care in it is real.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Village AlzheimerDax, France“People with Alzheimer's keep an ordinary life, with a real shop and a bistro. Deeply humane.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• We Are SistaParis, France“Tatiana and her collective turned the gender funding gap into a movement, then built the fund to close it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• WindcoopLorient, FranceRecommended by Simon Bernard