Together for less waste and more sharing By nellie | October 16, 2023 Christmas is still far away but at L’Agence du Don en Nature (ADN), they are already preparing! Even if it is still early to think about Christmas, the major logistical operation carried out by ADN for its “Solidarity Christmas” campaign has begun. From October 16 to 22, ADN together with the Michelin Foundation, is organizing… Read More
Production schools: another way to learn a job By nellie | October 12, 2023 Doing to Learn is the leitmotif of production schools. Through their technical and professional education, they offer young people another perspective of the future than the usual path offered in traditional colleges, and allow them from the age of 15 to project themselves into the world of business and work. Do to Learn, practice two-thirds… Read More
Days of Light Festival: 13th edition! By nellie | September 18, 2023 From September 22 to 24, 2023, the biennial Days of Light Festival invites you to Saint-Saturnin, a charming little medieval village in Puy-de-Dôme, a few kilometers south from Clermont-Ferrand. Around thirty contemporary artists from diverse artistic and geographical backgrounds (painters, ceramists, engravers, photographers, musicians, writers, etc.) will take place at Saint-Saturnin in an unusual way… Read More
L’Auvergne Pour Un Enfant By nellie | September 11, 2023 The Association L’Auvergne pour Un Enfant, created in 2000 by Doctor Raymond Miallier, is recognized as charitable by the Prefecture of Puy de Dôme. Currently chaired by Professor Jean-René Lusson, Auvergne Pour Un Enfant takes care of children suffering from serious heart pathologies who cannot be treated in their country. Since its creation, 210 children… Read More
The Michelin Foundation is committed to healthcare in SRI-LANKA By nellie | August 30, 2023 Faced with the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, an emergency contribution will be made to facilitate the supply of medicines and medical equipment. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has been supporting Sri Lanka since 1967 in its action to reduce poverty and inequality. Regarding the field of health, the country has a free… Read More
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes National Orchestra at La Chaise-Dieu By nellie | August 29, 2023 The 57th Festival de la Chaise-Dieu ended on Sunday August 27 at the Abbatiale Saint-Robert. An exceptional historical heritage of the Haute-Loire, this thousand-year-old place of worship was transformed for 10 days into a majestic hall for symphony concerts. Congratulations to the 150 volunteers, to the general director of the Festival, Boris Blanco, and to… Read More
Creating environmental awareness among young people By nellie | July 26, 2023 Since 2018, the Biodiv’Educ association has been organizing recreational tech workshops for youngsters aged between 6 and 18. Created in 2018 at the initiative of the Play for Nature endowment fund, Biodiv’Educ works for the preservation of biodiversity and the environment by targeting the younger generation. Located in the Puy-de-Dôme département, the association designs its… Read More
The mobile clinic: access to health care for all ! By nellie | July 25, 2023 In India, the Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development (FORRAD), with backing from the Michelin Corporate Foundation, has set up a mobile unit for people lacking easy access to healthcare. Since it was set up in 2017, the clinic has covered a lot of ground. Travelling the roads of the Thiravallur district in India’s state… Read More
Encouraging actions to protect the Malayan Tiger in Malaysia By nellie | July 25, 2023 Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) is the oldest and largest NGO in Malaysia with a history of over 80 years of solid conservation and environmental achievements. Malaysian Nature Society approached the Michelin Foundation – very committed to biodiversity worldwide – with the aim of developing “citizen science” activities (research and monitoring of human-wildlife conflicts in the… Read More
Science comes to the aid of art By nellie | July 19, 2023 As part of a scheme to support the Friends of the Pompidou Center, the Michelin Corporate Foundation has applied the scientific and technical expertise of Michelin researchers to preserve artworks containing rubbers. Little known because their use is recent, elastomers, commonly known as rubbers, contained in works of art may deteriorate in such a way… Read More
