Protecting the environment
The fight against global warming, the renewing of energies, the preservation of resources and biodiversity are fundamental challenges for the future of our planet. It is urgent and vital to act in favor of the environment.
The Michelin Corporate Foundation has therefore made the protection of the environment one of its main fields of action through innovative projects.
Creating environmental awareness among young people
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…
Discover this projectEncouraging actions to protect the Malayan Tiger in Malaysia
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…
Discover this projectUnderstand to act, train to transform
How can we transform our way of thinking and acting to promote ecological and social transition? How to support this transformation? A training organization for ecological and social transition, the Campus de la Transition (association law 1901) is both a research-action laboratory and an experimental eco-place for sober and united lifestyles. Since its creation in…
Discover this projectTwice the Wild – rising to the challenge of climate change
Canada, with its enormous natural heritage, is investing through the Nova Scotia Nature Trust in an innovative program called ‘Twice the Wild’. Preserving Nova Scotia’s wildlands With the longest coastline in the world, a quarter of the planet’s wetlands and boreal forests and a fifth of its fresh water, a vital habitat for birds, fish…
Discover this projectThe natural rubber value chain in the Brazilian Amazon
Unprocessed natural rubber is an important part of the local economy for communities in the Amazon. Sustainable management of the forests and the natural rubber trees they contain adds value to the natural forest while also bringing work to communities in the Amazon. As a result, the natural rubber value chain has a major role…
Managing conflicts between man and nature, the example of rooks
Preserving Nature and biodiversity is a priority to which the Michelin Corporate Foundation is committed. The Foundation is participating with the Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) in the protection of rooks who are key players in a unique ecosystem. The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is one of four European species belonging…
Discover this projectPlanting Trees, Fosters Hope for the Future
Living in a country with the nickname Mega-biodiversity Country – which means a country with a rich biodiversity – should make us aware of the importance of biodiversity as a supporting component of our survival – humans. There are so many benefits that we can get from the existence of biodiversity, namely as a source…
Discover this projectUnity Park, a greenspace that will change the face of Greenville
In Greenville, a 60-acre park is becoming a reality. First imagined in 1907 and discussed and planned for more than a decade, it will restore and revitalize a forgotten part of the urban landscape. The site on the western edge of Greenville was once the location of the city’s public works facilities, which were relocated…
Discover this project1,000 solutions to change the world
Combining ecology and economy is the mission of the Solar Impulse Foundation which is deeply committed to environmental protection. It is pursuing its action this year under the leadership of its founder Bertrand Piccard who, with the creation of the World Alliance, has set himself the target of promoting clean technologies by bringing together all…
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