Fighting inequality, alongside the Paris HEC Foundation By nellie | April 5, 2022 There are talents everywhere but sometimes they have to be brought to light. That’s why the Michelin Corporate Foundation has decided to back the rollout of the Stand Up program and the activities of the Equal Opportunities Mission initiated by the Paris HEC Foundation. The aim is to offer all students the same chance of… Read More
South Africa: Working for women’s mobility By nellie | April 5, 2022 The Michelin Corporate Foundation is backing an initiative launched by Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) aiming to reduce gender inequality in public transport. Discriminating between women and men For women, travel can be a source of inequality and social exclusion, reinforcing existing differences between the sexes and inhibiting their potential for development. This situation exists… Read More
Kanako Abe, great guest conductor in Auvergne By nellie | October 7, 2021 After 18 months of health crisis without the possibility of meeting to rehearse, the Orchestre Symphonique des Dômes is resuming rehearsals with famous Japanese conductor Kanako Abe, one of the world’s great conductors. Invited in residence in Clermont-Ferrand by Gilles Raynal, composer and artistic director of the Orchestre Symphonique des Dômes, Kanako Abe has kindly… Read More
Les Jours de lumière : a small village for a big festival! By nellie | September 20, 2021 With the theme “Faces and landscapes”, the 2021 edition of Les Jours de Lumière festival, which brings together contemporary art and spirituality, returns to Saint-Saturnin (63) with a program rich in varied artistic discoveries! Created more than 20 years ago by the AMOS association, Les Jours de Lumière festival has grown considerably and today it… Read More
Les Dissonances in Bucharest and Paris By nellie | September 16, 2021 Les Dissonances adventure began in 2004 under the leadership of internationally renowned violinist, David Grimal. This unique orchestra, made up of a collective of committed musicians, explores the musical language in a dialogue constructed between the musicians, without the mediation of a conductor. Everyone’s talents are called upon to the maximum. During the concert, energies… Read More
55th Edition of the Chaise-Dieu Music Festival By nellie | September 2, 2021 Every summer’s end since 1966, the Festival de La Chaise-Dieu has been attracting thousands of music lovers and internationally renowned artists to the heart of the Haute-Loire uplands –the “Midi de l’Auvergne”– to a small village and its majestic Gothic abbey church of Saint-Robert. Appointed Festival director in 2012, Julien Caron continues to anchor the… Read More
Preserving wild spaces in Canada By nellie | July 22, 2021 The federal government, recognizing the urgency for conservation action, has committed to protect 30% of Canada’s land for nature by 2030. Operating worldwide, the Michelin Corporate Foundation has chosen to support an environmental project in Nova Scotia, called “Twice the Wild”, a region where the Michelin group has been present for 50 years. Through “Twice… Read More
The Humanitarian Wings By nellie | July 13, 2021 The non-governmental organization Aviation Without Borders – The Humanitarian Wings – was founded in 1980. Born from the awareness in the 70’s that aviation could play a key role in the international humanitarian chain, Aviation Without Borders now employs its expertise, its planes and makes use of the air network to send medical emergency aid… Read More
