Camille Etienne, Marine Calme, Julia Faure… 9 women who are innovating in the face of the climate crisis

Raising awareness in the climate crisis is not easy. The motivation to act is even less. But, against inertia, women, often prematurely, make a way. With mad determination and creativity, each clears their land, in their own way. Until, collectively, their voices fill the space. Little by little they are inventing new languages ​​so that we can know nature and better connect with it. And write the story of what the world could or could be.

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Camille Etienne, The Sting

A direct and precise tone, an asserted radicalism and a great mastery of social networks. these are some of the ingredients that first made Camille Etienne famous before they made him important. Activist, short film maker, then documentary and now writer For ecological rebellion. Overcome our collective impotence (Éditions du Seuil), it helps disseminate the keys to understanding complex climate phenomena. Having been designated early on as one of the faces of the “climate generation”, he himself does not believe in this idea. And prefers to remember that the climate emergency concerns us all.

Michaela Loach, Happy Battle

His recipe. A radical statement covered in candy pink optimism, her favorite color that she wears almost all the time. Michaela Loach, 25, is a medical student, climate activist, and podcast creator. us and now an author It’s not that radical (editions DK, untranslated), published in April. Above all, he is one of the UK’s most influential voices on climate. Jamaican-born Michaela Loach, based in Scotland, has tirelessly denounced the links between the climate crisis, racism and unbridled capitalism, bluntly naming those responsible and those she calls “enemies”. But above all, it reminds us that, because every gesture counts, everyone should act where they can: in their neighborhood, in their family, in their business… For the future of the planet as well as for themselves. in the face of eco-anxiety, action remains the best way.

Kiara Pellas, the return of slowness

Putting the journey back at the heart of the journey. This is the guide of 26-year-old engineer Kiara Pellas. His Mollow association offers rail and ferry routes to Bruges, Amsterdam, Berlin, Istanbul, Tunis or the Norwegian fjords on the free platform of the same name. All are filled with good addresses at each stage. “The hammer that the plane emits so much CO^2: It’s not enough, we have to create desire, he emphasizes, explaining that traveling by train offers the opportunity to reconnect with long time, dangers, discoveries…”. Launched in March last year, Mollow attracted 60,000 users in its first month. As a sign of the need for filling.

Marine Calmette, Planetary Lawyer

Do rivers, forests and animals have rights? Not yet in France, and that’s what Marine Calmette is fighting for. This lawyer, president of Wild Legal Association, author Become a guardian of nature (Éditions Tana) are legislative campaigns to recognize the rights of nature and to grant legal personality to certain fragile and precious ecosystems. A major shift that will lead us to see nature no longer as a pool of available resources, but as a set of species that must be protected even in court. Same as men.

Samantha Walton, The Call of the Wild

A professor of literature at Bath Spa University in the United Kingdom, where he heads the Environmental Humanities Research Centre, but also a poet and author, he became famous for his first book, Beauty, our concern (Jose Corti Editions). Intertwining disciplines and writings, she examines the history of our relationship with the environment and, above all, its power on our health. And incidentally, it denies the exploitation of nature by the welfare industry, which is sometimes ready to do anything for profit. A welcome read as a break to intimately remember nature and what we owe it.

Ayesha Siddiqa, martial poetry

Twenty-four years and so much work already. Co-founder of Polluters Out and Fossil Free University, an educational program in climate activism, this Pakistani-American, who grew up in a matriarchal tribal community, is now working to create a foundation to fund environmental activism, conducting research at New York University. strengthen legal protection of nature and advises the United Nations Secretary-General with other young people. Not forgetting to write poetry, hoping, he says, to raise awareness of the urgency of taking care of our planet. Magazine’s 2023 Woman of the Year The timeAyesha Siddiqa is one of those who pave the way and illuminate the future.

Julia Faure, rebel fiber

As we know, there is an urgent need to produce and buy less clothes. But to see a fashion brand based on this observation is even more paradoxical. However, that’s the bet of the Loom co-founder, who offers a basic but quality wardrobe designed to last and encourages his customers to buy as little as possible. This means slow and limited growth for the company. In doing so, Julia Faure reinvents the entrepreneurial mindset. And is pushed further after the recent co-chairmanship election of Impact France, which brings together committed start-ups and aims to become a sustainable Medef. His goal? Focus on public debate and get more regulations, including restrictive laws against climate-destroying industries, including: fast fashion. With Loom, Julia Faure joins those she fights on her own soil. A rebellion of sorts to turn the ship around towards a habitable world.

Claire Vallée, activist plate

After Ona, the recently closed Michelin-starred first vegetable restaurant, he created a table d’hôtes for six in Paris with fermented foods specialist Shira Benaroch. On the menu? A 100% vegetable kitchen that is both a reflection of the climate crisis and a place for the invention of a new gastronomy, healthy and sustainable.

Claire Morgan, Artist of the Sensitive

The mixture of violence and subtlety that characterizes his work has made him famous. A draftsman, painter and sculptor, this Northern Irish artist is also a taxi driver and stuffed animal around which he builds his works. A way, he says, to make the viewer face his human condition. His aerial installations, which freeze the movement of animals or plants, indirectly speak of the absurdity of our relationship with the environment. How back? to be alone with you on view at Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire until October 29. It depicts a Canada Goose emerging from a cloud of plastic debris, seemingly hurtling towards the horizon…only to see it dive straight to the ground. Like a metaphor for our trajectories, tangled and sometimes seemingly doomed to run into a wall.

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