GoodPlanet

An extension of Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s artistic work and environmental commitment, GoodPlanet, a recognised public interest foundation, aims to make ecology and humanism a central issue in order t o encourage people to take concrete action for the Earth and its inhabitants. Created in 2005 in the form of a non-profit organisation under the French Law of 1901, GoodPlanet was declared a public interest foundation in 2009 and became the ‘GoodPlanet Foundation’. Its United Carbon Action Programme has allowed the GoodPlanet Foundation to support 41 projects in 21 countries to date, enabling the construction of some 6,000 biogas reservoirs, the installation of 10,000 solar cookers, and the construction of 8 bioclimatic schools to benefit over 150,000 people. Since 2005, the Foundation has been developing artistic (7 billion Others, HUMAN, etc.) and educational projects to raise awareness among the general public worldwide. In July 2015, Paris City Council entrusted the Domaine de Longchamp to the Foundation for a 30-year period in order to turn it into a site dedicated to ecology and humanism. Free and open to all, the Fondation GoodPlanet-Domaine de Longchamp opened its doors on 13 May 2017. The Foundation runs in-house awareness-raising projects for businesses and institutions , in addition to support for carbon and responsible food policies and financing for field projects. In 2015, the GoodPlanet Foundation launched the programme “The solution on a platter!”, which promotes 60 solutions and 100 concrete initiatives for responsible food choices. Taking action builds happiness! Ten years after the creation of the GoodPlanet Foundation, we live in an ever-warmer world, where conflicts and their shares of refugees proliferate, a world in which societies continue their blind pursuit of over-consumption. The reality of climate change and the pressing need to take action on a level with the issue at stake concerns all of us without exception. The GoodPlanet Foundation aims to raise awareness of current environmental and social issues among all stakeholders. It puts in place field projects to take action for the planet and its inhabitants, thus offering everyone the chance to become an agent of change and work alongside the Foundation. These projects help improve the environment and the quality of life for populations worldwide and to combat climate change. The Foundation also provides philanthropists with a means to support projects that have a strong environmental and social impact, whether on the ground or through educational projects on the environment and solidarity. Each of us, whether as individuals, businesses or local authorities, can take action and shape a more humane, fair and generous world at our own level. We need everyone’s involvement to tackle current and future ecological and human issues, but more importantly in order to better live together. With this in mind, the GoodPlanet Foundation puts in place field projects to take action for the planet and its inhabitants, thus offering everyone the chance to become an agent of change and work alongside the Foundation. These projects help improve the environment and the quality of life for populations worldwide and to combat climate change. The United Carbon Action Programme focuses on agriculture, forests, waste and energy. For example, we encourage schooling for children through the construction of bioclimatic schools. All of our international solidarity projects illustrate the infinite number of sustainable and realistic solutions that exist to help us build the world of tomorrow. In order to encourage everyone to protect the environment and live together, the GoodPlanet Foundation organises various types of events throughout the year that are designed to reveal the beauty and fragility of the Planet and its inhabitants. Because we protect what we love, what we appreciate and what we know, the Foundation places the spotlight on stunning images in order to bette