GoodPlanet Foundation

The GoodPlanet Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005, supporting ecology and sustainable development.[1]

GoodPlanet Foundation
Foundation GoodPlanet
Formation2005 (2005)
Founders
PurposeEcology, Sustainable development
HeadquartersParis, France
Official language
French
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Founder and President
Olivier Dulac, representing BNP Paribas
Thierry Lombard, representing Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie
Olivier Le Grand, representing Cortal Consors
Websitegoodplanet.org

Activities

The GoodPlanet Foundation is mainly concerned with the distribution of pedagogic documents and the organization of events for raising awareness of the importance of sustainable development such as the ecology film-festival "GoodPlanet" in Rio de Janeiro, the exhibition "6 billion others",[2] conferences and events for enterprises.

It creates posters for educational institutions about topics such as the Bee Movie development,[3] bio-diversity,[4] and forests.[5] It publishes a catalog of consumer products it considers environmentally responsible.[6]

It also organizes its activities through websites. It leads actioncarbone.org, a stock promotion program aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, which includes a service offsetting CO2 emissions.[7] It also manages the site, goodplanet.info, established in 2009, which is an educational website aimed at informing the public about sustainable development.[8] It finances school projects and environment-conservation projects.

In 2009, the mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppé, was elected Vice-President of GoodPlanet.[9] It handled the international distribution of Human which premiered on 12 September 2015.[10]

In 2011, the GoodPlanet foundation was quoted in a parliamentary information report by deputies Geneviève Gaillard and Jean-Marie Sermier, asking for more transparency from environmental associations. They question in particular the fact that the foundation supported Qatar's candidacy for the organization of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Living Together in a Sustainable manner" (PDF). GoodPlanet Foundation. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. "7 milliards d'Autres". GoodPlanet Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. « Expo sur le développement durable à la bibliothèque », Ouest-France, 3 July 2009.
  4. « Gagnez 20 posters de Yann Arthus-Bertrand », Ouest-France, 15 April 2007.
  5. « Yann Arthus-Bertrand lance une exposition sur la forêt dans les écoles », AFP, 6 April 2011
  6. « Yann Arthus-Bertrand : "Il faut rendre le consommateur responsable" », La Tribune, 16 April 2008.
  7. « GoodPlanet travaille avec Pro-Natura », Environnement et stratégie, n°93, 25 October 2006.
  8. « L'écologie au coeur des consciences », L'Est républicain, 5 June 2009.
  9. « Alain Juppé promu à GoodPlanet », Sud-Ouest, 4 September 2009.
  10. Anderson, Ariston (3 September 2015). "Yann Arthus-Bertrand's 'Human' to Get United Nations Screening". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  11. "Les fondations « vertes » priées d'être plus transparentes". Les Echos (in French). 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2022-08-10.

Further reading
  • Le Catalogue GoodPlanet.org, Éditions de La Martinière, 300 pages.


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