Solidarity and mutual aid Protecting nature and the environment Marseille 13000

Clean my Calanques, the benchmark for ecological action in Marseille, is present on all fronts. In an interview in our Citybook 4 years ago, Eric Akopian, founder of the association, explained the extent of the educational work to be carried out in our city, particularly in terms of waste sorting. A few years later, we were bitterly disappointed to learn that the task was still a pharaonic one. Raising awareness in schools, public collections in the countryside, presence at OM matches and festivals - CMC teams are hard at work, doing a remarkable, titanic job. A task that should not necessarily fall to them, but which they carry out with brio.

Les alchimistes had a brilliant and simple idea: to collect food waste from professionals and local authorities and turn it into organic compost. Present throughout Provence, Les Alchimistes stand out from the crowd by helping local authorities to develop sorting and composting programs, and by running workshops to raise awareness of the importance of sorting and composting. The real advantage of this approach is the short circuit, since everything from waste collection to composting is very local.

Throwing away a cigarette butt is one of the worst things you can do! On the one hand, because a cigarette butt can irreversibly alter a natural environment, and when you live in the South, can create fires beyond measure in the height of the summer season. Since 2013, Recyclop has been working to enable these butts to generate electricity in a green way. Through numerous partnerships with companies and institutions, and by setting up collectors, this association has a bright future ahead of it. Raising awareness of the need to manage cigarette-related waste is a major issue. Abdès Bengorine and Recyclop have understood this.

Things are changing in Marseille, that's a fact. In a city that is considered irresponsible on many levels, citizen mobilization is there to change the situation. Created in 2015, the City of Agriculture is part of this line. Around conferences, relocated events and even internships held on the premises of Boulevard National, we are trying to rethink consumption and therefore production. The general public is made aware of the abuses and solutions through projections, debates in this meeting and exchange forum. We also train in permaculture, beekeeping and live around a weekly market, a canteen and even a henhouse. An initiative that we recommend.

Marseille on the farm side. An innovative and innovative project by conscientious and responsible young people, the Talus is an amazing country island in the heart of an urban wasteland in the 12th arrondissement. This active urban farm is oriented around different environmental and social activities. We produce, we let it grow, we consume through an organic canteen, we allow the production of compost and above all, the henhouse allows the sale of eggs. And this, in the middle of Marseille! A calendar of events to follow, particularly on the facebook page, provides a necessary pedagogical approach for the general public. A place of exchange and sharing that changes the urban landscape.