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We raise awareness and engage citizens
in favor of a more sustainable world,
through educational, artistic and civic projects.

OUR ACTIONS

YOUTH AND INCLUSION

Young people play a vital role in the challenges of the transition. We are committed to educating, raising awareness and engaging young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are often far removed from the concerns of transition issues, yet who are strongly affected by global warming and social inclusion.


Youth program

6-months program
250 high-schoolers
10 high-schools in priority neighborhoods


The Youth Program aims to develop the active participation of young people in building a sustainable future.

The highlights of the Youth Program are

  • Taking part in workshops to share ideas and develop critical thinking in a context of misinformation.
  • Watching documentaries to raise awareness
  • Creating a collective project to promote their identity and their dreams: speeches, stage performances, etc.
  • Meeting with business leaders and political figures
  • Exchanging with entrepreneurs committed to environmental and social issues, and electing a “Coup de Coeur des Lycéens” (High schoolers’ favorite).
  • Volunteering for an environmental issue


Inclusion program

300+ young people aged 16 to 25
from priority neighbourhoods or rural areas


In partnership with several associations, the inclusion program aims to raise awareness and engage young people at the ChangeNOW Summit, to empower them as actors of change.

The Inclusion Program includes:

  • Discovering exhibited solutions and inspiring conferences
  • Gamifying young people’s experience, via a mobile application and a competition for participants and their associations
  • Attending exclusive meetings with leading politicians, sports personalities, media personalities, entrepreneurs and business leaders, and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
  • Meeting recruiters and training organizations working in the fields of ecological and social transition

ART AND CULTURE

Artists are agents of change, both through their creative processes and through the messages conveyed by their works.


Art for change

Innovative and committed artists
Art exhibition
Live performances
Collective works of art


Organized every year,  the Art for Change program, a unique artistic journey at the Grand Palais, in Paris.

Through a multidisciplinary artistic program, this initiative invites participants to reflect on the major issues of our century, with:

  • A monumental work of art created for the occasion, exhibited at the entrance of the Grand Palais.
    Through this commission, the ChangeNOW Communities association supports artistic production dedicated to ecological and social transition.
  • Art exhibitions by committed photographers and painters
  • Collective artworks
  • Committed artistic live performances: dance, music, theater

The goal of Art for Change is to provoke emotions, spark discussions and encourage all participants to commit to the environmental and social transition.

Exhibited at the occasion fo the ChangeNOW Summit, the Art for Change program is presented to the 40,000+ participants of the summit.

The art exhibition is sustainable and circular, from its production to the messages it conveys.

The artworks and signage use materials from sustainable sources or reuse.

Several partner companies and institutions are working with us to develop a circular exhibition, from the sourcing of materials to the second life of the artwor

CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

The ChangeNOW Communities association organizes democratic debates and volunteering opportunities, with the mission of engaging citizens, and especially young people, in the ecological and social transition.


Democratic Debate

The 1st democratic debate of the heads of list at the European elections

ChangeNOW Communities participated in the organization of the 1st democratic debate of the heads of list at the European elections, 100% dedicated to the transition and broadcast on TV.

This debate, held in March 2024, just before the European elections, was broadcast to a cumulative audience of over 10 million on franceinfo channel 27, francetvinfo.fr and on the YouTube channel of influencer Gaspard G.


Youth Parliament

300+ young people

The association participates in the organization of the Youth Parliament, which mobilizes 300+ young people to exchange views and put forward their recommendations for building a sustainable and desirable world, in the presence of the UN Secretary General for Youth.


Volunteering activities

A community of 2,000+ citizens

Since its creation, the ChangeNOW Communities association has been mobilizing and leading a community of over 2,000 citizen volunteers, and coaching them in volunteer actions at various events dedicated to the ecological and social transition.

Youth & Inclusion

Citizen Engagement

Join us

Join our community of 2,000 volunteers committed to a more sustainable world, and take part in our various actions.

Donate

You can participate in our crowdfunding on the Helloasso website.

About us

ChangeNOW Communities is a non-profit association under the French Law of 1901, whose purpose is to facilitate and organize educational, artistic, cinematographic or scientific projects of general interest in favor of a more sustainable world, and in particular:

  • Raising awareness and engaging all publics in building a sustainable world, in France and abroad, through art, education and cinema.
  • Developing and leading a network of students and people engaged in a transition path around actions in favor of a more sustainable world.


The association defines actions in favor of a sustainable world as all actions that
contributing to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals, as defined by the United Nations.

Thanks to our partners

 

Contact us

Do you want to take part in one of our actions, support an initiative, make a donation or simply get in touch with our team?

Write to us at: association@changenow.world

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