GoodPlanet Foundation

{{Short description|Foundation in France}}

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|headquarters = Paris, France

|board_of_directors = 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

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|homepage = {{URL|http://www.goodplanet.org|goodplanet.org}}

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The GoodPlanet Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005, supporting ecology and sustainable development.{{cite web|title=Living Together in a Sustainable manner|url=http://www.goodplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Booklet-GoodPlanet-Foundation.pdf|publisher=GoodPlanet Foundation|accessdate=5 January 2016}}

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",{{Cite web| title = 7 milliards d'Autres| publisher = GoodPlanet Foundation| accessdate = 2 January 2016| url = http://www.7billionothers.org/fr| archive-date = 5 March 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130305230406/http://www.7billionothers.org/fr| url-status = dead}} conferences and events for enterprises.

It creates posters for educational institutions about topics such as the Bee Movie development,« Expo sur le développement durable à la bibliothèque », Ouest-France, 3 July 2009. bio-diversity,« Gagnez 20 posters de Yann Arthus-Bertrand », Ouest-France, 15 April 2007. and forests.« Yann Arthus-Bertrand lance une exposition sur la forêt dans les écoles », AFP, 6 April 2011 It publishes a catalog of consumer products it considers environmentally responsible.« Yann Arthus-Bertrand : "Il faut rendre le consommateur responsable" », La Tribune, 16 April 2008.

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 Carbon dioxide emissions.« GoodPlanet travaille avec Pro-Natura », Environnement et stratégie, n°93, 25 October 2006. It also manages the site, goodplanet.info, established in 2009, which is an educational website aimed at informing the public about sustainable development.« L'écologie au coeur des consciences », L'Est républicain, 5 June 2009. It finances school projects and environment-conservation projects.

In 2009, the mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppé, was elected Vice-President of GoodPlanet.« Alain Juppé promu à GoodPlanet », Sud-Ouest, 4 September 2009. It handled the international distribution of Human which premiered on 12 September 2015.{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Ariston|title=Yann Arthus-Bertrand's 'Human' to Get United Nations Screening|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yann-arthus-bertrands-human-get-820159|accessdate=5 January 2016|agency=The Hollywood Reporter|date=3 September 2015}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-09 |title=Les fondations " vertes " priées d'être plus transparentes |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2011/02/les-fondations-vertes-priees-detre-plus-transparentes-387169 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Les Echos |language=fr}}

See also

References

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Further reading

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