A mountain in transition

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Mountain Riders
Action zones
Grand Est
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Occitanie
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The project

SensibilizationCircular economy
Raise awareness, train, educate and get everyone involved in the ecological transition in the mountains.
900
young people
aware of climate change by 2023
29
destinations
with the Flocon Vert label
83 700
cigarette butts
collected in the mountains in 2023

Solution

Our philosophy: 
  • Awareness-raising without moralizing;
  • Working with everyone;
  • Making change a positive process around concrete alternatives.

Then we take action by encouraging children and young people to become drivers of change, by inviting practitioners to commit to a responsible approach, by supporting tourism players, by involving citizens and elected representatives. Boosted by the tools of popular education and doped with concrete actions for transition, we invest ourselves in energizing the relationship between all these players. Our strength lies in always being on the move, daring and innovating! In our actions, we strive every day to embody the change we wish to see in the world.

Gain perspective on our educational projects...
Gain perspective on our educational projects...
Since 2016, over1,000 beneficiaries, in school, out-of-school, integration and vocational training settings, with audiences as diverse as youth, families, adults in professional situations, young people and adults in custody, disabled or otherwise, have been able to discover the mountains and their exceptional environment.
Long-term, these projects mix indoor activities, day trips, and itinerant stays, with nights in refuges, under the stars, under tarpaulins, in trees or simply in tents. And encounters with those who live from the mountains, in the mountains.

While we're taking these audiences out into nature, environmental issues also continue to gain momentum: climate disruption is more topical than ever, with summers of flooding, drought, forest fires and storms, and the loss of biodiversity continuing to accelerate. There's no shortage of challenges for those who intend to help solve the ecological crisis and commit to eco-citizenship. 
 
Nature, the mountains, and their environmental and cultural heritage, are for us tools/means that have as their purpose:  the living-together,  eco-citizenship,  "eco-empowerment".
Ambitious objectives, which play above all a role of aiming, of azimuth, of direction to follow, without however defining precisely the path to follow. 

Thank you again for your support which brings these projects to life! 
 Garbage collection in the mountains is over for 2024! And it's time to take stock
Garbage collection in the mountains is over for 2024! And it's time to take stock


𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 🎇 The first step on our path to a Zero Waste Mountain in 2030.
𝟒 𝟔𝟖𝟓 👨‍👩‍👧 participants (local authorities, volunteers, economic players...) We are delighted to have shared these moments of commitment together!
𝟖𝟎 ⛰️ pick-ups organized this year (60% of which were autonomously organized by the destinations, well done!)
𝟓𝟖 𝟕𝟕𝟔 🚬 cigarette butts collected (the waste star we can't seem to dethrone)
𝟏𝟖 tons of litter found (that's a lot to bear...)
𝟒𝟗 📜 signatory structures of the Zero Waste Mountain charter
𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎 📅 the year to achieve a Zero Waste
𝟎 ❌ is the amount of waste we'd like to collect (it's our favorite number)

The full balance sheet, with all the figures and the comparison with last year, will be in a few months. Many more "Adopt'1 Spots" are planned for the autumn.

Thank you all again for your vital support in this wonderful adventure! We'll keep you posted on the next steps. 🙏 

The money will be used for

  • Financing Fresco de la montagne workshops
  • Taking young people out into the mountains for the first time
  • Providing characterization kits (tarpaulins, collection bags, weights, gloves, characterization sheets) for collections
  • Training local players in the proper use of these tools, enabling them to organize independent awareness-raising operations and workshops
  • Disseminate a Cahier pédagogique in Flocon Vert destinations (awareness-raising and discovery of the mountain environment)
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kg of waste collected in the mountains

already funded
286 difts
Why we love it?

We love this association whose ambition is its watchword. In order to combat the scourge of waste invading our mountains, Mountain Riders has chosen to tackle the root of the problem. In addition to their litter-picking efforts, they have undertaken a number of awareness-raising initiatives!

The meaning of our actions lies in education, training and awareness-raising: helping people to understand what's at stake, giving them a sense of direction, accepting debates and ideas, reflecting together in order to take action.
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Camille Rey-Gorrez
Directrice de Mountain Riders
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