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Beyond Plastic Med (BeMed) launches its third call for micro-initiatives to support projects aimed at reducing plastic pollution in the Mediterranean.

The call is open until Saturday 5 January 2019 to the following types of organisation: NGOs, regional authorities, private companies with less than 20 employees, and scientific institutions. The initiative, supported by the Didier and Martine Primat Foundation, is being carried out through the Albert II Foundation of Monaco in collaboration with Tara Expeditions, Surfrider Europe, IUCN and the Mava Foundation.

For more information on the call for micro-initiatives and to download the application package, please go to the BEMED website.

The Didier and Martine Primat Foundation have commissioned Elisabeth Losasso, a consultant in sustainability, environmental policy and advocacy, to carry out a study on initiatives aimed at combating plastic pollution in the oceans.

The public version of the study report, available to read here in English, identifies some of the key stakeholders, initiatives and solutions developed around the world to combat this disaster for the environment and for our health.

We hope you enjoy reading it.

Early in 2018, the Primat Foundation responded to an appeal from the Grenoble Alpes University Foundation, joining the circle of major sponsors of the Ice Memory initiative. This international programme aims to protect the memory of glaciers by organising ice-core expeditions to collect and preserve scientific information in the locations that are most affected by climate change. Following expeditions to the Col du Dôme glacier in the French Alps in August 2016 and the Illimani glacier in the Bolivian Andes in June 2017, operations continued this year on Mount Elbrus and Mount Belukha in Russia.

True to its values of transmission and responsibility towards future generations, the Primat Foundation has committed its support for 3 years. It has contributed in particular to international core drilling operations on glaciers, the establishment of a database for researchers now and in the future, and finally the construction of a sanctuary in Antarctica where this irreplaceable glacial heritage will be archived.

Watch the video presentation of the Ice Memory project (in French):

26 MAY – 30 SEPTEMBER 2018

Photographer Anne de Vandière presents Tribu/s du Monde, with her photographs of hands and gestures. An intimate, unique account of the last “Sentinels of the Earth” who are under threat from the way the world is changing.

De Vandière’s installation alerts us to the fragile and precarious situation of these peoples, while demonstrating their extraordinary wealth of knowledge and the importance of their philosophy based on transmission and respect for Mother Earth.

Placed under the patronage of UNESCO, the exhibition is being held in Brest at the Ateliers des Capucins, passage des Arpètes, from 26 May to 30 September 2018.

A project supported by the Didier and Martine Primat Foundation.

In 2018, the Didier and Martine Primat Foundation joined the Beyond Plastic Med initiative (BeMed), aiming to combat plastic pollution in the Mediterranean by awarding annual grants to local activists who are coming up with effective, sustainable solutions.

A joint initiative with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Mava Foundation, Tara Expeditions and Surfrider Foundation Europe, BeMed also aims to bring together the main stakeholders in the plastics industry (including manufacturers, regional authority representatives, scientists and civic society) to commit to taking concrete action against the proliferation of plastic waste in the Mediterranean.

Download the Beyond Plastic Med diagnostic on pollution in the Mediterranean (in French)

Download the Beyond Plastic Med call for micro-initiatives (in French)

Download Beyond Plastic Med’s goals (in English)