Taking action for biodiversity and raising awareness in local areas

Theme(s)

  • Environment

Challenge

  • Man-Nature relationship

Partners

Centre Permanent d’Initiative pour l’Environnement du Périgord-Limousin (CPIE)

Duration

2023-2026

Locations

France – Périgord-Limousin

Project funding

  • ODONATA Fund

Context

The Périgord-Limousin region is facing major environmental challenges, including climate change, accelerated biodiversity loss, and increasing pressure on natural resources.

Objectives

  • Raise awareness among all audiences (schoolchildren, families, general public) about the richness of biodiversity and the importance of soil preservation.
  • Inspire greater environmental consciousness and encourage behavioural change.
  • Bring together citizens, local authorities, and stakeholders around the ecological transition.

ACTIONS

An annual festival held in March, structured as a series of community encounters featuring:

  • Film screenings followed by discussions for primary school students
  • Public lectures
  • Outdoor lecture-walks
  • Film debates (ciné-débat)

Contexte

Context

The Périgord-Limousin region is facing major environmental challenges, including climate change, accelerated biodiversity loss, and increasing pressure on natural resources.

Objectives

  • Raise awareness among all audiences (schoolchildren, families, general public) about the richness of biodiversity and the importance of soil preservation.
  • Inspire greater environmental consciousness and encourage behavioural change.
  • Bring together citizens, local authorities, and stakeholders around the ecological transition.

ACTIONS

An annual festival held in March, structured as a series of community encounters featuring:

  • Film screenings followed by discussions for primary school students
  • Public lectures
  • Outdoor lecture-walks
  • Film debates (ciné-débat)

Contexte

Context

The Périgord-Limousin region is facing major environmental challenges, including climate change, accelerated biodiversity loss, and increasing pressure on natural resources.

Objectives

  • Raise awareness among all audiences (schoolchildren, families, general public) about the richness of biodiversity and the importance of soil preservation.
  • Inspire greater environmental consciousness and encourage behavioural change.
  • Bring together citizens, local authorities, and stakeholders around the ecological transition.

ACTIONS

An annual festival held in March, structured as a series of community encounters featuring:

  • Film screenings followed by discussions for primary school students
  • Public lectures
  • Outdoor lecture-walks
  • Film debates (ciné-débat)

Partner

Centre Permanent d’Initiative pour l’Environnement du Périgord-Limousin (CPIE)

Founded in 1994, the CPIE Périgord-Limousin is an association that places people at the heart of its environmental mission. Like all Permanent Environmental Initiative Centres (CPIE), it operates within its region by combining solid scientific foundations with a strong commitment to civic engagement.
Its work focuses on two key pillars of sustainable development: environmental education and awareness for all audiences, and support for local stakeholders and public authorities in implementing their policies and territorial projects.