TRAINING – Launched in Marseille, this program supports every year project leaders related to the environment, with a whole sailing and nature component
One day, she had had enough of “great data sets” which make a good scientific article but end up in the oblivion of political priorities. Faced with “a lack of leadership to make truly impactful decisions” in favor of the environment, Déborah Pardo, specialist in albatross populations, decided to leave Cambridge and the world of research. AT Marseille, she launched in 2018 the movement Earthship Sisters, who is preparing to welcome a third promotion of “sisters”. Applications are open until the end of January. The objective: to promote the role of women in the transition ecological.
“They commit for a year in a program parallel to their professional life,” she explains. In addition to an ecofeminist incubator, with two hundred hours of digital training to lead to a project linked to the environment, Earthship Sisters offers, and this is its originality, two sailing expeditions and five weekends of leadership training in full swing. nature. So many things that come at a cost. “In itself, the program costs 25,000 euros per sisters. We finance two-thirds by seeking grants and sponsorship. They are asked to complete up to 7,000 euros. We train them in the lifting of f (…) Read more on 20minutes
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