Rising Voices changemakers

The selection

• Billion Oyster ProjectNew York, USA“Ecological restoration at the scale of a city, with schools at the heart of it. Few projects reconcile a city with its ocean like this one.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Birdgirl (Mya-Rose Craig)Bristol, UK“Mya-Rose opens birdwatching and nature to communities that were too often kept outside.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Elle BarbaraMontreal, CanadaRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• Florence RizzoParis, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• GUILDSingapore, SingaporeRecommended by Cesar Jung-Harada
• Hindou Oumarou IbrahimN'Djamena, Chad“Hindou brings her community's knowledge of the land to the world stage. We need that voice.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• La MaestraParis, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• La maison perchéeParis, FranceRecommended by Constance Albanel
• makesenseParis, France“They put collective intelligence to work for changemakers, two hours at a time.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Malcom FerdinandFort-de-France, Martinique“Making visible the scandal of the pesticide chlordécone: what its past use tells us, what its present-day effects reveal, and what it means for future generations.”Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville
• Maram KaïréDakar, Senegal“He opens the sky to young Africans. Space science belongs to the whole continent, and he shows it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• New RoomMontreal, CanadaRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• Nikole Hannah-JonesNew York, USA“Investigating, researching, and ultimately repositioning a date within the broader sweep of history can, in some cases, unsettle an entire chapter of a national narrative.”Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville
• Philippe MeirieuLyon, France“An educationalist and a figure of progressive education, Philippe Meirieu defends a school where pupils search, experiment and build their own knowledge, and he always ties learning to democracy.”Recommended by Paul Emilieu Marchesseau
• Philo BoxeMontreal, CanadaRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• Schumacher CollegeDartington, UK“A school that lives what it teaches, grows its own food and decides together. That is education I believe in.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Sungai WatchBali, IndonesiaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• The Child MovementGreater Noida, India“Licypriya started at eight. She carries the voice of her generation, and with force.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• We Are SistaParis, France“Tatiana and her collective turned the gender funding gap into a movement, then built the fund to close it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Wild Wild WomenMumbai, India“Despite pressure from those around them, the five rappers use their music to denounce the social injustices tied to their gender.”Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville
• Édouard LouisParis, France“Constantly proving that telling intimate stories, bringing the ordinary to the fore, is an immensely political act.”Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville