Changemakers recommended by changemakers
CHNGMKR is a not-for-profit. A living cartography of people reshaping how change happens, recommended by a community of correspondents, led by its founder Florian Guillaume. Through Relation, we help people find inspiration, direction, and the momentum to act.
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- François Marchesseau · Champdenier, France
Agriculteur en bio dès les années 1980, à une époque où la filière était encore marginale en France, François Marchesseau fait le choix de ne pas s'arrêter à la production. Pour garder la main sur la - Yves Citton · Paris, France
Professeur de littérature et de media studies à l'université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, Yves Citton travaille sur ce que nous faisons de notre attention à l'ère numérique. Né à Genève en 1962, il - Bernard Stiegler · Paris, France
French philosopher of technology, Bernard Stiegler built his work around technics understood as pharmakon, at once poison and remedy. In the volumes of La technique et le temps, begun in 1994, he argu - Olivier Roellinger · Cancale, France
French chef from Cancale in Brittany. He earned three Michelin stars and returned them in 2008 to step away from the star system; he now runs a spice house (Épices Roellinger) and a cookery school. A - Édouard Louis · Paris, France
Édouard Louis is a French writer, born in 1992 in Hallencourt, a village in northern France, whose books turn his own working-class childhood into a study of how poverty and class contempt mark bodies - InovaYa · Lyon, France
InovaYa, based in Lyon, France, develops water-purification systems and water-management tools, combining technology and research to make clean water more accessible and manage water resources respons - Judith Shklar · Cambridge, MA, USA
Latvian-born American political philosopher (1928-1992), professor of government at Harvard from 1956 to 1992, the first woman to receive tenure in the department. Her 'liberalism of fear', set out in - Mellon Foundation · New York, USA
The largest funder of arts and humanities in the United States, with $8 billion in assets. Founded by the Mellon banking family, led since 2018 by poet and scholar Elizabeth Alexander. Mellon funds un - Songhaï Center · Porto-Novo, Benin
The Songhaï Center was founded in 1985 by Father Godfrey Nzamujo in Benin, born from his vision to tackle poverty, unemployment, and environmental degradation through a model of self-reliance and sust - Windcoop · Lorient, France
Windcoop is a French cooperative, based in Lorient, building and operating wind-powered cargo sailboats for low-emission maritime freight. Founded by sailors, environmental advocates and companies, it - Plastic Odyssey · Marseille, France
A laboratory ship sailing the world's coastlines since 2022 to demonstrate open-source micro-recycling solutions for plastic waste in under-equipped regions. Stopovers in Senegal, Kenya, Mauritius, Ta - Notpla · London, UK
A London material science startup making fully biodegradable packaging from seaweed and plants. Co-founded by Pierre Paslier and Rodrigo García González, former Royal College of Art students inspired - Cecosesola · Barquisimeto, Venezuela
A Venezuelan cooperative network operating since 1967 in Barquisimeto, Lara State. Cecosesola runs 50 member cooperatives providing food markets, healthcare, funeral services, savings and credit to ov - Transition Network · Totnes, UK
Rob Hopkins launched the Transition Towns movement in Totnes, UK, in 2006, asking the question: 'What would life look like if we designed the transition away from oil?' The Transition model spread to - Robries · Surabaya, Indonesia
Robries designs and handcrafts furniture and décor from recycled plastic in Surabaya, Indonesia, turning discarded plastic into durable, functional pieces. - Indigenous Clean Energy · Ottawa, Canada
Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) was born out of Chris Henderson’s deep respect for Indigenous communities and their connection to the land. After years working in the clean energy sector, Chris realized - Biofabricate · New York, USA
Founded by Suzanne Lee, former fashion designer and pioneer of biofabrication, Biofabricate is the world's leading summit and community for the science of growing materials from living organisms, bact - Proxima Fusion · Munich, Allemagne
Munich-based fusion energy startup, spun out of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. Proxima is developing the Quasar stellarator, a compact, continuous fusion reactor based on the advanced We - Mariam Keita · Conakry, Republic of Guinea
In Conakry, Guinea, Mariam Keita founded BGS Recyplast, a recycling and waste-reduction initiative that turns waste into income and jobs, with a focus on employing women and youth. - Low-Tech Lab · Concarneau, France
A 6-year circumnavigation on catamaran Nomade des Mers (2016–2022), documenting and testing low-tech solutions worldwide, from Malagasy spirulina cultivation to Senegalese recycled wind turbines. Ever - Aaron Sorkin · Los Angeles, USA
American screenwriter, playwright and director born in 1961. His work places political deliberation, journalistic responsibility and the doubts of decision-makers at the centre of contemporary narrati - Billion Oyster Project · New York, USA
Restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor, one of the most ambitious urban ecological restoration projects in the world. The reefs filter 50 gallons of water per oyster per day, create habitat for hun - Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim · N'Djamena, Chad
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim grew up in a nomadic Mbororo community in Chad, where life was shaped by the land and the changing climate. As droughts and resource conflicts intensified, she saw the need to m - Samsø Energy Academy · Samsø, Denmark
On Samsø, a Danish island of 3,700 people, a community-driven energy transition made it the world's first 100% renewable energy island in 2007, powered by 11 onshore and 10 offshore wind turbines owne - La Chartreuse · Aiguenoire, France
Chartreuse, the iconic French herbal liqueur crafted by Carthusian monks since 1737, has recently embraced a bold decision: to intentionally scale back production in line with its values of sustainabi - Biltoki · Anglet, France
Biltoki is a French social entreprise that revitalizes traditional markets by creating vibrant, community-focused food halls. Founded in the Basque region, Biltoki specializes in transforming underuse - Simonetta Cheli · Frascati, Italy
She leads the European Space Agency’s Earth Observation programmes. Her work turns satellite data into operational tools for climate action and public decision-making. I see her as a model for alignin - Heman Bekele · Annandale, United States
Heman Bekele is a young Ethiopian-American inventor who developed a low-cost bar of soap designed to deliver skin cancer treating compounds, an idea rooted in memories of laborers working long hours u - Centre Culturel des Afro-descendants de Montréal - CCAM · Montreal, Canada
Cultural hub dedicated to promoting and preserving African-Canadian heritage in Montreal. CCAM is a space for artistic expression, cultural exchange, and community engagement. The organization plays a - World Access for the Blind · Los Angeles, USA
Daniel Kish lost both eyes to retinoblastoma as an infant and taught himself echolocation, clicking with his tongue to navigate his environment using sound reflections, like a bat or dolphin. He can r - Hepburn Wind · Leonards Hill, Australia
Hepburn Wind is a community-owned wind farm in Victoria, Australia. Its two turbines, nicknamed “Gale” and “Gusto”, generate enough clean electricity to power around 2,000 homes, with surplus revenue - Wildlife Conservation Fund / Hélène Grimaud · New York, USA
World-renowned French pianist Hélène Grimaud founded the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York, one of North America's premier wolf sanctuaries and breeding programs. Grimaud grew up with - Nightline · Paris, France
Nightline offers peer-to-peer mental health support to students, creating a safe space where young people can share and seek help anonymously. The organization has become a vital service for student w - David Holmgren · Hepburn, Australia
David Holmgren co-originated the permaculture concept with Bill Mollison in the 1970s, first set out in their 1978 book Permaculture One, written from Holmgren's student work in Tasmania. Since then h - Kéré Architecture · Berlin, Germany
Kéré Architecture is an award-winning architectural firm founded by Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Burkinabe architect known for his innovative and sustainable designs. Kéré, who was born in Burkina Faso and - Skate Anima · Curitiba, Brazil
Skate Anima is a project founded by Daniel Paniagua and Stevan Pinto in Brazil. This initiative is particularly inspiring for children and individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, givin - Refettorio Paris · Paris, France
A solidarity restaurant in Paris founded by three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura and his NGO Food for Soul, created for the Milano Expo 2015 and now operating permanently in the 10th arrondissemen - Amélie Nothomb · Paris, France
Belgian novelist born in Kobe, Japan, in 1966. Has published one novel every year since 1992 (Hygiène de l'assassin), translated into more than forty languages. Her best-known books, Stupeur et trembl - Why Kamikatsu · Kamikatsu, Japan
Kamikatsu is a Japanese town of 1,500 people that achieved zero waste: sorting rubbish into 45 categories, recycling or composting over 80% of materials, with no incineration and no landfill. No garba - Sailcoop · Vannes, France
The first cooperative network for shared wind-powered passenger crossings, founded in France. Sailcoop connects travellers with certified sailing skippers for Atlantic and Bay of Biscay routes, replac - Alenvi · Paris, France
French startup reimagining home care for the elderly with a model that dignifies both caregivers and clients. Alenvi organises caregivers into self-managed communities ('cohortes') of 5-8 people respo - Gesda Foundation · Geneva, Switzerland
Fondation GESDA (Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator) is a Swiss-based foundation co-led by Daria Robinson and Martin Müller, aiming to connect the worlds of science and global diplomacy. With Ro - V Cycle · Hong Kong, China
VCycle was founded by Eric Swinton, who saw an opportunity to address plastic waste while uplifting those often overlooked in society. With a focus on creating a “virtuous cycle,” Eric launched VCycle - Lucas Davaze, Médiation Climat · GRENOBLE, France
Lucas Davaze is a French glaciologist who turned his scientific expertise into a mission of public engagement. Through Médiation Climat, he creates immersive field interventions, on glaciers, in citie - Plastic Flamingo · Muntinlupa City, Republic of the Philippines
Plastic Flamingo (The Plaf) collects and recycles plastic waste in the Philippines, turning it into construction materials such as planks and bricks, and involves local communities in collection and r - Susan Neiman · Potsdam, Germany
Susan Neiman is an American moral philosopher who has directed the Einstein Forum in Potsdam since 2000, a public institute that pulls philosophers, scientists and artists into conversation with audie - Ford Foundation · New York, USA
One of the world's largest philanthropic organizations, with $16 billion in assets. Founded in 1936, the Ford Foundation focuses on reducing inequality worldwide, funding social justice, democratic pa - Phytobokaz · Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France
Phytobôkaz is a pioneering laboratory based in Guadeloupe, dedicated to the research and development of plant-based medicines and cosmetics rooted in Creole and Caribbean medicinal traditions. Founded - CERN · Genève, Suisse
The European Organization for Nuclear Research operates the world's largest particle physics laboratory on the French-Swiss border near Geneva. Home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27km ring tha - 350.org · Washington DC, USA
Global climate campaign organization founded in 2008 by author Bill McKibben and university friends. The name refers to 350 ppm CO2, the atmospheric concentration considered safe for life on Earth (we
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