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Christine Buhl, forest health specialist for the Oregon Forest Service (United States), October 11, 2023. AMANDA LOMAN / AP
Put your suit in the closet, equip yourself with idealism. The Seisme Grand Ouest forum has nothing to do with a traditional meeting around employment. If you were planning to land a position in a large CAC 40 group, you are in the wrong place. The only bank present is La Nef, a solidarity finance cooperative.
Associations, companies, platforms, investor clubs, federations, recruitment firms… all the structures invited in mid-October to the Halles Martenot, in the heart of Rennes, respond to the five commandments of the anti-greenwashing charter displayed at the forum entry: “On ecology and social issues you will act. You will question your business. Risks you will take. You will have a systemic look. Sincere you will be. »
The event, acclaimed by nearly 5,000 participants, aims to be virtuous even in the services offered: two food trucks serving vegetarian cuisine, a baker who produces thanks to solar roasting, and bicycles serve as 100% human energy charging stations. A group of young people, in BTS international business, pedal to recharge cell phones. “After my studies, I will work in the purchase and sale of goods on foreign markets, activities that are often polluting. Our high school organized our coming here on the forum, even if it is a little contradictory with our studies. I hope that we will succeed in changing our profession, by selling less and better”projects Alysson Corain, 18 years old.
Talk about your beliefs
Shaking up trajectories, more than securing them: that is the whole ambition of this forum, which presents a panoply of committed structures, but also a multitude of round tables – “Can we still save the oceans? », “Eco-anxiety, risk or opportunity to get involved? » –, workshops – “How to give up the car and switch to cycling on a daily basis”, “The environmental impacts of surgical interventions” – and testimonies, such as that of the explorer Jacob Karhu, who has just returned from a crossing of Europe by solar bike.
“This forum is not just about job searching. Here, we come to talk about our convictions”, summarizes Martin Deleuze, second year student at Centrale Nantes. The 20-year-old explains that he was disappointed by traditional forums: “I have difficulty finding my place there, because of my strong ecological convictions. »
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An observation shared by Arthur Gosset, at the initiative of Séisme: “When I was a student at the Ecole centrale de Nantes, I participated in forums. There we only find large companies that pay to select the best talents. This system does not meet the expectations of some young people. » The young man also turns his back on him, giving up a career as an engineer to launch into production. His first documentary, Ruptures, narrates the destinies of students from major schools who also choose to change direction. The film was screened to 30,000 young people. During the debate that follows the session, the same question always comes up: how to get involved?
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