Agir pour le Vivant, Vienne – 21-23 July
Come and talk about the Rhone and the great rivers in this artistic and friendly festival! Agir pour le Vivant will take place at the Musée Gallo-Romain in Vienne from 21 to 23 July. An opportunity to discover the very first stand dedicated to Living with Rivers, and to protect the rivers together.
This artistic and convivial festival, which is the echo of the Agir pour le Vivant event in Arles, offers workshops for young and old, sensory walks around the river, and numerous conferences and round tables: Elisabeth Ayrault, Jean-Louis Michelot, Sabah Rahmani… to listen to the Rhône.
You will also be able to meet Living with Rivers in the Rhône Village on Friday 22 July, alongside other associations committed to the protection of rivers: Cap sur Rhône, Id-Eau, Fondation Tara Océan…
An event not to be missed this summer!
Emergences Festival de l’Eau
Première édition d'un rendez-vous musical et convivial incontournable : le festival Emergences à Aramon, au bord du Rhône près d'Avignon. Au programme du 9 au 11 septembre : concerts gratuits, ballades, conférences... et plus encore !
Lionel Gauthier: “Everyone wants to bathe in Lake Geneva!”
Who has not already enjoyed the pleasures of bathing in the water of Lake Geneva in summer? Lionel Gauthier, the curator and director of the Museum of Lake Geneva, turns to this very popular pastime on the occasion of Living with Rivers: bathing in this large French-Swiss lake crossed by the Rhone. A story of prudishness, pollution, developments and different uses, the history of bathing is fascinating and tells us much about our eras and desires.
Stratégies Saint-Laurent, a network to protect the St. Lawrence River
Stratégies Saint-Laurent is a key player in the governance of the St. Lawrence River. Composed of twelve ZIP Committees (Comités ZIP – Areas of Prime Concern)* in Quebec, it promotes interregional and national cooperation as well as the involvement of local communities along the river to preserve it. An educational component was quickly added to these two main missions, to make all users of the river aware of its strong contribution to the development of Quebec but also of its vulnerability. Jean-Éric Turcotte, Director General of this innovative organization, tells us about the pressures that weigh on the St. Lawrence today and the solutions that are developed to deal with them.