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WE
MUST
RESIST
Jane GOODALL - Patron Climax 2018

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WITH EARTH
WITHOUT
2018 SUMMARY
EXCEPTION

POWERFUL !
We were more than 30,000 big apes in attendance for CLIMAX's
global warming to awake and shake Darwin's foundations. Darwin is
the emblematic cornerstone of Europe's ecological transition which
mobilises more than a million visitors every year.

INTENSE !
We are proud to have come through with the goods for this 4th edition
of the festival which was held at the Caserne Niel in Bordeaux. We
committed more than 40 hours of LIVE events, invited 50 NGOs, offered
food options that were 100% organic and vegetarian and we produced
more than 30 hours of conferences to promote public awareness on the
collapse of Biodiversity and the first victims of climate change...

INFLUENTIAL !
Bordeaux was in party mode over 4 days, thanks to vibrant speeches
that propelled this exceptional eco-mobilization. Magnetising moments
such as the implosion of a glass bottle during Dr. Jane Goodall's
conference while she was thinking about the issue of accessible
freshwater. Edgar Morin's 'Appel des Fraternités' had a national impact
especially thanks to publication 'Libération', which made its mark the
next day with the meeting of Morin / Goodall whose dialogue gave a
deeper meaning to the Climate March which took place on the Saturday.

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sept. 2018
conferences food
100% VEGETARIAN :
40 SPEAKERS 6600 MEALS SERVED
30Hrs of CONFeRENCES 100% ORGANIC INCLUDING energy
BEVERAGES
90% local RENEWABLE THANKS
music TO ENERCOOP

34 Artists & 40hrs de live tunes 480 M 2

OF SOLAR PANELS

30 000  FESTIVALGOERS IN 4 DAYS

100 % sold out
cinema 3 NGO villages
10H OF PROJECTIONS water 50 ASsOCIATIONS & NGO
- ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION
DRY TOILETS :
130 BINS COLLECTED
waste - SOLIDARITY & BIODIVERSITY
- the oceans
3 900 KG OF COLLECTED MATERIALS
100%
78 000 LITERS OF WATER SAVED  COMPOSTABLE PLATES
WATER BAR : 70% RECYCLED WASTE
FREE WATER DURING THE FESTIVAL
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bilan GLOBAL
2018 national buzz
conference aurélien barrau
conference APPRAISAL
Jane GOODALL
900 000 €
with brut. 5 million 3,5
10 million
VIEWS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
views on youtube
Million
views SEVERAL
TV reports
4 weeks ON FRENCH NATIONAL TV

media report
60
WEEKS OF MIXED MEDIA CAMPAIGNS:
RADIO / DISPLAY / SOCIAL NETWORKS BLOG ARTICLES
LE MONDE, LE
+ 100 TOPICS ON BONBON

15 report THE FESTIVAL

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& INTERVIEWS
ON FRENCH NATIONAL RADIOS
STATIONS FRONT
PAGE ARTICLEs
IN FRENCH NATIONAL
ON 'LIBÉRATION' + PUBLICATIONS
ECO-SYSTEM SOCIAL NETWORKS COLLECTIVE 3 PAGE ARTICLE
Facebook :   145 000 FRIENDS
Twitter :       14 000 SUBSCRIBERS
Instagram :      13 000 followers
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PRESS EXTRACTS

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// ÉDITO

WE THINK THAT CULTURE AND

EMOTION WILL HELP US CHANGE
THE WORLD!
During four days of concerts, conferences, arts, culture and urban sports, festivalgoers
are given a unique experience of emotion and mobilisation.

OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2015 2017
At the end of our first edition, focusing on The first edition of the festival in its 100%
issues relating to our oceans, the Ministry of veggie form. This Climax was held at the
the Environment announced the creation of heights of Bordeaux (Cenon) and also saw
an "Ocean Day" that coincided with COP21. the launch of the operation "Trop Froid" (Too
This subscribed to the fact that the questions Cold), with the creation of 75 emergency
relating to our oceans had been put into reception centers for unaccompanied refugee
the agenda for these negotiation talks. The minors. Awarded the prize for the best "eco-
Ministry will subsequently announce the ban friendly" festival.
on plastic bags.
2018
2016 Return to the ex-barracks of 'Caserne Niel',
Edgar Morin and Marion Cotillard launch the on the banks of the river Garonne. The
"Darwin alert", co-signed by approx. 20 NGOs, Climax festival had one of its finest editions
which launches a study program in regards with the unprecedented meeting between
to the stopping fossil fuel dependency. An Edgar Morin and Jane Goodall, the speech
unforgettable moment with international of the remarkably well-known astrophysicist
impact. In parallel, an emergency shelter Aurélien Barreau, and a grand finale with
village was built at Darwin in collaboration the 'Appel des Fraternités' by Edgar Morin
with Emmaus. illuminated by the piano of Arthur H.

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A HYBRID FESTIVAL
1.
DEBATES & CONFERENCES
High level debates to raise awareness..

2.
CONCERTS
A large musical program of the highest order to attract a
large audience.

ACTIVISM
Many NGOs mobilized.

4.
DU CINEMA
Documentaries and films related to the presented themes.

5.
URBAN ART
An international art and sports scene to move, shake and
entertain.

6.
ECOLOGICAL COMMITMENT
Event organisation that aims to produce the lowest
climate footprint possible.

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AN ECO-FESTIVAL?
Speaking about climate is a good thing. Being consistent in our actions is better.
Especially when we call for mobilisation. We could pretend that everything is under
control with our ecological footprint. but we won't lie: no festival is irreproachable and
neither are we.

To be as transparent as possible and improve on a yearly basis, we submit our efforts to

an independent firm who produces a report of our carbon footprint for the festival. These
efforts, including the fact of being 100% vegetarian, earned us the honors of receiving the
award of 'Eco-Responsible & Action' from all festivals in France. We're very proud.

Here is how far we managed to push the boundaries (in order of increasing importance).

WE ARE PROUD WE CAN DO BETTER

PREVENTION Prevention and information on In terms of security, we can
ADDICTIONS
addictions always do better

AMENITIES & Signage 'upcycled'

SIGNAGE

Dry toilets on the whole site We also dream of having this

WATER outside of the event

Optimisation of sorting and Cigarette butts are still Enemy

WASTE
recycling. No.1

A festival 100% vegetarian

and 100% organic! We are 100% local would make our
FOOD
very proud winning trio (70% today)

ENERGY
100% renewable thanks to Consume less
Enercoop

TRAVEL Urban centralisation and soft Less planes for the 'stars', it's
transport our sore point MERCI AUX PARTENAIRES ET FOURNISSEURS ENGAGÉS À NOS CÔTÉS SUR LA DEMARCHE ÉCOLOGIQUE :
CREDIT COOPERATIF / ENERCOOP AQUITAINE / UNIKECO / ECOCUP / KEOLIS / AREMACS /
SENSITISATION Engaging content via The path of awareness to BCO2 INGÉNIERIE / LES DÉTRITIVORES / ELISE ATLANTIQUE / L214 – VEGORESTO / UN PETIT
conferences and NGOs action is still a long road COIN DE PARADIS / CEID / MAGASIN GÉNÉRAL / VILLE DE CENON / BORDEAUX MÉTROPOLE /
REGION NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE

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 DARWIN
EMBLEMATIC LOCATION
FOR ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION IN EUROPE

DARWIN, AN IDEAL PLAYGROUND CLIMAX ESSENTIAL ECO-MOBILISATION!

The Caserne Niel in Bordeaux was a Climax does not hide from this
Military barracks for over 150 years. It then requirement and even takes it to the next
became an urban wasteland during the level. The festival impacts are planned
early 2000s, finally seeing investment by and executed with extreme rigor. Our
entrepreneurs keen to shift the borders fundamentals focus on maximising the
on key contemporary topics: ecological sorting and recycling of waste, reducing
transition, responsible economy, solidarity, our carbon footprint, producing 100%
culture. vegetarian & organic food, and using 100%
local and renewable electricity.
A true beacon of a resilient society in
France, Darwin Ecosystem combines In recognition of this investment and
a multitude of entrepreneurial and the results, Climax was rewarded in
associative activities and demonstrates February 2018 with the "Prize of the eco-
that another style of society is possible. responsible action" which was awarded at
the "Festival Awards".
ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION IN MOTION!
An event to arouse curiosity and
Darwin advocates the principles of commitment.
moderation and sharing base values for all An event to celebrate life and the urgency
our projects. to protect it.
An event to repeatedly show that another
Low-tech ambition, heritage preservation, model of society and a more respectful of
renovation of buildings and high energy way of life is necessary!
performance, 100% renewable electricity
supply, strict management of water
and waste, the proposal for organic
& local food are the cornerstones our
our approach. Offering more than 200
events each year, Darwin has gained solid
experience and expertise in responsible
events.

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CENON
ART IN SITU AT PARC PALMER CONFE-
RENCES AND CONCERTS AT THE ROCK

LE ROCHER DE PALMER, A PLACE

OF LIFE AND EXCHANGE

With 6700m² of stages, music studios and

world culture it has become a central
element of cultural life in Bordeaux.
The 'Rock' implements many cultural
discoveries from all around the world.
With workshops, residencies, master-
classes, meetings, musical siestas and
conferences. The city of Cenon, adjoining
suburb of Bordeaux metropolis, associates
itself with Darwin in order to create
unifying events. A link between all
residents of the greater city.

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 "DECLARE
“ A STATE OF
EMERGENCY FOR
THE CLIMATE AND
“
SOLIDARITY!"
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 conferences
50 CONFERENCES / 150 HRS OF DEBATES

MORE THAN 150 GUESTS INVITED IN

2015/2016/2017/2018

HUBERT REEVES MARION COTILLARD

NICOLAS HULOT YANNICK JADOT
EDGAR MORIN CLAIRE NOUVIAN
JANE GOODALL GILLES BOEUF
AURÉLIEN BARRAU ALAIN JUPPÉ
LAMYA ESSEMLALI CÉCILE DUFLOT 
JOSÉ BOVÉ MAURICE REBEIX
BRIGITTE GOTHIÈRE NICOLAS THIERRY
MAXIME DE ROSTOLAN FRANÇOISE COUTANT
SÉGOLÈNE ROYAL ...
PASCAL PICQ

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 LIVE MUSIC
120 CONCERTS /150 HRS OF LIVE TUNES

MORE THAN 120 ARTISTS WELCOMED IN

2015/2016/2017/2018

DE LA SOUL KEREN ANN

FRANZ FERDINAND THE PHARCYDE
AIR VITALIC
CASSIUS ETIENNE DE CRECY
C2C METRONOMY
TIKEN JAH FAKOLY ARTHUR H
ODEZENNE CAMEL POWER
THE KOOKS CLUB
SELAH SUE DENZEL CURRY
PETER VON POEHL JEANNE ADDED
MORCHEEBA MR OIZO
AMADOU & MARIAM ...
PETER DOHERTY

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 #LIVEclimax

MR OIZO

LES DARLINGS

C2C

DENZEL CURRY FRANZ FERDINAND

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 art & ride
LAURENCE VALLIÈRES TRISTAN BARROSO
TOM CURREN COLLECTIF PARENTHÈSE
SEB DAUREL BROTHERS OF LIGHT
OPEN BIKE POLO 1024
NILLS ED TEMPLETON
YANN CHATELIN BENJAMIN JEANJEAN
DAVID MANAUD GREYSON FLETCHER
ZARB FULL COLOR CURREN CAPLES
SELOR AMO HUGUES ANHES
ALBER OLIVIER CROUZEL
BORDALO ...
DOURONNE

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 ART

ART ALSO TAKES PART IN THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES.

From the birth of an idea to the conception of artists of photographers, sculptors, street artists,
contemporary work, CLIMAX raises the questions visual artists, performers, land artists and digital
about where an artist must find their place in artists, they unite around a single theme, and a
the climate fight. Bringing together a range of strong commitment.

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ride
Give in and let go, and get out of your daily
routine for a moment to experience a ride
or the freedom to slide.

Drop in with the Darwin Brigade at the

skate park and bowl, where sports and
urban cultures are explored in the same
space. Pull anchor and set sail on the
Garonne with the crew of the 'Marins de
la Lune' to experience the mightiness
of the unpredictable river that snakes
its way through Bordeaux. Experience
the salt breeze of the open sea with the
Waterlife Community and fully grasp the
ecological emergency that impacts us
all. At Darwin, there is a large range of
performances, workshops, exhibitions,
demos, screenings, contests, bike polo.
Each year, the associations of the 58th
commit themselves to CLIMAX to hold
aloft the values of ecology and sharing that
are bedrock values of the festival.

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 NGO VILLAGE
& ASSOCIATIONS

CINéMA
Because a picture is worth a thousand words, Climax
organises screenings of documentaries and fiction films
based on the festival's themes.

FELINE POLLEN

CHIMPANZEE
I GO TO
AMERIKA

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#saveamazonia
#tributefortribes
#climax2019
AMAZON
SÉBASTIÃO SALGADO
Guest of CLIMAX 2019

The photographer committed to nature

and humankind, Sebastião Salgado,
AMAZONIA, OR THE UPROOTING OF THE WORLD will be one of the great witnesses of the
CLIMAX 2019 festival. Highlights of these
3 days, he will tell us his story of being
"Ya pihi irakema" is how Yanonami Indians both wide and strongly rooted in us. a photographer and participant of the
express their love. reforestation through his awareness of
"Part of you lives and grows inside me", We invite you to join us on September the history of our species and the need
what better statement to announce the 6, 7 and 8, 2018, for these three days of to live in harmony with nature. Traveling
mobilisation of CLIMAX in 2019 to be based celebration of the Amazon rainforest, all the between his country of origin, Brazil, and
around the Amazon? forests of the world, their peoples and their his land of adoption, France, he will present
biodiversity through concerts, conferences us viable paths for collaboration between
There are places where the song of life is and the speeches of our great witnesses. our two cultures, according to the same
gagged by the din of machines and the preservation objective of the Amazonian
deafening madness of men; the destruction Following the cancellation of Jair Bolsonaro forest and the uprooting of its peoples.
of the Amazon is the dull echo: deforestation and aware of the absolute urgency embodied
is raging, biodiversity collapses, and the native in the ecological crisis, would we be creative
tribes of the Amazon falling victim to the enough and committed to inventing new
same destiny as the forest. forms of acting in common more effective
than the COP?
One of the two lungs on the planet along
with the oceans, essential for the production
of oxygen, a veritable crucible of biodiversity,
is about to be ransacked even faster than it
already is. With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, DELEGATION OF THE
who has just refused to hold the future
ALLIANCE OF GUARDIANS
COP25 scheduled for Brazil in autumn
2019, the world will find it even harder
OF MOTHER NATURE
to catch its breath. Other signals point to
this predatory trend: the merger of the Guest de CLIMAX 2019
Ministries of Environment and Agriculture,
the appointment of a climate scientist to the In collaboration with Planet Amazon, a
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the willingness delegation composed of Caciques and
to bind the Trump administration proving representatives of indigenous populations
that nationalism and ecologism do not will be present at CLIMAX 2019 to share
combine. their relationship with nature and deliver
a powerful call against the destruction of
This reality demonstrates the absolute the world's forests and the uprooting of
urgency to build an archipelago of their peoples. This highlight of the festival,
consciences that goes beyond our local and highly poetic, will invite us not to only think
particular interests in order to embody an about nature but to take action against
active citizen counter-power on a larger its destruction. prendre acte contre sa
scale. Thus CLIMAX eco-mobility, open and destruction.
committed for 5 years, must carry this cause

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POLLINATION
OCEANCLIMAX
DIVING TO BETTER GET HIS BREATH

Darwin Eco-system heads out of the original

HQ in Bordeaux to install a centre of marine
resilience based on the Arcachon bay (marvel
of marine ecosystem).

Banzai Darwin, this project carries a renewed

ecological ambition to demonstrate an

CASABLANCA
increased marine preservation in order to
ensure a resilient and biocentric future.

Ocean Climax will be the mouthpiece in

Aquitaine, both to reconnect with its first THE END OF PLASTIC
edition & with the origins of life. Darwin Eco-System is heading
internationally with the first African
edition which will be based on the
theme of plastic, the symbol and the
aberration that is everywhere on Earth.

It has become clear today that a

seventh continent entirely composed of
waste, seven times larger than France,
has been born in the middle of the
oceans.

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#DARWINCOALITIONS
TOGETHER FOR AN ARCHIPELAGO OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Through Darwin Coalitions we want to make our mobilization available for many collectives,
personalities and NGOs already committed to fighting issues common to our beliefs and ecological
values. Adaptation, a condition of life itself, is called for in these times of climatic chaos and biodiversity
erosion, in order to begin the necessary transition to resilient societies, in the face of a threatening
collapse. This is combined with an imperative frugality and sobriety of our individual and collective
ways of life. In this sense, the equitable sharing of resources, the pooling of means and the collaboration
between the parties of change are central to our approach. Finally, ecological justice and social justice
are intrinsically linked and we can not conceive one without the other.

Thus, we will regularly propose building coalitions with NGOs, legal professionals, activists, entrepreneurs,
researchers and citizens, in order to realise our commitment to the protection of ecosystems and the
fight against climate change.

According to this common cause, these coalitions will have the following objectives:

· To create new knowledge, to spread the fights already carried out by the defenders of nature
as well as to inspire and encourage the engagement through the new editions of the CLIMAX
festival, the CLIMAX Sessions and the Ocean CLIMAX events. During these popular gatherings,
we will be dedicated in providing visibility and sound power to the voices of nature, to those
who defend it and to the uprooted victims caused by climate change and the destruction of
ecosystems. Given the occasion, our speech will denounce the mortifying logic of large groups
of political inaction, but also affirm desirable solutions and projects. Thus, we will act as a
"sounding board" for vibrant causes (Le Biome, WildLife Angels, EZA, etc.) and participants
through alliances.

· Rewild, disseminate, pollinate, jump the walls through Banzai Darwin and CLIMAX Sessions
outside the Eco-system. Darwin Coalitions wishes to encourage the bringing together of
participants engaged in various struggles to constitute a real "archipelago of consciences".

· Accompany the participants of change, learn from their experience and resolve conflicts
that may emerge over the course of their exchanges, positions or envisaged struggles.

· Fight and resist by supporting struggles or calls to join them (areas to defend,
demonstrations, acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, etc.)

· To attack those responsible for the destruction of the world and defend through legal
means the ravaged ecosystems and people uprooted by the preying on of natural resources.

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music studios
web-video-radio
record-shop
CLIMAX
STUDIO

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CLIMAX
the MeDIA
CLIMAX : the media is not a new journalistic online
revue, it is not our intention. No journalists and no
newsroom. Our approach is humble and simple:
Respond to the many requests to relay information
regarding the climate and what surrounds it, and
especially compile the rich collection of interventions
provided by our guests for the Climax conferences.

Exclusive interviews, meetings inspired by Darwin such

as our godfather Edgar Morin with pianist Arthur H.

In short, no ambitious editorial line is required, only the

desire to share with you our passion, commitments, and
conviction. Those of our guests and diffusion by others,
it is necessary to have a good understanding of the
evolution facing climate issues.

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 PARTNERS
Fier pas fièr Fier pas fièr

THEY TRUSTED US

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 THEY
TIKEN JAH FAKOLY MADE
CLIMAX
YANNICK JADOT
HUBERT REEVES

AIR

JOSE BOVE
AURÉLIEN BARRAU C2C

MORCHEEBA
VITALIC

PAUL WATSON JANNE ADDED JANE GOODALL

SELAH SUE DE LA SOUL

EDGAR MORIN MARION COTILLARD

ARTHUR H METRONOMY
CASSIUS TXETX ETCHEVERRY
NICOLAS HULOT

KEREN ANN
GENERA L C OORDIN A TION
Philippe BARRE
barre@darwin.camp
06 09 06 35 84
Nathalie CHAPUY
nathalie.chapuy@darwin.camp
06 33 24 07 98

www.climaxfestival.fr

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