"Sharing projects to discover solutions and innovations".
We participated in the Open de la Transition Ecologique et Energétique organised by Bretagne Compétitivité with the Brittany Region, the Brittany Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the ADEME.
This day was placed on the sign of inspiring conferences, exciting meetings and the highlighting of innovative projects for a resilient Brittany via the presentation of the Crisalide eco-activity and Cleantech Open France prizes!
Here is an overview of the selected moments of this day:
Presentation of the Crisalide Eco-activité #16 and Cleantech Open France awards
OdysséeLab wins the Cleantech Open France trophy
We were very happy to receive the Cleantech Open France trophy for our drainage and irrigation system that allows significant water savings.
We were able to present our ODISI and EQUISI solutions throughout the day: innovating to preserve water with OdysséeLab!
You have discovered our patented innovation of a drainage table for the retention and drip irrigation of plants. This eco-designed solution effectively manages rainwater for a variety of applications: green roofs, bush beds in urban environments as well as equestrian floors and grassed sports fields.
A solution that allows cities to better retain water during rainfall and irrigate plants during periods of drought, thus contributing to biodiversity, the fight against urban heat islands and sustainable management of water resources.
OdysséeLab Crisalide Favorite
We were nominated for the Crisalide awards for the "Sustainable Territories and Biodiversity" category. Thank you to Crisalide for the support course and the pitch training.
We were touched by the very strong territorial dynamic and the quality of the projects supported in the 6 categories: congratulations to these companies!
Out of 76 applicant companies, 35 nominated and 6 winners with a remarkable diversity of ideas: Ty Waste, Esperen, Paradoxal Surfboards, Phoner, Marine Weather Intelligence, PackGy
Inspiring conference by Yannick Roudaut:
"(Low)Calibration, or how to develop your resilience"
This "intellectual decompartmentalizer" announces not a transition but a rupture, a bifurcation! A change in economic model like the historical ones of sedentarization with the beginning of agriculture, from colonization to the Renaissance, of the technological boom following the Middle Ages...
What is common with these bifurcations is that they are hardly credible by the contemporaries of the world who live them. Currently, we are at the end of the modern world and we are unable to imagine what will arise.
Hence the importance of having a clear inventory of the situation in the world today, of doing this exercise of lucidity: of bringing it to light. Because when we light up the darkness we are no longer afraid, we can move forward and find solutions.
Currently, humans have a very poor management of natural resources causing climate change. We need biodiversity, to collaborate with our ecosystem. Today, humans are in the position of parasites, humans are no longer central to the ecosystem: species do not need them to survive.
However, the cost of not adapting to climate change is more expensive than the cost of action!
What is experienced as a constraint should be seen as an opportunity for development.
Today's human society is not resilient, we are on a just-in-time basis (water, energy, food, etc.). There is an urgent need to relocate activities: this may cost more, but it is the cost of "insurance" to be more resilient to a supply chain disruption, for example.
The unexpected forces us to act, the less we anticipate, the more uncertainty there is. Uncertainty is part of life, but the emergence of unexpected events is a source of uncertainty, fears...
The current system is not resilient: We depend heavily on water (disappearance of glaciers, no more water to cool nuclear power plants, AI consumes a lot of water, need energy for servers).
Many companies are looking for a solution, a path. A product proposition, a value proposition, a change in consumption for a more resilient world.
In particular, the following were cited:
- Sailing transport (Sailcoop, Towt, Grain de sail)
- the return of the deposit (Bout' à Bout')
- The development of low-tech: how to ensure the sustainability of the economic model by using as few resources as possible? No more Do It Yourself – DIY: repair, local-repairable!
- Creation of a supply chain using new materials: Kairos, flax and hemp industry, Gwilen reuse of port silt, Greenfib 100% bio-based extrudable pellet components.
- Sooruz surf suit made of recycled materials (oyster shell, inflatable, ocean fishing net, recycled plastic bottle). All without a patent: the composition is open source for large companies to take over this system: Sooruz renounces rapid economic growth for their commitment – to be useful.
Action reassures and gives faith in humanity: nature never stops innovating.
Creating an ecosystem capable of adapting " resilience is based on a permanent dynamic"
The interest of the initiatives mentioned, however small or large they may be, allows us to carry the hope of a different world. It is the unexpected that arises when we create the conditions for emergence and by lighting fuses, we open up the field of possibilities.
There is no roadmap: get moving, collaborate, act and let yourself be surprised.
Round table "Businesses facing the challenges of adaptation"
Emily Duthion, SCIC Renewable Energy
Ronan Caradec, Cool roof
Violaine Lepousez, Head of the Adaptation and Resilience Division, Carbone 4
The round table illustrated the need to get moving and to identify the actors capable of creating "a territorial warmth".
The distribution of Do It Yourself – DIY formulas such as Sooruz or Cool Roof which allow the dissemination of knowledge even without direct financial gain.
The need for support for companies on climate risks: transition (reduction levers, mitigation within the company) and physical risks (how the climate will impact it)
We will have to find solutions to continue working on site when it is warmer, for example: resistance of machines, expiry of stocks, health of employees, etc.
How do you ensure business continuity in a changing world?
Some key steps:
- Identifying internally one or more people interested in these subjects and setting aside their time, planning training (Ocara carbon 4 method for example), using ADEME's public data, etc.
- Construction of the diagnosis, discussion with geographical neighbours, its sectoral peers
- Identify actions: workshops in the company by bringing together the different professions.
- Prioritise risks, actions and schedule them over time
Thinking about the system is essential to have business continuity.
Strong ideas:
- Aim for a long-term goal to return to concrete goals
- Innovations at the service of the most disadvantaged who are those who will suffer the most
- Making climate change a common goal and bringing it to all walks of life
