During the inauguration of the Biosphere Square, the SADC Manicouagan and the Manicouagan-Uapishka World Biosphere Reserve honored the first cohort of companies for their efforts towards sustainable development.

The Professional Federation of Quebec Journalists (PFQJ) has awarded the Judith-Jasmin Price to Carl Marchand and Benoît Jobin for their report ''The last game'' (La dernière chasse), aired on Radio-Canada Côte-Nord

Carl Marchand and Benoît Jobin distinguished themselves in the category News/Local and regional medias. Their report exposes the reality plaguing the First Nations people. 

In September 2010, during the Soirée des Grands Prix de la rurality (of rurality) which took place in Maniwaki, the Carrefour familial de Chute-aux-Outardes was particularly distinguished. Indeed, the organization has been selected as one of three finalists for the rural organization Price of the year.

This provincial event, which was at its third edition, wants to pay tribute to the leaders in rural development, highlighting people and organizations as well as initiatives and innovations.

This recognition was perfect timing since the Carrefour familial celebrated in 2010 its fifteenth anniversary, fifteen years of help and support to families in need. The community organization has distinguished itself for the Price of rural organization of the year, thanks to its vision of future oriented in needs to the collectivity and through its interventions such as : collective kitchen, crèche and workshops on parenthood, to name a few.

The Jardin des glaciers is equipped with a vision and values, placing at the foreground the principles of sustainable tourism and the protection of ecosystems and coastal habitats.

In this connection, a sustainable development policy is already underway, in collaboration with some specialists (including M. Gérard Croteau, eco-advisor and founder of the project « Pensons Climat » and an eco-advisor of the Manicouagan-Uapishka World Biosphere Reserve). Moreover, a conservation and development plan is already in place since 2004.

The Jardin des glaciers has won at the Grands Prix du tourisme régionaux 2010 in the Sustainable tourism category.

The integration of the sustainable development principles to the guideline of the l’Hôtel Le Manoir began in 1998 with the establishment of a series of actions regarding the human resources management. Over the years, other measures were added..

To view its ''green'' profile, click here.  

The Regroupement des femmes de la Côte-Nord (RFCN) exists since 1984. It comes from the willingness of women from the Côte-Nord to get together and to create a network.

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The Corporation des services universitaires du secteur ouest de la Côte-Nord (CSUSOCN) is a non-profit organization formed in 1996, which has for mission to promote and simplify access to university services by providing formation to all individuals and organizations established on the territory.

To consult their Website, click here.

The MUWBR and the SADC of Manicouagan accompany since June 2010 seven small or medium enterprises located in the region in a sustainable development vision through innovation and transition to action.

Sylvie Ostigny from Écobois Manicouagan explains us the major issues of her business and the advantages of such an approach.

Écobois faces the challenge of recruitment and retention of cabinetmakers who work with recycled wood. ''What we want to do with wood is new in the area, so we can not refer to another company. At the same time, everything we've done, it was new here : the Eco-Centre, the Quebec's craft shop. And it worked! So we don't give up'' says Ms Ostigny.

It is a great challenge to be at the forefront and a pioneer in its field for this business that won the Grand Prix Tourisme durable at the 2009 Grands Prix du tourisme québécois!

The advantages of this approach?  The sustainable development opens the door to new ways of seeing the business as part of a complex system. The interaction between its economical, social and environmental components offer opportunities to reinvent itself and to move forward.

On April 22nd, 2009, as part of of the Earth Day, the SDC Place La Salle and its members have acted symbolically.

Earth Day

The Earth Day is an event that stemmed from the organization : Projets Saint-Laurent. This organization's mission is to help individuals and institutions in their desire to improve their environmental behavior. In 1995, Projet Saint-Laurent received the mission to organize the Quebec chapter of the largest participatory event regarding the environment in the world : The Earth Day.

3 concrete actions

In order to be engaged during the Earth Day, Place La Salle and its members have put into action 3 concrete ideas : 

The Carré de sable childcare centre goes green and has several interesting projects.

To read the article from the Plein jour or to watch the video, click here.

The initiative Un choix pour l'avenir is indeed the social center of sustainable development. It represents at first a mobilization of the entire economic, social and political sphere. Through this initiative, young people are empowered in relation to their career choice, employers are encouraged to submit their employment perspectives and elected officials join their forces in order to counter the exodus of young workers.

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One of the project of the COMITÉ ZIP mobilizes the population of Pessamit.

In a perspective of sustainable use of the territory, an action plan for the conservation and the development has been produced as a harmonized development tool of the economic, social, environmental and ecotourism potentials. The process makes sure to consider different sectors of activity of the Pessamit Innus Council, citizens, hunters and other users of the land. To do this, a consultation committee was formed and every Innus from Pessamit were consulted. The final plan was presented and approved by the community during a public consultation in February 2010.

Partners :

- Community interaction program (donor)

- Pessamit Innus Council

- Tribal Council Mamuitun

- Société de restauration de saumon de la rivière Betsiamites

- Mamu Innu Kaikusseth Agency (AMIK)

The garage Pièces d’auto Baie-Comeau gets La Clé verte environmental certification.

This program checks in an objective way the quality of environmental measures applied by an auto workshop. La clé verte independant controller ensures that the workshop meets the requirements of the program, according to six criterias affecting waste, application processes and equipments.