IÉSEG student travels more than 6,000 kilometres by bike in Southeast Asia for a social, environmental and sports project: Bike to Act!
06/24/2019
As part of a gap-year project, an IÉSEG student, Mathilde Lobbens, has just cycled more than 6000 km in Southeast Asia with her childhood friend, Apolline Dupont, as part of their “Bike to Act” project.
The aim of their project was to understand how local populations perceived and deal with the challenge of waste management. During their trip to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, they also carried out awareness-raising activities in schools in order to promote concrete action to combat pollution (caused locally and by tourism).
Mathilde and Apolline also organized some waste collections and highlighted initiatives that allow the reduction or sustainable management of waste, while also discovering the circular economy.
Returning to France a few days ago, Mathilde explained, “This experience has been a real social, environmental and sporting challenge, which has allowed us move out of our comfort zone. During this journey, we experienced great adventures, some beautiful moments and encounters, as well as some difficulties!
“Our conviction is that if everyone acts on their own level things can really change! That’s why we created Bike To Act! » .
For more information on Bike to Act and the trip: https://www.facebook.com/pg/biketoact/posts/
https://www.instagram.com/bike.to.act/?hl=en
The Bike To Act project is in collaboration with La Grosse Becasse, a textile brand, which donates part of the profits from sales made during the trip to Surfrider, an environmental protection association. You can contribute by ordering a sweater or t-shirt “Gros Baroudeur / Grosse Baroudeuse” made especially for the project.