School of Ecological Economics

The Environmental Journalists Association (AJE) and The Other Economy have joined forces to launch the School of Ecological Economics (École d’Économie Écologique – E3). Designed for journalists and journalism students, the E3 offers a year-long training program throughout 2026 with France’s leading specialists, on the theories and practices likely to put ecology at the heart of the economy. The program will cover crucial issues such as a fair transition, money and climate, or financing a low-carbon electrical system…

E3 webinars

• Thursday, March 12: What does a “fair transition” look like?

As the Gilets Jaunes crisis has shown, an ecological transition that doesn’t take inequalities into account is doomed to fail. How do these issues fit together, and how can they be better connected? Antonin Pottier, an economist specializing in the links between economy and climate, sheds light on these issues by presenting a typology of ecological inequalities and proposing a method for integrating these inequalities into the conduct of the transition. Amandine Lebreton, director of the Pacte du Pouvoir de Vivre, a collective of associations, trade unions and mutual insurance companies, uses concrete examples to discuss the “knots” in the ecological transition, and identify the political and social conditions that will enable them to be untied.

• Thursday, April 16: Monetary policy and ecological transition

Money creation is the missing factor in the debate on financing the investments needed for the green transition. Marion Cohen, director of The Other Economy, reviews the mechanisms of money creation – often poorly understood, even by many economists. Éric Monnet, director of studies at EHESS and the Paris School of Economics, and a specialist on money, shows, with examples, how money can be used to support the transition.

• Wednesday, June 17: How to finance low-carbon electricity?

The energy transition is based on two pillars: reducing consumption and decarbonizing the energy mix, in particular through the electrification of many uses. Major investments are therefore required. From solar to nuclear, from grids to storage, how can we finance low-carbon investments in the energy system? Who will be responsible for which investments? What are the limits of private and public financing? How can they be coordinated? Alain Grandjean, economist and president of The Other Economy, and Robin Girard, lecturer and researcher at Mines ParisTech, specialist in renewable energies and energy systems, provide answers to all these questions.

• Monday, September 14: Public debt: what the debate should really focus on

Against the backdrop of a particularly polarised pre-presidential campaign, the budget vote promises to be a heated affair. At the heart of the debate lies the perennial issue of public debt, which is invariably discussed in terms of billions and percentages of GDP. But is this really the right angle from which to examine it? Despite being in the spotlight, debt remains a poorly understood – and often poorly explained – issue.

Clara Léonard, economist and co-founder of the Institut Avant-Garde, and Alain Grandjean, chair of The Other Economy, will take stock of the debt question: what is counted – and what isn’t? Why, and since when, has public been financed on the markets? How can our hidden debtsbe taken into account? Faced with the major transformations that are essential for our future, is it still possible rely on debt?

Webinar to come: what the economic models used to assess the costs of climate change don’t show…

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Association of Environmental Journalists

The AJE is a French-speaking association of journalists specializing in environmental issues. With 200 members, it has two objectives: train its members and help them practice their profession in the best possible conditions.

The AJE was born out of a two-fold observation: journalists dealing with environmental issues lacked the necessary qualifications, and their topics were rarely considered by their editors.
With this in mind, the association organizes meetings with personalities making the news on the environment. Sometimes in collaboration with other journalists’ associations, we offer specific training courses. At least once a year, members are invited to take part in a study trip. The AJE has organized several national and international conferences.

The Other Economy

The Other Economy is a free, independent, educational and committed information platform. Our mission: to shed light on the economy to make ecological and socially just reconstruction possible.

Created in 2022, The Other Economy association is a tool at the service of those acting for an ecological and socially just transition. We are convinced that understanding is a prerequisite for action.

Our Guiding Principles set out the fundamental values that guide us.

What can you find on The Other Economy platform?

• Modules: long formats, to understand the essential aspects and deconstruct preconceived ideas on major economic themes and the interactions between the economy and environmental issues.
• Articles: shorter formats presenting some economic “laws”, historical examples, key concepts, public policies, etc.

In addition, we are also present resources (a selection of books, videos, podcasts, etc.) and proposals put forward by various players to implement ecological reconstruction.