E3

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 course in 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 such crucial issues as a fair transition, money and climate, or financing a low-carbon electrical system…

E3 webinars

Thursday, March 12, from 12 to 1:30 p.m.: 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 failure. How do these issues fit together, and how can they be linked? Antonin Pottier, an economist specializing in the links between economy and climate, will shed 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, will use concrete examples to discuss the “knots” in the ecological transition, and identify the political and social conditions that will enable them to be untied.

Replay and additional resources

Webinar video
The presentation support
The Other Economy’s Inequalities: economic, social and ecological issues module
Article – Who emits CO2? A critical overview of ecological inequalities in France Pottier, A., Combet, E., Cayla, J.-M., De Lauretis, S. and Nadaud, F. Revue de l’OFCE 2020.
Book – Un nouveau contrat écologique, Antonin Pottier and Emmanuel Combet, PUF, 2024; Interview with the authors on the Institut Avant-Garde website.
Article – ZFE une totale absence de méthode tue une bonne idée, Jean-Pierre Gonguet, Blog des Chroniques de l’Anthropocène, 2025.
L’eau sous tension: concilier sobriété hydrique, équité et investissement, Conseil d’Analyse Économique, 2006

Thursday, April 16, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.: Monetary policy and ecological transition

Money creation is THE missing factor in the debate on financing the investments needed for the transition. Marion Cohen, director of The Other Economy, will review 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 in money, will show, with examples, how money can be used to support the transition.

Wednesday, June 17 from 12 to 1:30 pm: 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 power to nuclear power, from grids to storage, how can we finance low-carbon investments in the power 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, will provide answers to all these questions.

Upcoming Webinars :
- In September: preconceived ideas about debt and deficit to help you decipher the Budget Bill
- In October: what’s behind the economic models used to assess the costs of climate change?
- In November: from corporate accounting to GDP, counting what really counts

Association of Environmental Journalists

The AJE is a French-speaking association of journalists specializing in environmental issues. With 200 members, it has two aims: to train its members and to 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 subjects were rarely considered by their editors.
With this in mind, our association organizes regular meetings with the 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. 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 the issues is a prerequisite for action.

Our Guiding Ideas set out the fundamental principles 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.