Dance & disruption: Inspiring climate action

As we get closer to GivingTuesday, we’re sharing the stories of three young activists from around the world to inspire and motivate you in your work.

Mathilde Caillard is a leader in the movement for social justice and ecological action, known for her unique approach as a “techno activist”; along with other young activists, Mathilde employs a combination of dance and techno music to carry political demands and protest messages, amplifying digital reach and gaining media coverage for her cause.

Mathilde has been a climate activist with Action Justice Climat Paris, a citizens’ movement working for ecology and social justice, since 2019. Committed to opposing French pension reform last year, Mathilde’s profile grew when videos of her dancing at those protests went viral. Then, during the French parliamentary elections this summer, Mathilde took a strong stand against the far-right, rallying influencers to organise and and join the fight for social change.

“It’s absolutely impossible,” Mathilde told us, speaking on the elections, “to normalise what a far-right government could mean… We’ll be even less capable of organising because our fundamental rights will be under attack, our democracy will be under attack. It means a world in which we lose our capacity to fight.”

If you want to know more about Mathilde’s work, you can follow her on Instagram or read about the Action Justice Climat Paris fundraising campaign here.

Mathilde was one of three remarkable young changemakers who gave the closing keynote at IFC 2024. If you need a dose of inspiration, you can watch it here.

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