AlternatibaMar 6, 2023
✌️ BREAKING: @FCNantes took a train to Paris for their match #PSGFCN
What should be a casual note in 2023 is in fact the result of a victorious climate mobilization:
How we got a Ligue 1 football team to get on a train rather than their usual plane 🧵
Show threadAlternatibaMar 6, 2023
In september, @PSG_inside|’s @KMbappe made the news with his laughing fit, reacting to his coach joking during a press conference on the impossibility of them taking anything other than a plane from Paris>Nantes (#CharAVoile).
🚅 Paris>Nantes by train: 2h07
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The rematch having been set down for beginning of march, climate activists of @Alternantiba seized the opportunity to organize and challenge their local team @FCNantes to do better: #4marsEnTrain 🚅
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Starting by an open letter to the club, joined by a petition signed by 11k people, accompanied by social media mobilization, and symbolically handing over a giant train ticket to the players - @Alternantiba kept the pressure growing up to the rematch date 👀
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Finally, on friday, the day before #PSGFCN, @FCNantes|’s coach Antoine Kombouaré announced that the team is “happy to go by train”, which is “normal”, and would get back to Nantes by bus, as “3h30 on a bus has never killed anybody”. 🎉
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RT @RMCsport
🌱 Kombouaré annonce que Nantes se rendra à Paris en train et rentrera en bus.
https://twitter.com/RMCsport/status/1631692929151401986
RMC Sport on Twitter

“🌱 Kombouaré annonce que Nantes se rendra à Paris en train et rentrera en bus.”

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Coach Kombouaré justified his decision by his sympathies to climate issues and personal experience, “I’m from New Caledonia, my family is concerned (…). In the Pacific, lots of islands will disappear because of rising sea levels.”
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RT @FCNantes
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.

🛣 De Nantes à Paris.
https://twitter.com/FCNantes/status/1631762071476994051

FC Nantes on Twitter

“𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲. 🛣 De Nantes à Paris.”

Twitter
Mar 6, 2023 at 6:54pmWeb
Show threadAlternatibaMar 6, 2023
The club’s decision is good news for the climate - and a nice victory for the climate movement. We now call on @FCNantes and all other Ligue 1 teams to avoid taking a plane whenever possible. Futile air traffic is no longer acceptable. #BullshitFlights
https://stay-grounded.org/bullshit-flights-a-debate-on-legitimate-air-travel/
“Bullshit Flights”: A debate on legitimate air traffic - Stay Grounded

Flying is essentially a luxury activity, and in many cases downright obscene. Our definition: bullshit flights are unnecessary, frivolous and unfair – and should be stopped immediately. This article summarizes the results of a Stay Grounded survey on bullshit flights, and poses some questions about the future of our mobility system.

Stay Grounded
Show threadAlternatibaMar 6, 2023

In short: good game, @Alternantiba and @FCNantes ! 👏🎉 #4marsEnTrain

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RT @Alternantiba
🚨 Un point d'avance pour le @FCNantes ⚽️

Bravo à Antoine Kombouaré et au FC Nantes d'avoir choisi de délaisser l'avion pour aller à Paris 🫶
#charàvoile

Belle victoire pour la mobilisation citoyenne et les plus de 11 000 signataires de notre pétition !

#PSGFCN #4marsEnTrain
https://twitter.com/Alternantiba/status/1631696491407372288

Alternatiba Nantes on Twitter

“🚨 Un point d'avance pour le @FCNantes ⚽️ Bravo à Antoine Kombouaré et au FC Nantes d'avoir choisi de délaisser l'avion pour aller à Paris 🫶 #charàvoile Belle victoire pour la mobilisation citoyenne et les plus de 11 000 signataires de notre pétition ! #PSGFCN #4marsEnTrain”

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