Alternatiba

What Alternatiba does

Alternatiba is a French nonprofit citizen movement (association loi 1901) founded in 2013 in Bayonne, focused on climate and social justice. It operates a decentralized national network of nearly 110 local groups and 12 Alternatibases (mobilization bases), and runs recurring programs including Tour Alternatiba (multi-month cycling tours across territories), Villages des Alternatives (large public events showcasing concrete ecological and social alternatives), Alternatives Territoriales (local advocacy campaigns), Camps Climat (activist training camps), and civil disobedience initiatives alongside partner organization ANV-COP21. The movement also publishes the Mediapart blog 'Alternatiba', produces the educational video game 'Chaud chaud le climat', maintains the Transiscope collaborative mapping platform of alternatives, and distributes a newsletter.

Name

Alternatiba

Legal name

Association Alternatiba

Website

https://alternatiba.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alternatiba is a French nonprofit citizen movement, founded in 2013, that organizes climate and social justice action through a network of nearly 110 local groups and 12 mobilization bases across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Advocacy & Citizen Mobilization Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF)

Keywords

• Climate activism
• Citizen mobilization
• Environmental advocacy
• Social justice movement
• Ecological transition

Headquarters

HQ city

Bayonne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations: The movement is funded primarily through citizen donations. The website provides a donation page (don.alternatiba.eu) for supporters to contribute financially to the organization's climate and social justice activities.
2. Legs and Legacy Gifts: The organization accepts legacy gifts, life insurance donations, and donations as part of its long-term fundraising strategy to support ongoing climate activism.
3. Membership/Adhesion: Citizens can join local groups and become members of the movement, with local groups like Alternatiba Melun-Sénart offering membership through platforms like HelloAsso.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Alternatiba is a French citizen climate movement (association loi 1901) that organizes local groups, mass mobilizations, training camps, and large public events to promote ecological and social alternatives and to drive collective action against climate-destructive projects. Its core offerings are free citizen-participation programs — Tour Alternatiba cycling caravans, Villages des Alternatives, Camps Climat training, Alternatives Territoriales local advocacy, Alternatibases coordination spaces — plus an educational video game ("Chaud chaud le climat"), a collaborative mapping tool (Transiscope), and an information newsletter.

Product overview

Alternatiba is a citizen movement organization for climate and social justice, not a technology company. The organization operates a network of nearly 110 local groups and 12 mobilization bases (Alternatibases) across France. Its core activities include organizing the Tour Alternatiba (cycling tours promoting alternatives), Villages des Alternatives (large public showcase events), Alternatives Territoriales (local advocacy campaigns), Camps Climat (activist training camps), and educational tools like the video game 'Chaud chaud le climat'. The organization distributes information through its newsletter (infolettre) and maintains collaborative platforms like Transiscope for mapping alternatives. The movement focuses on citizen mobilization, advocacy, and making concrete ecological and social alternatives visible and accessible.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Won Microsoft commitment to delay Windows 10 end-of-support by one year, saving hundreds of millions of computers from premature obsolescence
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANV-COP21coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANV-COP21 (Action Non-Violente COP21) is the second leg of the movement alongside Alternatiba. Both organizations share resources, data, campaigns (including Piratons Microsoft), and coordination weekends. They operate as a unified movement focused on climate justice and non-violent civil action.
• 350.orgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational environmental organization that helped impuls the Marches 'Climat, Justice, Libertés!' mobilization. 350.org operates globally on climate issues and partnered with Alternatiba for the 2025 climate marches.
• Les Amis de la Terre (Friends of the Earth France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading French environmental NGO that co-signed the call for Marches 'Climat, Justice, Libertés!' and participates in climate mobilizations.
• Attac FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench branch of Attac, part of the global alter-globalization movement. Participates in coalition climate actions and was co-organizer of COP21 Village Mondial des Alternatives.
• Greenpeace FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the coalition for climate justice mobilizations including Marches 'Climat, Justice, Libertés!'
• ActionAidcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational development organization participating in the Marches 'Climat, Justice, Libertés!' coalition.
• Alliance Écologique et SocialecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcological and social alliance participating in the large coalition of 300+ organizations for climate mobilizations.
• Action Justice ClimatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate justice action organization whose spokesperson Léa Geindreau was quoted in the climate marches coverage.
• Zero Waste FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnti-waste association that co-organized the symbolic burial of 300 million computers in front of Microsoft headquarters. Part of the Piratons Microsoft coalition.
• April (Association pour la Promotion et la Défense du Logiciel Libre)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench organization promoting and defending free software. Co-organizer of Piratons Microsoft campaign and promotes Linux as alternative to Windows.
• HOP - Halte à l'Obsolescence ProgramméecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnti-planned obsolescence organization that co-organized the Microsoft action. Estimates 1.1 million euros replacement cost per 1.5M inhabitant department.
• UFC Que Choisir / Que Choisir EnsemblecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsumer association that participates in the Piratons Microsoft coalition to fight against software obsolescence.
• Réseau Action ClimatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench climate action network that co-publishes the 'Mode d'emploi: Action locale et campagne citoyenne' guide with Alternatiba and ANV-COP21.
• Coalition Climat 21coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of French climate organizations for COP21 coordination. Organized Village Mondial des Alternatives at Montreuil with Alternatiba.
• Désarmer BollorécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition against Bolloré empire that Alternatiba is a member of. Runs the 'On prend le Relay!' campaign demanding SNCF end Relay monopoly in train stations.
• SNCFminorOthersSNCF is the target of the 'On prend le Relay!' campaign. Alternatiba demands that SNCF end its partnership with Relay shops distributing Bolloré's disinformation in train stations. SNCF is co-shareholder (50%) of Relay.
• Collectif pour une Transition CitoyennecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective working on citizen transition that collaborated with Alternatiba to publish a livre des alternatives (20,000 copies) and create a Pacte de la Transition for local elected officials.
• CCFD-Terre SolidaireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment NGO that partners with local Alternatiba groups for events like the Forum de l'Alimentation Citoyenne.
• Terre de LiensminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization for land access in agriculture that partners with local Alternatiba groups for citizen food initiatives.
• SQY en transitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal transition collective in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines that co-organized the Forum de l'Alimentation Citoyenne with Alternatiba Versailles.
• Radio NovaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFrench radio station with which Alternatiba has a content partnership for climate and social justice programming.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenpeace France: Larger, internationally funded environmental NGO participating in the same Marches Climat coalition and broader French climate advocacy ecosystem; broader scope, larger budget, and more professionalized campaigning than Alternatiba.
• 350.org: Global grassroots climate movement that helped impulse the Marches Climat, Justice, Libertés coalition; significantly larger international reach than Alternatiba but with comparable grassroots mobilization model.
• Les Amis de la Terre France: French chapter of Friends of the Earth, a long-established environmental NGO that co-organizes climate marches with Alternatiba and operates across a wider environmental agenda (from pesticides to extractive industries).

Emerging players

• Zero Waste France: Anti-waste and anti-obsolescence NGO that co-organized the Piratons Microsoft coalition with Alternatiba; thematic overlap on planned obsolescence and circular economy with comparable grassroots advocacy approach.
• Youth for Climate France: French branch of the Fridays for Future youth climate strike movement; shares grassroots mobilization tactics and the same citizen-activist constituency as Alternatiba but with a narrower youth-led focus.

Direct peers

• Réseau Action Climat: French climate action network that co-publishes Alternatiba's local-action guides and operates as a coordinating coalition for member NGOs across France on climate advocacy.
• Collectif pour une Transition Citoyenne: French collective co-publishing the livre des alternatives and Pacte de la Transition with Alternatiba; focuses on constructive citizen transition, complementing Alternatiba's confrontational flank.
• Attac France: French alter-globalization movement focused on social and economic justice, co-organizing the Village Mondial des Alternatives with Alternatiba and sharing climate-justice mobilization activity.
• Notre Affaire à Tous: French climate justice collective that co-initiated the 'L'Affaire du Siècle' legal climate case and operates in the same citizen-movement space as Alternatiba with overlapping climate advocacy and mobilization tactics.
• ANV-COP21: Action Non-Violente COP21 is Alternatiba's sister movement, operating as the confrontational/civil disobedience leg of the same unified climate justice platform in France; they share data, campaigns, and coordination.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xbsky.app/profile/alternatiba.eu
• Facebookfacebook.com/Alternatiba.eu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alternatibaeu
• Instagraminstagram.com/alternatiba_
• TikToktiktok.com/@alternatiba

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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