Murielle Vrins

Since she was little, Murielle has had an unconditional love for nature and has always dreamed of living there permanently, in a tent or in a pretty cabin deep in the woods.

With a degree in environmental sciences, it was during her stays in West African, Latin American and Asian countries within fair trade coffee, shea, cotton, tea and spice cooperatives that Murielle decided to work towards a more ecological and equitable world. Out of a commitment to social justice and reconnection with our food production, she has dedicated herself to deploying such projects here, particularly at Équiterre, where she has worked for over 20 years. Awareness-raising, mobilization and civic education are her preferred tools, to encourage citizens and public institutions (daycares, schools, health establishments, etc.) to focus on local, organic and sustainable food.

Driven by her passion, she also continues this work with her fellow citizens in their small rural community, by recreating the link with our local producers through a public market. She also contributes to building an eco-responsible living environment, where local and sustainable food takes its place in the form of vegetable gardens and educational activities in the region's daycares and schools. She teaches her daughters this essential connection with nature by cultivating a large vegetable garden as a family... and by sleeping as often as possible, here and during their many trips, under the stars.