The School of Fire
France
About
Soil literacy and community engagement in fire-prone Mediterranean territories.
The School of Fire is a six-month soil literacy and community engagement initiative led by Bureau des Guides du GR2013 in Marseille, France. Building on the wider École du feu programme, it responds to the July 2025 wildfire that burned more than 700 hectares near l’Estaque and destroyed 90 homes. Through an artist residency, learning walks, school activities, soil restoration workshops, public meetings, and a final collective walk, residents, scientists, artists, schools, local organizations, and public institutions explore fire-affected soils, ecological regeneration, and collective land care. The project strengthens soil literacy, cooperation, and dialogue on fire-prone Mediterranean landscapes.
Project overview
Mediterranean soils exposed to wildfires, drought, erosion, urban pressure, and limited public awareness of soil’s role in ecosystem resilience.
One Year After the Fire public programme; artist residency by Garance Maurer; learning walks; educational resource co-production; school activities; soil restoration workshops; dialogue with local authorities; final collective walk and recommendations for land management.
Combines learning walks, school activities, public meetings, artistic creation, and practical restoration techniques such as erosion control, mulching, and replanting with native or fire-adapted species to make post-fire soil recovery visible and actionable.
Bureau des Guides du GR2013
Mediterranean soils exposed to wildfires, drought, erosion, urban pressure, and limited public awareness of soil’s role in ecosystem resilience.
Combines learning walks, school activities, public meetings, artistic creation, and practical restoration techniques such as erosion control, mulching, and replanting with native or fire-adapted species to make post-fire soil recovery visible and actionable.
One Year After the Fire public programme; artist residency by Garance Maurer; learning walks; educational resource co-production; school activities; soil restoration workshops; dialogue with local authorities; final collective walk and recommendations for land management.
Bureau des Guides du GR2013
