Former minister Jean-Michel Blanquer will head a school of “ecological transformation” created by Veolia. The school, based in Arras, will train young people in techniques for the issues of water resources, depollution or production.

After the opening of the Arras campus, Terra Academia plans to open one in Paris, before “an international deployment within two years and a presence in all French regions within five years” Among the partner companies that joined the project, EDF, Adeo (formerly Leroy Merlin) and Dassault Systèmes.