Experimenting ecological transition in Montreal laneways
Climate change results from persistent problems demanding innovative approaches. Transition experiments attempt to do that. The goal of this paper is to present the experimentation project Nos milieux de vie! organised in Montreal with Solon, a non-profit organisation, and to account for the learning made during the first phases of the project, and how the experimentation process was adapted. Explanations on the experimentation approach set forth in the Nos milieux de vie! project, and the presentation of results from the first year of the project allows for the identification of four issues that have generated new learning: the crucial role of Solon as a mediation organisation, the existence of diverse temporalities in the project, the importance to adapt to the demands and needs of participants, the existence of social drivers of ecological transitions.