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Ma Petite Planète

team-based ecological challenge league · France (also EN-localised, multiple countries) · Founded 2019; 8+ editions; active 2025-26

3-week seasonal 'leagues' where players form teams of 6+ (schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods, families) and earn/lose points completing 50 bonus eco-challenges (e.g, zero-waste meal, organising a clean-up) and avoiding 20 penalty actions. Over 5,700 participants and 75,650 challenges completed across editions.

Areas compete

Teams compete in cross-team leagues during each 3-week season; team scores ranked on a shared leaderboard. Schools, classes, and communities are pitted against each other in the same season.

People support each other

Within a team, players collaborate by sharing photo/video proof, swapping tips and coordinating challenges (e.g, one person organising the team's neighbourhood clean-up earns everyone points). The format explicitly encourages 'mutual aid' inside the team while competing externally.

Why this is worth knowing

Pure team-vs-team eco-challenge format with strong intra-team collaboration. Distinct from the brief's covered examples; under-mentioned outside France. Easily mapped onto neighbourhood teams.

StatusLive - new season runs each spring/autumn
YearFounded 2019; 8+ editions; active 2025-26
WhereFrance (also EN-localised, multiple countries)
Effort to start a local versionMonths of work
LanguageFrançais
Verificationhigh confidence
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