A member of the national popular education network REMPART, the association was founded in 2014 on the initiative of Martaillac residents. Working with the French government, regional authorities and the local associative and economic fabric, it provides a forum for the emergence of new initiatives in the Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne region.

The association's first priority is the restoration of the Romanesque church of Martaillac. Nestling in the heart of the Gascony hillsides, the history of the church at Martaillac is linked to the Roman conquest of Aquitaine and the history of Pope Clement V.This Romanesque edifice was probably built in three phases: a first building dating back to the Gallo-Roman period, then a reconstruction in the 11th century and finally a large-scale extension in the 13th century.

Like many Romanesque churches on the hillsides of Gascony, the church has suffered from a chronic lack of maintenance. Its survival was threatened when the roof collapsed in the 1970s. After an initial phase of mobilization by Martaillac's inhabitants in the 1980s to revegetate the site and protection of the wall heads by the commune, the building's lack of a roof once again threatened its survival. The association set up a structure to develop solutions for restoring the building, mobilizing volunteers and collecting subsidies, donations and materials.

A second focus of the association's action is to energize local cultural life through the transmission of academic, alternative or practical knowledge. The summer volunteer workcamp on the Martaillac church aims to promote the transmission of traditional building renovation techniques to young international volunteers and local residents, while at the same time working to rediscover the local culture.volunteers and local residents, while rediscovering ancestral building techniques (stone-cutting, rendering and masonry with earth and lime). Volunteers are also welcomed on an organic farm and introduced to farming skills. The association has also set up summer lecture series in Casteljaloux, open to all, providing a convivial opportunity to discover new horizons in research and knowledge in the humanities, philosophy, the hard sciences, economics and alternative practical knowledge (earth construction, etc.). These conferences are part of an approach aimed at developing eco-citizen questions and initiatives. The association's aim is to transmit knowledge with a view to promoting sustainable development that is harmonious and aware of the challenges of the coming century.

Finally, the association works to build bridges between the university/student world and the associative fabric in favor of heritage and sustainable development. For example, it helped set up the "student commitment to heritage" certification program at Bordeaux Montaigne University.