Normand Beaudet studied at McGill University in renewable natural resource management and environmental sciences, and co-founded the Nonviolence Resource Center, of which he is still a member of the board of directors.

Normand specializes in safety issues and citizen mobilization strategies. Involved in the fight against fossil fuels, he worked to prevent the reversal of Enbridge's Line 9B with Action environnement Basses-Laurentides, to stop the Énergie-Est and GNL Québec mega-pipeline projects, and contributed to the Déclaration d'urgence climatique campaign. More recently, Normand has been working in favor of a policy to secure the energy supply. He now sits on the board of directors of the Regroupement vigilance énergie Québec.

In terms of environmental conservation, Normand has contributed to informing and raising public awareness of the value of the last forest area of the Saint-Laurent Plain between Montreal and Quebec near the river (Forêt seigneuriale de Lotbinière) as well as the Seigneurie” and its Chêne river, threatened successively by gas companies and forestry companies.