Ecology is a daily committment. Proof is, every week, French website Idécologie (Idea-ecology) sends to its subscribers an email full of simple and easy ideas to preserve the planet and be more eco-friendly on a daily basis. Every aspect of the everyday life is concerned: working life, food, transports, fashion, decoration and children. All the […]
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- June 12, 2014
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On June 8th, for the World Oceans Day, French Bassin d'Arcachon (Arcachon Bay, in English) officially became a marine nature park, the 6th in France after the Gulf of Lion, the Picard estuaries and the Opal sea. This 420-quare-kilometer marine aera comprises 127 km of coasts and a rich yet fragile ecosystem: dunes, saltmarshes, eelgrass […]
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- June 10, 2014
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Until now they were thrown away because supermarkets did not want to sell them, but all the fruit and vegetables that are ugly, twisted, weird-looking, damaged by the weather (rain and hail) or simply too big, will shortly take their revenge on sized vegtables. An operation called "Quoi ma gueule?" ("What's wrong with my face?") […]
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- June 03, 2014
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The French will soon be able to produce power with their smartphones. An Aix-en-Provence based start-up called Sunpartner has designed a transparent film that you can stick on glasses and screens to turn them into solar pannels. Invisible to the naked eye, it contains tiny photovoltaic cells which, when you let them in the sun, […]
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Considering that the frequence of poplar planting has considerably decreased in France for the last few years, the Conseil National du Peuplier (Poplar National Council) has decided to sound the alarm and alerted the media. In the 1990s, France planted 2 million poplars per year, compared to only 600 000 in 2013! CNP vice-president Hervé […]
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La Ruche qui dit Oui (the Hive that says Yes) is not only a funny name, it is also a gathering of consumers who buy fresh, seasonal and often organic products, directly from local producers. Local consuming allows them to get local products at a better price, while providing the small producer with a fair […]
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While regular windmills are said to disrupt our landscapes because of their huge size, French company NewWind has designed a "Wind Tree" that perfectly fits in all types of environments. Small wind turbines have the wind in their sails Jérôme Michaud-Larivière, who founded the company, explains that this innovative idea came to his mind as […]
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Launched at the beginning of May, the Rivières Sauvages label (wild rivers label) is a consequence of creation of the Europe-wide 2010 Wild Rivers Preservation Fund. Its aim is to value our territories and to preserve the natural heritage of water. With only around 5% of untouched rivers on its territory, France intends to protect […]
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Deinove is a French company, founded in 2009 and specialized in phytochemistry, that develops and commercializes industrial processes based on billion years old bacterias, the Deinococcus. Deinove is currently the world leader of this market, and produces large quantity of ethanol and bioethanol out of these bacterias, thanks to non-food biomass. These second-generation biofuels are […]
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This year, the We Love Green Festival commits to the fight against food waste. Besides the concerts and headline acts that make the success of this festival every year, the We Love Green also welcomes conferences, meetings and responsible restaurants, and proposes various activities to the visitors. You will be able to discover visual artist […]
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- April 29, 2014
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Deinove: leader in research on second-generation biofuel