At the time fast-foods take over the French capital, Litchi becomes the undisputed savior of balance and finesse food. With its Bar Bazar located in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, it is now possible to eat light and healthy with your friends or colleagues. The bar offers a menu of mainly fruits and vegetables. Soups, cocktails, but also wrap invite your taste buds to an exotic journey. The food of course but also the decoration of the place is unusual. The atmosphere is relaxing, the red perfectly matches the yellow and many objects sit proudly in the room to illustrate a multicultural spirit. Lucky bracelet, candle, positive waves and fortune cookies, everything is done to create a harmony between body and mind. In short, a refreshing and healthy cuisine, vitamin decoration, this is a perfect place to escape the stress of everyday life. Who says it is not easy to eat at least five fruits and vegetables a day?

Litchi Bar
4-8, rue Lobineau
75006 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.46.34.77.23

For 25 years, the shop “Rendez-vous de la nature” is trying to impose a healthy nutrition and most importantly, an organic one. A pioneer in the field, this convenience store is one of the most important of Paris providing nearly 6 000 product references. Natural cosmetics, meat and sausages, fruit and vegetables or products, Rendez-vous de la nature offers everything that we consume daily.

Rendez-vous de la Nature
96, rue Mouffetard
75005 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.43.36.59.34

Eating is good, recycling is better!
We do know that too well, recycling is essential for the planet. We can no longer only produce, we must transform too.
Thus, the one who reminds the consumer to discard the packaging in a trash can is the little Tidyman. He is increasingly present on the packages and so much the better.
The label Apur provides packaging made from 100% recycled paper that can still be selective if the sorting is observed.
On energy, here are two important labels. The first one, entitled Flamme Verte (Green Flame), is given when at home using a wood heater performance and reducing its carbon emissions. The second is for electrical and electronic equipment. The TCO label provides low consumption material, think about it on your next computer purchase.
Finally, Leclerc itself gets into carbon, it is possible to ascertain the weight of your purchases in carbon. From manufacturing to transportation through its destruction, all stages of product life are summed. Leclerc is a pioneer in this area and a few years from now all the stores will have to provide these labels to consumers. In addition to the information provided, the labels really educate our ecological knowledge.

It is well known, men do not seem to have inherited the shopping gene. Jeans and t-shirt and it’s done. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the universal laws are overturned and fashion is increasingly reaching for men. The male allows himself the use of lotions and wear trendy accessories. Why stopping there? Much more than a fashion phenomenon, ecology is a citizen duty. More and more brands are turning toward organic products to attract customers called responsible. Recently, the House of Organic has opened a store in the Marais. The house offers all kinds of design cosmetics based on nature. From 100% organic cotton to screens, everything is organic. The materials used to manufacture can be recovered, either from organic farming and when they are not, their purchase contributes to reforestation. This new shop will be your new landmark gift, Father’s day, birthday or simply to make him happy, nothing is too organic for your Dad.

House of Organic
7, rue Mahler
75004 Paris
France
T. : +33.9.50.22.91.27

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It is often difficult to find a unique and original bag. Reversible offers you to go back home with a bag at the same time crazy and unique, made entirely from recycled materials. After collecting used PVC tarpaulins, Reversible cuts and creates visuals, colors that will never be copied and then link together into bags.
When purchasing your bag, you will receive an envelope to use to return when the bag will be dying so recycling does not stop.

Reversible is available at:

Réversible est disponible chez:

Alter Mundi Beaurepaire
25, Rue Beaurepaire 75010 Paris

Alter Mundi Orderner
135, Rue Ordener 75018 Paris

Kil’s Home Fashion
78, rue de Montmartre 75002 Paris

Kit à Plaire
40, rue des Dames 75017 Paris

Lily Pount – Filambule
12, Rue Mandar 75002 Paris

Pa Design
2, rue Fléchier 75009 Paris

Sentou
26, Bd Raspail 75007 Paris

Take note, enthusiasts! It is now possible to combine good intentions and environmental equipment for your holidays. 3 items not to forget, useful in all circumstances. First of all, the solar backpack, a scientific gem that allows to generate energy to recharge your devices and can also store energy in case of bad weather!
Goodbye plastic, welcome to bamboo with the Asus laptop made of bamboo. Fully recyclable, this computer is lighter in your backpack.
Finally, do not go up the mountains with 3 kilos of books on the back. Take rather the Kindle, an electronic database that allows you to leave with 200 works downloaded from the website Amazon.com. A moment of relaxation in the purest respect for the environment.

Ecology encompasses work and sharing. Thus, brands associated with the label “1% for the Planet” pledge to repay a portion of their profits to pro-environment associations. The actions undertaken in future may include reforestation, recycling and cleaning water.
Then come the labels to ensure fair trade. In short, they are manufactured abroad by people who have offered been better social and economic conditions by selling their products to designated companies. Fabrics and foods labelled Fair Trade ensures that assistance.
Finally, Rug Mark is a label that combats illegal employment. In less developed countries, children are often exploited and this tag ensures that your product was made in all legality and respect for humans.

Educational, this barge in the 19th arrondissement belongs to Paris-Nature, the service of urban ecology of the city of Paris. For children and adults, the barge provides information on aquatic environments such as the Seine and its canals. Often unknown to the general public, the Seine is a river with plants and animals in an interesting diversity. No fewer than 28 fish species sharing the river with tourists and boats! It is also an opportunity to learn about molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic insects living in harmony.

Water barge
Facing 31 Quai de l’Oise – Rond-Point des Canaux
(junction of Canal Saint-Denis and Ourcq) 75019 Paris
Free entrance
Information: +33.1.71.28.50.56
Open from Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm, and from Saturday to Sunday from 10:30am to 6:30pm.

Roasting company based in Bordeaux, Destination has emerged on the market of organic stores and supermarkets in just few years. Today the leader in organic coffee, tea, sugar and cocoa, this brand is a must.

Destination has always been organic or is it new?
Christophe Lambard, CEO: Originally, we were on luxury food products and after one year of existence, we have taken the lead in organic and fair trade which for us is a logical sequence. Organic now represents over 95% of our volumes. When we created the company, 10 years ago, we wanted to democratize organic food products by providing the truth about their prices. The problem is that this market has too many intermediaries, a way to higher margins, which has never been our case we are not organic opportunists.

Tell us about your business.
Christophe Lambard: We are apart from flash-cooking industrial (3 to 6 minutes), our slow roasting, between 17 to 20 minutes, allows to reveal the full flavor, which is not the case at a flash roasting where a large proportion of flavor is not created by the absence of the Maillard reaction (chemical reaction occurring naturally on the bean after 15 minutes).
It is through slow cooking, and only through this process that the full aroma of coffee can be revealed. We are direct importer of coffees, teas, sugar, cocoa and more recently, regional gourmet organic products such as olive oil, mountain honey, ham or Iberian Pata Negra. All our developments are based on travel (I have visited more than 120 countries until now) and events around which we build strong alliances.
We find courageous hotels and restaurants where people got to organic food, because it is always more complicated in this area to develop this approach with guests. We welcome the choice of the Hotel Gavarni.

How do you see the future of organic?
Christophe Lambard: In this time of crisis, our approach is highly understood by consumers who trust us. We have always believed that only the will of the men will return to 100% organic. 50 years ago, there were only natural and organic products. If we want to go faster, it is through the consumer information and fair pricing of organic products that we permanently remove all the obstacles related to their expansion.

Destination – Centre de Caféologie
27-29 rue René Magne – Cedex 155
33083 Bordeaux
France
T. : +33.(0)556.112.747
contact@cdc-destination.com

Old delicacies brought to life? Anne Daguin, nicknamed La Grande Duchesse, realized her dream: bring up-to-date candies, chocolates and biscuits several century-old. It is a real success, we like the chocolates and sugared almonds, flowers and crystallized seeds, and biscuits with strange names (hearts of Russia, the follies of Paulette). Last but not least, the products are from organic industry, no preservative, no additive and a very simple packaging.
Her sweets of yesteryear are sold in attractive reusable metal box.

Open from Tuesday through Saturday from 10:30am until 7:30pm. On Monday from 2:30pm to 7:30pm and by appointment (special orders, professionals, restaurants etc.).

La Grande Duchesse
13, rue de Castellane
75008 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.42.66.12.57
contact@lagrandeduchesse.com