In rue Daguerre is a happy wine seller, who can advise his clients according to their taste and budget. The Cave des Papilles is a cellar specialized in organic wines where the methods of cultivation of vineyards selected are organic. Harvesting is done with respect for the land and the seasons. The harvest and stalking are made by hand, and wine making is done without chemical additives. Goodbye pesticides and sulfates, place for natural and an authentic taste of terroir.
The shop also sells some rare spirits and organic Champagnes.

Open from Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 1:30pm, and 3:30pm to 8:30pm.

La Cave des Papilles – Spécialiste de vins naturels
35, rue Daguerre
75014 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.43.20.05.74
lacavedespapilles@hotmail.fr

Solier that has been existing for nearly 40 years, decided 5 years ago to get involve in protecting the planet. How fo they respect the planet? A lifestyle that this small company of about twenty employees is trying to set up throughout its professional collaborations. Difficult, daily struggle, ecology requires a unwavering motivation. For more impact, Solier  joined other independent businesses to create Hygial.v

Because ecology is necessary and the solution, Solier tries to persuade its customers to opt for certified organic products. Today, the price is no longer a valid reason for refusing to take on organic, because the products offered by Solier, whether chemical or ecological, are all at the same price. Moreover, the range of chemicals the company sells keeps declining gradually replaced by labeled products. A sign of the awareness of professionals, especially in the hospitality industry where Gavarni Hotel is regarded as a precursor.

Solier
30, rue Gay Lussac / ZI
94430 Chennevieres
France
T. : +33.1.56.86.30.00
F. : +33.1.56.86.30.30
solier@solier.fr

Located close to the Bastille, Grand Appetit is both a grocery store and a canteen where healthy eating is the key word. You can take a cooking class, a half-day or a course to discover the virtues and benefits of sprouted seeds, soy milk, tofu, seaweed or legumes. A playful and fun way not to be afraid of what we do not know.

Grand Appétit
9, rue de la Cerisaie
75004 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.69.86.10.34

The Farm of Paris, which covers 5 hectares in the heart of the Bois de Vincennes is home to cows, goats, chickens and rabbits and traditional farm products of the Ile-de-France (wheat, barley , oats, beets, corn, sunflower). Also included are orchards of fruit trees, vegetables and a wide variety of herbs.

The workshop “Seed Farmer” allows children to discover and implement agricultural work (harvesting of fruits and vegetables, production of jams, bread, butter etc.). Related the different seasons. As a bonus, you can even watch the feeding of animals, and some seasonal work such as shearing sheep or harvesting.

Workshop “Seed farmer – until 20 August 2009
Ferme de Paris – 1, route du Weighing – Bois de Vincennes
On Thursday morning, from 10h15 to 12h15. From 6 years. Free.
To register: +33.1.71.28.50.56, Monday to Friday.

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… de Marseille et d’ailleurs in the Passage du Grand Cerf is adorable. It offers a journey through natural cosmetics and well-being. There are all kinds of soaps (Aleppo, Black Morocco, chocolate, essential oils, shea butter, from Dead Sea, donkey’s milk or goat’s milk, oil, hazelnut, almond argan or soft). But this mini-store also has a range of craft and organic products as massage oils, bath accessories, lotions for face and body and a selection of products for hair.

Open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 7:30pm.

… de Marseille et d’ailleurs
1, Passage du Grand Cerf
75002 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.45.08.46.87
info@marseilledailleurs.com

This character funny friend of children is also a strong supporter of the environment! Thanks to the city of Paris, he introduces over an exhibition at the Pavillon de l’eau, the importance of water daily in terms of hygiene and health, treatment, and its origins. Visitors are sensitized to water issues, and from July 10th to November 21st 2009.
During the visit, you will be able to participate in interactive activities (quiz, drawing, reading area, video and discussion). And although Sponge Bob is the hero of the very young ones, the exhibition is also aimed at adults who would like to know more.

Free entrance.

Pavillon de l’Eau
77, avenue de Versailles
75016 Paris
France

After 15 years of loyal service in an oil group, Géraldine makes her environmental coming out and decides to undertake a Masters of Sustainable Development. She and her husband , at first skeptical, got intersted in a building that must be brought to standards and which belongs to the family Messonnier (Géraldine who is confident of convincing them to make a model of ecological sustainability).
Initially reluctant, the owners submitted to the ISF (taxes for rich people) have their eco-conscious citizen woken up. Why suddenly? Many subventions. Géraldine will quickly realize sustainability comes with hardness.

First show compensated carbon.

From Wednesday to Saturday at 9pm. Saturday at 6pm. Tickets: 31.50€. Young people under 26 year-old: 10€ (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays depending on availability).

« Échauffements climatiques » – Until end og August, beginning September
Theatre Fontaine
10, rue Pierre Fontaine
75009 Paris
France

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Hotel Gavarni, Xavier Moraga and his team are organizing a competition until September 10th 2009: “100 years … 100 prizes”. Each guest receives upon arrival at the hotel a coupon where he discovered immediately if he had won one of the prizes and benefit from it immediately.

Cruises on the Seine, organic breakfasts, wellness boxes, 50% off on room rates, free nights, free upgrades…, the “100 years … 100 prizes” reflects the attention paid to comfort and well-being of the guests who will also participate to the drawing lots to be held September 15th to determine the winners of the three first prizes.

You may be the one who will win a week for two people in an eco-resort in the Philippines, the Pearl Farm or a big weekend at the Gavarni Hotel in a junior suite with meals, museum pass and public transport or a weekend at the chalet-hotel Jeu de Paume in Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc Mountain. The third prize includes meals, spa, the ascent of the Aiguille du Midi and a visit to the Mer de Glace.

Winners will be notified by mail, email or telephone, not later than one month after the drawing lots.

Opened in October 2007, the Kennedy Pressing can be proud of being  the only ecofriendly dry cleaner in Paris. In comparision with dry cleaners still using traditional perchlorethylene for dry cleaning, Stéphane Sibony director, placed a natural product, a solvent-based silicon. At the time it was launched on the market, nobody knew Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5), but everyone knew that perchlorethylene was very toxic. Banned in some Nordic countries like Sweden or Finland, perchlorethylene will also be ban in California by 2012. When will it be in France?

The Gavarni hotel was therefore not wrong in choosing a quality service, haute couture specialist: where perchlorethylene mells beads and sequins dresses, handbags, D5 ensures a very quality result, made entirely by hand. Also well suited to business and individuals, green dry cleaner is going to conquer Paris.

Open from Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 7:30pm and Saturday from 9:00am to 1:30pm.

Kennedy Pressing Écologique
94, rue Raynouard
75016 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.45.20.08.08
Livraison gratuite (à partir de 50€) : +33.826.96.96.60
contact@pressing-ecologique.fr