A year after the launch of its “quiet hours” at the rate of two hours a week (every Monday between 2 pm and 3 pm), Carrefour announces that it is expanding its system. “The quiet hour now extends to 4 hours a day in all Carrefour Market stores”announced the distributor on May 3 on his … Read more
Bridge, house, roofs… What if we replace polluting raw materials with more sustainable materials? This is the idea of several projects carried out in recent years in different cities around the world, each as surprising as the other. A Dutch bridge… made of flax fibres On April 22, Earth Day, the inauguration of a new … Read more
On March 25, a payphone was reinstalled in the Marliave park in Grenoble. At the initiative of this project, a collective that claims the ” right to life without a smartphone † Photo: Shutterstock Grenoble, a French-style Silicon Valley With its three valleys, a silicon industry (silicon, in English), companies at the forefront of microelectronics, … Read more
Every year the thinktank Global Footprint Network calculates Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity has consumed the natural resources that can renew the Earth in a year. The calculation is also available on the France scale: this Thursday, May 5, marks the day we cross this red line. How to postpone Earth Overshoot Day … Read more
Invented in the 1990s in Japan, the art of kokedama has crossed land and oceans to become a must-have in plant decoration. Want to exhibit one at home but want to make it yourself? You can read how that works in this article. What is this Japanese plant art? Kokedama translates to “moss ball”. As … Read more
On social networks, the engineer and teacher Jean-Marc Jancovici is appreciated for his technical skills and his pedagogy related to climate change. In a few years, he has become an essential figure by imposing “his vision of climate change”. The “Janco effect”, noted in 2018, has been confirmed by a new study: “Janco” is the … Read more
Who says the return of the sun, says barbecue! But for those who are not lucky enough to have a garden, the desire to grill some vegetables and skewers on their balcony is quickly felt. But is it legal? We make an inventory with you. Can you barbecue on your balcony? In theory yes, but … Read more
Would the United States Supreme Court be willing to look back 50 years on abortion? At least this is what the head of the highest US court announced on Monday, May 2, 2022. A draft decision with a punch is harshly condemned by Senator Elizabeth Warren. In 1973, Roe v. Wade opened up the right … Read more
To cope with the 7.1 million internally displaced refugees, Ukrainian architects have devised a project to resettle people who have fled their homes. These modular accommodations, easy to build and deployable on any type of terrain, can accommodate up to 8,000 people, depending on the area. The Ukrainian architectural firm Balbek Bureau envisioned a rapid … Read more
This Thursday, May 5, is Earth Overshoot Day in France: we’ve used up all the resources the planet can renew in one year. In this global context of degradation of natural environments, a study by the United Nations Environment Program gives us some actions: the reintroduction of 20 large mammals would restore the ecological balance … Read more