The French love chocolate! They consume an average of 6.4 kg per person per year. A significant figure, and not just for our liver: the chocolate industry also has a social and environmental cost. To celebrate Easter as an enlightened gourmet, we offer you an overview of the different labels. cocoa beans Cocoa, an exotic … Read more
After a month of waiting, a new little box has just popped up on an administrative form: D. Ojeda, a person who identifies as non-binary, can now apply for a US passport with an ‘X’ gender, neither male nor female. My family “still don’t recognize who i am” but with such a document “At least … Read more
Does your day consist of sneaking from your bed to the cake cabinet? You may have adopted Goblin mode. This attitude is characterized by the desire to stay at home, eat junk food and cut off relationships with others as much as possible. This attitude, which resembles the fatigue caused by the restrictions caused by … Read more
Albie is a browed albatross. While all of his ilk (600,000 pairs) live near Antarctica, Albie himself has taken up residence on the other side of the equator. France Inter dedicated a column to this free electron, spotted around the cliffs of northern England. Albie has been living in the Northern Hemisphere for several years. … Read more
On the banks of Kenya’s Sabaki River, locals are working to bring this estuary, scarred by years of over-exploitation, back to life. Tree by tree, the volunteers recreate a coastal mangrove, an ecosystem that is essential for environmental balance. Along a riverbank scarred by deforestation, Joseph Mwandge Mangi points to a lone mangrove tree, a … Read more
Last Sunday, Prime Minister Jean Castex boarded a private jet with the sole purpose of voting in the Pyérnés-Orientales. Deviating financially AND ecologically, this tour through the air has of course provoked a lot of criticism. And how did the prime minister defend himself? By recalling that he had in no way deviated from habits… … Read more
While the bar of four million refugees was exceeded last week according to United Nations accounts, the Holland America Line cruise line has decided to reserve one of its liners to accommodate populations and is relying on the goodwill of its customers to agree. to postpone their trip to another ship. Cruise ships, which are … Read more
Using parks, gardens, squares or even the castle moat to grow vegetables that are redistributed for free: this is the “Solidarity Landscapes” project launched in 2020 by the city of Nantes. Pictured in full confinement, the initiative was set up by the municipality to help poor households. Today Nantes has almost 24 vegetable production sites … Read more
German giant Beiersdorf, parent company of many beauty brands including Nivea, announces the launch of the first-ever cosmetic product containing recycled CO2. A feat made possible thanks to a technology aimed at capturing and recycling carbon dioxide, which will be used in the Nivea Men Climate Care Moisturizer moisturizing cream. The cosmetics industry is gradually … Read more
These first round results feel like deja vu, don’t they? Five years after the last presidential election, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are once again neck and neck. But what should we take away from these voices? Here’s a snappy little debrief by Waly Dia. 27.8% for Emmanuel Macron, 23.1% for Marine Le Pen, … Read more