2.1 million French naturists: why so much enthusiasm for a life without clothes?

2.1 million French naturists: why so much enthusiasm for a life without clothes?

Connecting with nature, freeing your mind from dictates, exposing literally and figuratively… The values ​​that govern naturism are multiple, as are the places where it can be practiced. Where does this attraction for naturism come from? What mood does it reflect? How has our relationship with nudity evolved over the centuries? Historian and teacher Arnaud … Read more

Selling NFTs for Good Deeds: Ecological Nonsense?

Selling NFTs for Good Deeds: Ecological Nonsense?

Since 2021, NFTs are everywhere. Impossible to miss these three letters of the hype, which financiers, artists and entrepreneurs enjoy with pleasure. Their success has been such that companies, foundations or associations have started producing and selling NFTs in amounts sometimes exceeding millions. To believe that if you didn’t sell or buy NFT this year, … Read more

VIDEO. In Lens, he collects unsold flowers to make the graves of cemeteries bloom

VIDEO.  In Lens, he collects unsold flowers to make the graves of cemeteries bloom

Wherever there is waste, there are opportunities to do it better and come up with useful initiatives that benefit the greatest number. Demonstration with Jordan Lourdel, a baker who envisioned collecting unsold bouquets of flowers to decorate cemeteries graves. See this post on Instagram A publication shared by Association CARTOONS (@association_cartoons_) Jourdan Lourdel, specifies the … Read more

The Italians and the French like to eat locally, unlike the Danes and the English

The Italians and the French like to eat locally, unlike the Danes and the English

Ah, good strawberries from Carpentras, asparagus from Roque-Hautes and bouchot mussels from the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel! If local production logically evokes quality, that is not necessarily a purchasing criterion for all consumers, especially the English, Americans and Danes. Preferring to consume locally is generally seen as one of the most important tips for taking better … Read more

Over-consumption: Jean-Marc Jancovici shakes up influencers and calls them ‘sandwich men’

Over-consumption: Jean-Marc Jancovici shakes up influencers and calls them 'sandwich men'

An emblematic figure in the fight against climate change, engineer and teacher Jean-Marc Jancovici gently but forcefully attacked influencers on LinkedIn. The reason ? He hopes to see their devastating attitude to climate and overconsumption changed. He doesn’t mince words. It is on his LinkedIn account that French polytechnician Jean-Marc Jancovici, an emblematic figure in … Read more

MEPs want to include the right to abortion in EU fundamental rights

MEPs want to include the right to abortion in EU fundamental rights

Following the US Supreme Court’s recent decision over Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to abortion since 1973, many countries fear an outbreak of conservative measures on their own territory. To guard against this and to guarantee women this essential right, the European Parliament called on Thursday 7 July to permanently enshrine this right … Read more

Refugees from Ukraine or elsewhere: the associations condemn the “differentialist policy” of the state

Refugees from Ukraine or elsewhere: the associations condemn the "differentialist policy" of the state

“The shelters for Ukrainian refugees are half empty: the state refuses to lead homeless people of other nationalities there”, hammering associations and NGOs supporting migrants in a press release published on Thursday, July 7. To get things moving, Médecins du Monde, Pantin Solidaire, Paris d’Exil and Utopia are inviting 56 citizens to join the fight … Read more

Zero waste: 5 ideas for recycling cans

Zero waste: 5 ideas for recycling cans

Cans help cooks and cooks, even the most seasoned among us. These boxes are made of steel or aluminum and can be recycled in the same way as cardboard boxes, cake paper or paper bags. “Abandoned in nature, it takes between 50 and 200 years for a can to disappear!”recalls the site ecogeste.fr. “Failure to … Read more