Giving homeless people the opportunity to build their own house: that is the idea of Amisep, a Breton association that fights against insecurity. The eight tiny houses under construction make it possible to bring dissociated people together around a common project, namely finding a roof. Photo: Shutterstock to do together In Séné, in the Gulf … Read more
“If someone can explain to me the difference between McKinsey/Big Pharma, the opiate cartel and the organizations of people like Pablo Escobar, I’ll listen. You may wear nice suits and work in luxury offices, but you do exactly the same!” In just a few minutes, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib put Bob Sternfels, managing partner of … Read more
No specimen had been seen since 1913. And finally, this Wednesday, May 4, 2022, more than a century after the last sighting, a wolf was spotted in the Monts d’Arrée, in Brittany. Light on this important discovery. It was only a matter of time for the wolf to return to Brittany. And rightly so, for … Read more
† I am everything Donald Trump hates † wife, black, gay and mother », said Karine Jean-Pierre, the future spokeswoman for the White House in 2018. She is the first black and openly gay woman to hold this position. A strong symbol of openness at a time when the United States is currently rocked by … Read more
A leak revealed by the news site Politics revealed this Monday, May 2: The US Supreme Court plans to overturn the landmark ruling legalizing voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG). Thus, the highest judicial body in the United States plans to release any state to ban or allow abortion. The next day, California heralded the general … Read more
The Repairability Index, which tells the public how easy or difficult it is to repair faults or replace parts, will soon be extended to new household appliances. In addition to smartphones, laptops, televisions and lawn mowers, vacuum cleaners and high-pressure cleaners will also be affected by the end of 2022. Since January 1, 2021, certain … Read more
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