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
These Capbretonnaises and Capbretonnais will not soon forget their trip to the sea. And rightly so, this Sunday, May 1, 2022, they exchanged an hour with a school of very talkative cetaceans. Back in photos from this unusual encounter. For Itsas Arima, a local association committed to protecting the oceans, this meeting is part of … Read more
Do you want to take action yourself to reduce your plastic consumption? How about participating in the No Plastic Challenge? This challenge, organized every year by the association “No Plastic In My Sea”, devotes 15 days to the fight against this form of pollution. This year it will take place from May 30 to June … Read more
It is no coincidence that the vegetables in our supermarkets all have more or less the same shape and the same colours. To come up with such a layout took time… and a large package of genetic transformations! Take for example the case of corn by looking at these two images. Which of these two … Read more
We can hardly make it shorter as a circuit. The pantry of this Parisian restaurant is located 30 kilometers away, in Presles-en-Brie, in Seine-et-Marne. And what is special is that both the establishment and the farm are jointly managed by Arnaud Dalibot, the founder of the restaurant Mûre. At the gates of Paris, this dedicated … Read more