Brand new French recycling network My Recycle Stuff is not just eye candy, it works like social media and allows you to create a profile, user groups and barter online for items. It is still in beta, and free, but looks like it may move to a paid subscription model, which is less cool. Nonetheless, [...]
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Social media network for recycling launches in France
Posted in recycling on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Documentary explodes myth of nuclear energy as clean and green
Posted in climate change, recycling, renewable energy, waste disposal on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since the 1970s, France’s commitment to nuclear energy has been axiomatic and based on a societal consensus that it provides energy independence as well as a source of energy which is both clean and green. The green component of the argument rests on the assertion – taught to all engineering students as gospel – that [...]
Give your Christmas tree back to nature
Posted in recycling on December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to friend and community organizer Corinne for this tip on how to recycle your Christmas tree in Paris this year. The city authorities are organizing a pick-up of trees from January 2 to February 1 at 95 collection sites in the city’s parks and gardens. No ornaments or fake snow please – only the [...]
Growing greenhouse tomatoes with byproducts from oil drilling
Posted in agriculture, food, recycling, renewable energy on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tomato growers in a seaside town in the southwestern deparment of the Landes have signed an agreement with Canadian oil company Vermilion to mass produce tomatoes in greenhouses heated using byproducts from oil drilling at Parentis-en-Born
The deal envisages building 17 hectares of greenhouses by 2012 which will provide the capacity to produce 30 to 85 million tons [...]
Biodiversity and environmental education short-changed at the Grenelle
Posted in Grenelle, biodiversity, health, media, policy, recycling, renewable energy, waste disposal on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The last working group at the Grenelle took place on Friday, the day after the official closure of the summit because of time overrun. Participants tackled biofuels and the “greening of democracy”. The latter has received scant media coverage but is important as it deals with improving transparency and accountability through legal reforms which would [...]
