Tag: France - Page 11
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Europe's 4 Greenest Leaders - And Worst Polluters?
Europe is a pioneering force in cutting greenhouse gases and supporting environmentally friendly measures—just look at their far superior mass transit systems, fledgling cap and trade system (hey, they're trying), and strong support
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School Lunch: What Do The Kids Eat?
In many countries, schools serve a lunch meal to the children. This is an important source of nutritients and calories for many kids but due to budgetary restraints or lack of information (and/or imagination) the food is often bland
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Massive Theft, Vandalism Plaguing Parisian Bike Sharing Program
Broken Vélibs in Paris (Sybil Star on Flickr) Eighteen months into a wildly successful launch, the Parisian bike-sharing program Vélib - a portmanteau of vélo (bicycle) and liberté (freedom) — has run into serious problems with theft and vandal
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French Stimulus Program Preserves Historic Buildings
We have appropriated Steve Mouzon's line "The Greenest Brick is the One That's Already in the Wall" and have noted that the skills needed to restore our heritage buildings are the type of green jobs that
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Phillippe Nigro's Table for People in a Hurry
Table tops are easy; any old door or slab will do. Legs are tougher; you can go to IKEA or Mockett and buy any number of different designs of legs that can be screwed on, but nothing so simple to install as Phillipe Nigro's idea for a
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Crafty In Motion: Amazing Cardboard Animation
It is all in french, but even if you don't understand a word, watch these incredible animations made almost entirely out of cardboard.
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Getting Green Wines from 4 Great Wine Regions
While the definition of what makes green wine is wildly debatable--different certifications allow different levels of sulfites, which are a naturally occurring part of the fermentation process--one thing we can agree on is
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Organic French Chickens Join the List of Products Tainted by Melamine
It's been about a year since the first reports of tainted pet food poisonings brought melamine, the chemical additive that can boost the protein quotient of soy and other feeds, to consumers' attention. Tragically, not
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Millet's New Pack Will Be a Load of Old Rubbish
With all its raw materials fully or partly recycled, the Millet Low Impact Variation 22 daypack is hardly a ground breaking product. After all it is ground well trod by the ilk of Osprey, Mountainsmith and Voltaic Systems. But, hey, this is the sort of
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Rooftop Solar Power Installations to Receive Generous French Feed-In-Tariff
Compared to its neighbors to the east, southeast and southwest, France has lagged behind in promoting solar
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Bicycle Film Festival 2008. It's Not Too Late
We’ve given kudos to the Bicycle Film Festival for years, for spreading the word about this most miraculous of vehicles, so why should we stop now. Although, admittedly, we have arrived less than early to the party. But the annual festival still has
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The British Steam Car Challenge. Can It Ignite a Steam Powered Renaissance?
At over 7.5 metres (~25ft) long it is unlikely you’ll be driving the kids the school in the British Steam Car any day soon. But then again you probably don’t need a vehicle designed to reach 274 kph (170 mph) for such a purchase. But maybe one day the
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Cardboard Office by Paul Coudamy
Parisian designer Paul Coudamy thinks outside the box with this interior for advertising agency Beast, made almost entirely out of 40 mm (1-1/2") thick honeycomb cardboard. Sabine at MocoLoco tells us that they had a one month timeline and a limited
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Jacques Piccard 1922-2008
In 1960 Jacques Piccard reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench , 6.78 miles down, in the bathyscaphe Trieste. "Ahead of his time in his concern for environmental questions and with a lifelong passion for the study and protection of the seas, he spent
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Honda's All-New Honda Insight Hybrid: Fuel Economy Similar to Civic Hybrid
On Sale Spring 2009, Expected Price: Around $18,500At the Paris Auto Show, Honda is showing an almost-production prototype of its new dedicated hybrid car, the 5-door hatchback Insight (V 2.0). The company is also working on a hybrid based on the CRZ
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Au Revoir La 'Taxe Pique-Nique': France Drops Carbon Tax Plan Days After It's Proposed
Just a quick update on a post I did earlier this week. Three days after news of a proposed eco-tax in France on a range of consumer goods surfaced, the word now is that no such tax will be introduced. Modeled on the existing
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La 'Taxe Pique-Nique' Est Ici: France Proposes Tax on Disposable Plasticware
At the beginning of the summer France unveiled its so-called 'bonus-malus' system for taxing polluting vehicles and, hopefully, encourage people to purchase less polluting transportation options. Now a similar scheme has been
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Wheat Straw Paper, 5 Things to do With Herbs and France's TV Ban
:: Eco-Libris asks, can wheat straw replace trees as a source of paper?
