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Paris Celebrates a Decade of Bringing the Beach Into the City by Going Bigger Than Ever
Common knowledge has it that in the summer months, especially August, the only people you can find in Paris are tourists, as the locals flee the hot, crowded capital for the Cote d'Azur,
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French Vegetarians Come Out of the Kitchen for a Veggie Pride Parade
Living in France, I have to say it's a pretty green country. Every sizable city I've been to
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A 22 Year Rids Paris of Cigarette Butts By Hand, Makes a Dress, and Saves the Rainforest
Stereotypes about Parisians are well known: the snobbery, the love of stinky cheese, the baguette under the arm and the
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Parisian Woman 'Fixes' Potholes With Yarn
It may not be a real solution to Paris' potholes, but Juliana Santacruz Herrera has certainly come up with an attention-grabbing way to draw attention to the problem: Filling cracks and holes in
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A Paris School Turns to the Sewers for a Sustainable Heat Source
Paris has been on an alternative energy roll as of late: installing hydropower turbines in the Seine, testing the limits
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With Seven Days of Events, Paris Takes the Lead in Going Green
On Friday, France wrapped up its Week of Sustainable Development - seven days of exhibits, workshops, lectures and tours designed to
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On a Tiny Museum's Roof, Paris Tests the Limits of Urban Wind Power
Paris' Maison de l'Air is in the City's 20th arrondissement, on high ground, overlooking the Belleville Park and providing a great view of the whole city. But it's only by
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Paris Promotes Natural Parks and Community Gardens In Its Bid To Be An Ever Greener City
Paris just wrapped up its Week of Sustainable Development, a showcase of the City's myriad efforts to promote green thinking, from renewable energy to pedestrian and
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Architects Imagine a Utopian Paris in 2100, a Little Warmer and a Whole Lot Greener
An exhibit imagines what Paris will look like in 2100, if the planet warms by 2 degrees but Parisians take green principles to heart.
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For Its 4th Birthday, Vélib' Plans to Get Faster and Better
Vélib',Paris' bike-share system, has come a long way since it was first introduced in July of 2007. From 10,000 bikes to 17,000, and 750 rental stations to 1,202 (that's one every 300
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An Office With Enough Trees and Sunlight, You'll Think You're Outside (Photos)
Talk about an urban jungle. In Paris' tenth arronidissement, two companies, Pons and Huot, share one of the more remarkable offices in the city. "Forest Through the Table," the work of
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Paris Set To Remake Its River Banks as Green Spaces, Open to All
There's a lot going on in Paris these days: the City is in the process of redesigning at least ten different
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Introducing Le Greenboy, the Eco Superhero Cleaning Up Paris (Video)
Walking around Paris, you have to be careful where you step- between cigarette butts and piles of dog doo that the city's residents just won't pick up, the French capital can be a dirty place. But Paris has got a new
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Visiting The Maison De Verre In Paris
After a visit to the Maison De Verre in Paris, I called it a green model for our times, being an urban, live/work, healthy redevelopment that was a demonstration of industrial materials and technologies. But it is also one of
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With a Hybrid Diaper, a French Designer Greens Babies' Bottoms
At the Meet My Project design exposition in Paris this week, French designer Florence Hallouin presented her latest work. Hallouin, a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle and a working
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European Cities Crack Down On Free Parking to Reduce Car Use, Make Room for Biking, Walking
What needs to be done to get more people out of their cars? Offer incentives for taking public transportation? Make driving more expensive? It's a
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Clean, Green, and Wheelchair Accessible, Paris' Public Toilets Are Pretty Sweet
If you've spent time in Paris, you've certainly seen the work of French designer Patrick Jouin, and maybe you've even ridden one. Last year, the
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Old Christmas Trees Help Other Trees Grow Year-Round in Paris' Neighborhood Parks
Once all the gifts have been opened, all the feasting done, all the toasts made, the time will soon come to figure out what the heck to do with the Christmas tree around which so
