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The Key Points of Manuel Valls’ Plan Against France’s “Social Apartheid”
Two months ago, Prime Minister of France, Manuel Valls, denounced the existence of what he controversially called “territorial, social, and ethnic apartheid” in France. Friday, he unveiled shocking...
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Sustainable Wineries Expand Use of Waterway Transportation in Rhône Valley,...
A regular fluvial transportation line for palletized wines has just opened between the Rhône Valley and Paris, France. A development agency wants to incite carriers to transport a part of their...
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Nutrition in the Urban Landscape Reimagined for Limoilou, Quebec
What would happen if nutrition became a central priority for municipalities, and if we did a global re-thinking of nutritional systems? Continually looking to help Quebec City create...
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New Urban Planning School of Paris, France to Open its Doors in September 2015
The Paris Institute of Urban Planning (IUP), attached to the University of Eastern Paris-Créteil, and the French Institute of Urban Planning (IFU), part of the University of Eastern Paris-...
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Unconventional “Wikibuilding” Planned to Help Reinvent Paris, France
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, has designated lot M5A2 in the ZAC Masséna (a concentrated development zone) a part of the project “Reinventing Paris.” The lot is a bare swath of terrain stuck just...
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Château de Millemont, France Becomes an Open-Sourced Eco-Village
From August 15th to September 20, 2015, a hundred makers are going to build a village about energy transition at the Château de Millemont in Millemont, France. Benjamin Tincq, Co-founder of OuiShare,...
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Fighter Plane Shelters Transformed into Eco-Housing in Haute-Pyrénées, France
An entrepreneur in Haute-Pyrénées, France has developed a process for constructing individual eco-houses, sunk into the earth and built with recycled materials. And you only need sixty days to build...
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Clichy-Batignolles, France’s Eco-village Implements Pneumatic Waste Disposal
Since January 2015, the inhabitants of the new Clichy-Batignolles eco-neighborhood in Paris, France have been using a pneumatic waste collection system. This innovative waste management model, that...
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Heated Debate Persists Around Geneva, Switzerland’s Carless Sundays
Alfonso Gomez, Municipal Councilor (Green Party) of the City of Geneva, Switzerland With their proposition of one carless Sunday a month around the harbor, Geneva, Switzerland’s Green Party (Les...
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Brussels, Belgium’s Latest Music Festival: The Sustainable Paradise City
It’s that time of year again: the moment when Belgian music festivals reveal their programs. And this year, a number of them have taken to riding the wave of environmentalism. Besides LaSemo and...
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Communes in Nièvre, France Weeding Chemicals Out of Landscaping Process
During the course of half a day, representatives of communes in Nièvre, France worked to create a common landscape architecture and weeding plan. The first portions outlined came from some of the City...
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Daoukro, Ivory Coast Launches First Waste Management & Sanitation Trainings
As part of their urban sanitation platform, the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of the Environment, Urban Sanitation, and Sustainable Development (MINESUDD) initiated a series of actions that brought...
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Belfort, France Student Cycling Organization Expands Impact Following Award
Vélocampus du Lion is a student organization that is highly attached to the green values it hopes to transmit. Its activism has recently gained recognition: Crédit Agricole’s local branch awarded them...
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Mayor Faces Opposition in Fight Against Light Pollution in Quesnoy-sur-Deûle,...
Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, France’s environmental association, Le Halot-Chêne Vert, is known for being more or less critical of the municipal government, notably concerning l’Ange Gardien, a project for a...
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Marrakech, Morocco Gabion Basket Homes Provide Sustainable, Affordable Housing
In Marrakech, Morocco, a model home is being constructed as a part of a project that seeks to build houses made of gabion baskets in rural regions of Morocco. The association behind this initiative is...
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ArchiTerre Festival 2015 in Adrar, Algeria Supports Ancestral Construction...
One idea that is much discussed at the Information/Awareness Days for the 4th international ArchiTerre festival is the use of local materials in future construction projects. The festival, which...
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Eco-Neighborhood Establishes itself Near Regional Nature Park in Lurais, France
The Grand-Claud eco-neighborhood in Lurais, France is set to be a national example. The 470,000 Euro project, which started in 2009, took a long time to come to fruition. But, as of a few days ago,...
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Versailles, France Welcomes Contemporary Architecture, Minus the Brutalism
In Versailles, contemporary architecture is making timid forays into the city under the omnipresent eye of Louis XIV. This is an exercise with high risk for the city which is constrained by its...
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Electric Scooters and Wheelchairs Now Subject to Motorists Laws in Magog, Quebec
Beginning June 1st, 2015, electric mobility scooters, trikes, and other motorized wheelchairs will be subject to the laws governing driving, the same as other users of the road in Magog, Quebec,...
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Citizens of Laval, Quebec Propose Height Limits for New Development
Laval, Quebec’s citizens movement “Pas de Tours dans Ma Cour,” (PTMC) or “No Towers in My Neighborhood,” is setting the tone for the upcoming public consultations that will be led by the Demers...
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