France news

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• The French are going to put "repairability" scores on consumer goods, in the fight against planned obsolescence. Should we do so here? ^[1] Nov 4

2020

A crime called "ecocide": how Macron in France, and the Danish Parliament, are willing to use laws (and referenda) to hit climate targets ^[2] Aug 10

France to ban heated terraces in cafes and bars. ^[3] Jul 27

La convention citoyenne pour le climat souhaite un référendum sur la Constitution et le crime d’« écocide ». ^[4] Jun 21

2019

‘Imagination Taking Power’: my Transition Tour de France, Rob Hopkins. ^[5] Apr 26

2018

Have imagination, will travel: 2 days in Brest, Rob Hopkins, Dec 4 ^[6]

'I leave the car at home': how free buses are revolutionising one French city, Oct 15 ^[7]

State-Sanctioned Agroecological Transition? The State of Food in France ^[8] Apr 5

2017

How This Petite French Town Turned a Stadium Boondoggle Into Free Public Transportation, Oct 25 ^[9]

Point d’étape Chambre des Communs de Lille, Apr 15 ^[10]

Rob en France: 6 jours de rencontres fascinantes (6 days of fascinating encounters), Apr 12 ^[11]

L’Atelier Paysan is a French cooperative that works with farmers to design machines and buildings adapted to the specific practices of small farm agroecology, Mar 17 ^[12]

France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases, Feb 23 ^[13]

“Now you’re all here, and it feels fantastic”: 3 days in France. Feb 1 ^[14]

French Development Agency Champions the Commons as New Vision for Development, Jan 18 ^[15]

French parks and public gardens bid adieu to pesticides, Jan 5 ^[16]

2016

Ce village français anticapitaliste et 100 % autonome a tout compris ! Dec 3 ^[17]

France bans plastic cups, plates and cutlery, Sep 17 ^[18]

France moves towards full ban on pesticides blamed for harming bees, Mar 18 ^[19]

France says ‘no’ to all new oil exploration permits, January 14 ^[20]

‘Doggy bag’ law comes into force in France, January 4 ^[21]

2015

Casau Community Garden, Salies, France. November 19 ^[22]

France's plan to increase its soil carbon is an example to the world, October 17 ^[23]

A remarkable day in Ungersheim, a Village in Transition, September 28 ^[24]

France tilting toward nuclear phase-out, September 9 ^[25]

France to force big supermarkets to give away unsold food to charity, May 22 ^[26]

France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels, March 29 ^[27]

This new law is designed to make products easier to repair, so they stay out of the trash, March 9 ^[28]

Koolicar & Titi Flores Partner to Launch Carsharing in Nantes, France, February 3 ^[29]

2014

French city Grenoble bans advertising in favour of trees, November 24 ^[30]

Climat : quand les citoyens se mobilisent, novembre 5 ^[31]

France decides to start paying people to bike to work! June 4 ^[32]

France bans crop spraying during daylight hours to protect bees, May 7 ^[33]

Weaving together sustainable journeys in Toulouse, May 7 ^[34]

French Parliament Votes to Prohibit All Strains of GMO Corn, April 18 ^[35]

2011

Compost Candidates, Oct 19 ^[36]

France Becomes First Country to Ban Extraction of Natural Gas by Fracking, ^[37] June 30

2010

Pavement power lights up Toulouse, ^[38] April 13

2009

French redefine wealth to include happiness, ^[39] September 15

2007

France Joins the Billion Tree Campaign, ^[40] January 18

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• France

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