Tag: Climate and transitions
Recycling plastic packaging: how Lithuania became a European champion
The leap is spectacular. In less than ten years, Lithuania has taken a giant leap in the management of its plastic packaging waste: its recycling rate has increased from 38.9%…
PODCAST. The day when science will lower the thermostat of the world
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon explains the scientific and geopolitical issues around the cooling of the planet with Sébastien Julian, journalist in the Science department of L’Express.…
Guaranteed electricity tariff: VSEs will benefit from it, soon condominiums or SMEs?
Bakeries, and soon others? Friday January 6, the government decided to help very small businesses (TPE) to pay their electricity bills despite the end of “whatever it costs” announced by…
Societal, ecological… Understand everything about the new dividends announced by Crédit Mutuel and Maif
Two terms to differentiate themselves, but the same basic idea announced at the start of 2023 by the mutual bank Crédit Mutuel and the insurer MAIF. The two entities will…
Electricity bills: the inevitable contagion of discontent
They could have used the event as a stage, to show the discontent that runs through the profession. But the bakers will not have gone that far. This Thursday evening…
Reusable tableware in fast food restaurants: for Subway, “it’s a change of model”
A few days ago, these boxes still ended up in the trash. But, since January 1, 2023, cones of fries, boxes of burgers or cups for soda are no longer…
Inflation: why does the price of water also increase in 2023?
This is the continuation of the chain reaction caused by the rise in energy prices. The price of tap water increased by 7% in Paris on January 1, 2023 according…
Tipi, market gardening city, Cycloponics… When agriculture settles in the city
A micro farm in Avignon A nursery, an edible forest, growing areas, a canteen, a performance stage, a ceramics workshop, a chicken coop, a composting site… Located on a 5,000…
PODCAST. Ideas (and technologies) to avoid water shortages (2/2)
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon takes stock of solutions to avoid water shortages with Valentin Ehkirch, journalist in the Sciences department of L’Express, and Alexandra Saviana, of…
Global warming: the dramatic and underestimated consequences of mild winters
These are temperature records that are chilling for lovers of harsh winters. The end of 2022, and the first days of 2023, were marked by unprecedented temperature deviations from seasonal…