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Rennes becomes first French metropolis to ban heating terraces of bars and restaurants

Polluting and wasteful outdoor heaters may soon be banned in France, as one city takes the lead in prohibiting businesses from…

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Better Society

Building ‘tiny homes’ gives French homeless people practical skills and a place to live

In Brittany, homeless people can volunteer to build a mini-house they hope to occupy when it’s complete.

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Good Stuff

€200 million lottery winner is using jackpot to preserve and revitalise Earth

An anonymous Frenchman who won the equivalent of more than $200 million in the European lottery says he will give almost…

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Sustainable Planet

French ban on plastic packaging and stickers around fruits and vegetables now in effect

Under a series of new regulations in France, there can no longer be plastic packaging around fruits and vegetables—and car advertisements…

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Sustainable Planet

Paris investing €250 million to become a 100% ‘cycling city’

With the proposed development of new infrastructure, including large-scale implementation of secure parking solutions and strengthening of the cycling ecosystem, the…

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Good Stuff

France’s First Public Official with Down Syndrome receives top national award

Elected in March 2020 as "delegated advisor for Inclusive Transition and Happiness" in Arras, Northern France, Éléonore Laloux has this month…

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Inspiring People

Tobacco firms to pay for cigarette butt clean-up in France

The French government has said the estimated €100million annual cost of reducing environmental pollution caused by cigarette butts will mainly be…

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Inspiring People

Meet “Lol” the black Labrador helping relax distressed witnesses in French courts

Black lab “Lol” lives in the local fire station and has been specially trained to calm anxious victims of crime in…

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Sustainable Planet

This architect transforms old clothes into bricks

French Architect Clarisse Merlet’s innovative approach to preventing waste, FabBRICK recycles textile waste into ecological and aesthetic bricks.

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Sustainable Planet

France to ban short-haul domestic flights where train is available

French lawmakers have voted to suspend domestic airline flights on routes that can be travelled by direct train in under two-and-a-half…

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Rennes becomes first French metropolis to ban heating terraces of bars and restaurants

Building ‘tiny homes’ gives French homeless people practical skills and a place to live

€200 million lottery winner is using jackpot to preserve and revitalise Earth

French ban on plastic packaging and stickers around fruits and vegetables now in effect

Paris investing €250 million to become a 100% ‘cycling city’

France’s First Public Official with Down Syndrome receives top national award

Tobacco firms to pay for cigarette butt clean-up in France

Meet “Lol” the black Labrador helping relax distressed witnesses in French courts

This architect transforms old clothes into bricks

France to ban short-haul domestic flights where train is available

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