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This page brings together news 2007-2021, from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across France.

  • First driverless vehicle approved to operate on public roads in Europe, Nov 28, 2021...[1]
  • News Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out, The Guardian (Oct 17, 2021) — Features activists from Philippines, Australia, India, US, Uganda, Pakistan, Peru, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Kenya and Canada
  • France announces fruit and veg packaging ban from 2022, Oct 12, 2021...[2]
  • France to capitalise on 'resounding success' of green renovation, Jul 22, 2021...[3]
  • France to ban some domestic flights where train available, Apr 12, 2021...[4]
  • France's citizen climate assembly: Macron's experiment under fire after more than half of the proposals from citizens dropped from the French climate law. Feb 16, 2021...[5]

References


2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2007-2011

  • 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, 2020.

France to ban heated terraces in cafes and bars.[3] Jul 27, 2020.

  • La convention citoyenne pour le climat souhaite un référendum sur la Constitution et le crime d'«écocide».[4] Jun 21, 2020.
  • 'Imagination Taking Power': my Transition Tour de France, Rob Hopkins.[5] Apr 26, 2019
  • Have imagination, will travel: 2 days in Brest, Rob Hopkins, Dec 4, 2018...[6]
  • 'I leave the car at home': how free buses are revolutionising one French city, Oct 15, 2018...[7]
  • State-Sanctioned Agroecological Transition? The State of Food in France[8] Apr 5, 2018.

References

2017[edit | edit source]

How This Petite French Town Turned a Stadium Boondoggle Into Free Public Transportation, Oct 25[1]

  • Point d'étape Chambre des Communs de Lille, Apr 15[2]
  • Rob en France: 6 jours de rencontres fascinantes (6 days of fascinating encounters), Apr 12[3]
  • 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[4]
  • France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases, Feb 23[5]
  • "Now you're all here, and it feels fantastic": 3 days in France. Feb 1[6]
  • French Development Agency Champions the Commons as New Vision for Development, Jan 18[7]
  • French parks and public gardens bid adieu to pesticides, Jan 5[8]

References

2016[edit | edit source]

  • Ce village français anticapitaliste et 100 % autonome a tout compris ! Dec 3, 2016...[1]
  • France bans plastic cups, plates and cutlery, Sep 17[2]
  • France moves towards full ban on pesticides blamed for harming bees, Mar 18[3]

France says 'no' to all new oil exploration permits, January 14[4]

  • 'Doggy bag' law comes into force in France, January 4[5]

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2015[edit | edit source]

  • Casau Community Garden, Salies, France. November 19[1]

France's plan to increase its soil carbon is an example to the world, October 17[2]

  • A remarkable day in Ungersheim, a Village in Transition, September 28
  • France tilting toward nuclear phase-out, September 9[3]
  • France to force big supermarkets to give away unsold food to charity, May 22[4]
  • France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels, March 29[5]
  • This new law is designed to make products easier to repair, so they stay out of the trash, March 9[6]
  • Koolicar & Titi Flores Partner to Launch Carsharing in Nantes, France, February 3[7]

References

2014[edit | edit source]

French city Grenoble bans advertising in favour of trees, November 24, 2014...[1]

  • Climat: quand les citoyens se mobilisent, novembre 5, 2014...[2]
  • France decides to start paying people to bike to work! June 4[3]
  • France bans crop spraying during daylight hours to protect bees, May 7[4]
  • Weaving together sustainable journeys in Toulouse, May 7[5]
  • French Parliament Votes to Prohibit All Strains of GMO Corn, April 18[6]

References

2007-2011[edit | edit source]

  • Compost Candidates, Oct 19, 2011...[1]

France Becomes First Country to Ban Extraction of Natural Gas by Fracking,[2] June 30, 2011.

  • Pavement power lights up Toulouse,[3] April 13, 2010.
  • French redefine wealth to include happiness,[4] September 15, 2009.
  • France Joins the Billion Tree Campaign,[5] January 18, 2007

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Created July 11, 2023 by Phil Green
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