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France was one of the first countries to create an environment ministry, in 1971. According to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index conducted by Yale and Columbia, France was the sixth-most environmentally conscious country in the world, one place higher than the previous report in 2010. <ref>[[wikipedia:France#Environment]]</ref>


== Sustainability initiatives ==
{{Location data
*[http://www.nantesgreencapital.fr/en Nantes Green Capital] - [http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/winning-cities/2013-nantes/index.html Nantes 2013], European Green Capital
| location = France, Europe
*[http://www.transitionfrance.fr/ Transition France]
| coordinates = 48° 52' 43.56" N, 2° 19' 20.15" E
*[https://arlestransition.wordpress.com/ Pays d'Arles en Transition]
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== Initiatives by topic ==
{{Read more|France news}}


=== Climate action ===
== Networks and sustainability initiatives ==


[http://unfccc.int/portal_francophone/items/3072.php Version française du site internet de la CCNUCC] (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
=== Transition initiatives ===


=== Communities online ===
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* [http://www.transitionfrance.fr/ Transition France]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20171018190213/https://arlestransition.wordpress.com/ Pays d'Arles en Transition]
* [https://transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/essential-guide-transition-published-french/ 'Essential Guide to Doing Transition' in French]


[http://blog.la27eregion.fr/ La 27e Région]
=== European Green Capital ===


=== Community currencies activism ===
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| title = Grenoble, European Green Capital 2022 - Official video
| authors = Green Grenoble 2022, Oct 7, 2021
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[http://sonantes.fr/ SoNantes], complementary currency, Nantes region.
* [https://greengrenoble2022.eu/ Grenoble European Green Capital 2022], ''added 14:21, 19 October 2021 (UTC)''
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140222000441/http://www.nantesgreencapital.fr/en Nantes Green Capital] - [https://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/winning-cities/2013-nantes/index.html Nantes 2013], European Green Capital


=== Community energy ===
== Climate action ==


Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:France National Renewable Energy Action Plan|France National Renewable Energy Action Plan]], [[wikipedia:Solar power in France|Solar power in France]], [[wikipedia:Wind power in France|Wind power in France]]
* [https://www.conventioncitoyennepourleclimat.fr/ Citizens Climate Convention]
* [https://unfccc.int/portal_francophone/items/3072.php Version française du site internet de la CCNUCC] (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)


Ekopedia: [http://www.ekopedia.fr/wiki/Propositions_%C3%A9nerg%C3%A9tiques_pour_la_France Propositions énergétiques pour la France]
== Environment quality ==


=== Community involvement ===
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[https://democratieouverte.org/ Open Democracy]
== Open spaces ==


Wikipédia: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_nationale_du_d%C3%A9bat_public Commission nationale du débat public]
* [[Wikipedia:List of national parks of France]], [[Wikipedia:Regional natural parks of France|Regional natural parks of France]]


=== Cycling activism ===
== Community involvement ==


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[https://democratieouverte.org/ Open Democracy]


[[wikia:criticalmass:List of rides#France|Critical Mass bicycle rides in France]]
Wikipédia: [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_nationale_du_d%C3%A9bat_public Commission nationale du débat public]


=== Environment quality ===
== Communities online ==


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=== Food activism ===
[http://blog.la27eregion.fr:80/ La 27e Région]


==== Creating a vibrant local food ecosystem through government-NGO collaboration ====
== Community currencies activism ==


Up until a few years ago, the residents of Loos-en-Gohelle, a small town in rural northwestern France with over 6,000 residents, consumed imported industrial food products despite significant local production. In addition to the negative health impacts of their diet, this practice also hurt the local economy. In 2013, the town government of Loos-en-Gohelle started a project called VITAL as part of an ambitious program to improve the diets of Loos-en-Gohelle residents.
[http://web.archive.org/web/20200607062706/https://sonantes.fr/ SoNantes], complementary currency, Nantes region.


The project was built on an existing initiative called Anges Gardins, run by a local association that has worked on community gardens and food education for years. It is also part of a long-term, comprehensive transition to a diverse, sustainable local economy from one dependent on coal mining — an industry that vanished when the French government closed the region's coal mines in 1990, in favor of cheaper imports. Food is viewed as a cross-cutting issue, capable of supporting transition in other sectors.
== Community energy ==


The policy has a two-pronged strategy to meet the goal. First, to stimulate the demand for local, organic food through education, gardening ambassadors, free produce from open food gardens, and more. The town government led by example, by shifting to 100 percent organic food procurement for schools and 15 percent for retirement homes.
* [[Wikipedia:France National Renewable Energy Action Plan]], [[Wikipedia:Solar power in France|Solar power in France]], [[Wikipedia:Wind power in France|Wind power in France]]


Second, to encourage farmers to convert to organic farming and support food distribution. To help achieve this, the town offered farmers free access to land on the condition that they grow organically and that they convert some of their own existing agricultural land to organic as well, thus raising the share of lands grown organically to 10 percent. Terre d'Opale, another local association, coordinates the farmers to ensure diversity of local production and manage distribution. Distribution is handled weekly through a combination of an online store, delivery of food boxes to local collection points, and procurement through catering businesses.
Ekopedia: [https://www.ekopedia.fr/wiki/Propositions_%C3%A9nerg%C3%A9tiques_pour_la_France Propositions énergétiques pour la France]


The program has operated successfully for three years. As the program benefits the entire local food ecosystem, including consumers, farmers, food kitchens, and distributors, it continues to grow and serve more and more of the community. <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/creating-a-vibrant-local-food-ecosystem-through-government-ngo-collaboration Shareable], Nov 8, 2018</ref>
== Cycling activism ==


==== Other links ====
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== Food activism ==


[http://fr.solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Mondial_de_Cuisson_Solaire_%28Accueil%29 Archives de Cuisson Solaire] - [http://www.incredible-edible-freland.fr/ Incredible Edible Fréland] - [http://www.laruchequiditoui.fr/ La Ruche qui dit Oui !] - [https://www.openfoodfrance.org/ Open Food France] - [[Wikia:solarcooking:France|Solar cooking resources in France]]
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'''Networks''': [http://lesincroyablescomestibles.fr/ Les Incroyables Comestibles]
* [https://refugeecommunitykitchen.org/ Refugee Community Kitchen], serves hot, nourishing meals to displaced people in the UK and France, ''added 16:27, 13 April 2021 (UTC)''


Ekopedia: [http://www.ekopedia.fr/wiki/Association_V%C3%A9g%C3%A9tarienne_de_France Association Végétarienne de France]
=== Creating a vibrant local food ecosystem through government-NGO collaboration ===


=== Open spaces ===
Up until a few years ago, the residents of Loos-en-Gohelle, a small town in rural northwestern France with over 6,000 residents, consumed imported industrial food products despite significant local production. In addition to the negative health impacts of their diet, this practice also hurt the local economy. In 2013, the town government of Loos-en-Gohelle started a project called VITAL as part of an ambitious program to improve the diets of Loos-en-Gohelle residents.


Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:List of national parks of France|List of national parks of France]], [[wikipedia:Regional natural parks of France|Regional natural parks of France]]
The project was built on an existing initiative called Anges Gardins, run by a local association that has worked on community gardens and food education for years. It is also part of a long-term, comprehensive transition to a diverse, sustainable local economy from one dependent on coal mining — an industry that vanished when the French government closed the region's coal mines in 1990, in favor of cheaper imports. Food is viewed as a cross-cutting issue, capable of supporting transition in other sectors.


=== Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle ===
The policy has a two-pronged strategy to meet the goal. First, to stimulate the demand for local, organic food through education, gardening ambassadors, free produce from open food gardens, and more. The town government led by example, by shifting to 100 percent organic food procurement for schools and 15 percent for retirement homes.


==== Zero Waste Challenge, Roubaix ====
Second, to encourage farmers to convert to organic farming and support food distribution. To help achieve this, the town offered farmers free access to land on the condition that they grow organically and that they convert some of their own existing agricultural land to organic as well, thus raising the share of lands grown organically to 10 percent. Terre d'Opale, another local association, coordinates the farmers to ensure diversity of local production and manage distribution. Distribution is handled weekly through a combination of an online store, delivery of food boxes to local collection points, and procurement through catering businesses.


With an annual average of 243 kg (over 535 pounds) of waste per capita, citizens of Roubaix, in the north of France, were producing less than half their country's average Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Yet their aim to reduce it even further has brought about the Zero Waste Challenge.
The program has operated successfully for three years. As the program benefits the entire local food ecosystem, including consumers, farmers, food kitchens, and distributors, it continues to grow and serve more and more of the community.<ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/creating-a-vibrant-local-food-ecosystem-through-government-ngo-collaboration Shareable], Nov 8, 2018</ref>


Despite having no executive power on separate collection and other waste-related activities, the city has started a program to lead the zero waste movement in France. The initiative challenges around one hundred volunteer families to reduce the amount of solid waste produced at household level by 50 percent over the course of a year. Offering support through an array of events like workshops, coaching initiatives, and other activities such as food exchanges, the program gives no directions — only suggestions. Interestingly, the program bypasses any intermediaries, therefore creating a direct channel between the city and the families taking part.
=== Other initiatives ===


After the first year, results were more than encouraging, with 70 percent of participating families having reduced their waste production by around 40 percent, while 25 percent of them had achieved an 80 percent reduction. The policy is now also replicated to target other actors such as public offices, four schools, and shopkeepers in the urban area of Roubaix. <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/how-one-city-in-france-is-reducing-waste Shareable], Feb 14, 2019</ref>
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*[https://www.roubaixzerodechet.fr/ Roubaix Zero Waste]
[https://fr.solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Mondial_de_Cuisson_Solaire_%28Accueil%29 Archives de Cuisson Solaire] - [https://www.incredible-edible-freland.fr/ Incredible Edible Fréland] - [https://www.laruchequiditoui.fr/ La Ruche qui dit Oui !] - [https://www.openfoodfrance.org/ Open Food France] - [[Wikia:solarcooking:France|Solar cooking resources in France]]


=== Sustainable transport activism ===
'''Networks''': [https://lesincroyablescomestibles.fr/ Les Incroyables Comestibles]


[http://tramway.nice.fr/ Tramway de la Communauté Urbaine Nice Côte d'Azur]
Ekopedia: [https://www.ekopedia.fr/wiki/Association_V%C3%A9g%C3%A9tarienne_de_France Association Végétarienne de France]


Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Rail transport in France|Rail transport in France]], [[wikipedia:Trams in France|Trams in France]]
== Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle ==


:[[wikipedia:Transport_in_France#Waterways.2FCanals|Waterways & Canals]]: The French natural and man-made waterways network is the largest in [[Europe]] extending to over 8,500 kilometres (5,300 mi). Approximately 20% of the network is suitable for commercial boats of over 1000 tonnes and the VNF (English: Navigable Waterways of France, the French navigation authority) has an ongoing programme of maintenance and modernisation to increase depth of waterways, widths of locks and headroom under bridges to support France's strategy of encouraging freight onto water.
=== Zero Waste Challenge, Roubaix ===


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With an annual average of 243 kg (over 535 pounds) of waste per capita, citizens of Roubaix, in the north of France, were producing less than half their country's average Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Yet their aim to reduce it even further has brought about the Zero Waste Challenge.


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Despite having no executive power on separate collection and other waste-related activities, the city has started a program to lead the zero waste movement in France. The initiative challenges around one hundred volunteer families to reduce the amount of solid waste produced at household level by 50 percent over the course of a year. Offering support through an array of events like workshops, coaching initiatives, and other activities such as food exchanges, the program gives no directions — only suggestions. Interestingly, the program bypasses any intermediaries, therefore creating a direct channel between the city and the families taking part.


== News and comment ==
After the first year, results were more than encouraging, with 70 percent of participating families having reduced their waste production by around 40 percent, while 25 percent of them had achieved an 80 percent reduction. The policy is now also replicated to target other actors such as public offices, four schools, and shopkeepers in the urban area of Roubaix.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20190216020928/https://www.shareable.net/blog/how-one-city-in-france-is-reducing-waste Shareable], Feb 14, 2019</ref>


'''2018'''
* [https://www.roubaixzerodechet.fr/#nav-main Roubaix Zero Waste]


Have imagination, will travel: 2 days in Brest, Rob Hopkins, Dec 4 <ref>[https://transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/have-imagination-will-travel-2-days-in-brest/ Transition Network]</ref>
== Sustainable transport ==


'I leave the car at home': how free buses are revolutionising one French city, Oct 15 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/15/i-leave-the-car-at-home-how-free-buses-are-revolutionising-one-french-city The Guardian]</ref>
=== Trams in France ===


'''2017'''
Since the opening of the Nantes tramway in 1985, more than twenty towns and cities across France have built new tram lines. As of 2020, there are 29 operational tram networks in France, with 3 more planned. {{W|Trams in France}}


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One line is planned to open in Annecy. {{W|Trams in France#Future lines}}


How This Petite French Town Turned a Stadium Boondoggle Into Free Public Transportation, Oct 25 <ref>[https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/10/the-petite-french-town-that-turned-a-stadium-boondoggle-into-free-public-transportation/543798/ citylab.com]</ref>
* [[Wikipedia:Trams in France#Current tramway systems]]


Point d’étape Chambre des Communs de Lille, Apr 15 <ref>[http://forum.lescommuns.org/t/point-detape-chambre-des-communs-de-lille/231 forum.lescommuns.org]</ref>
=== Waterways and Canals ===


Rob en France: 6 jours de rencontres fascinantes (6 days of fascinating encounters), Apr 12 <ref>[https://transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/rob-en-france-6-jours-de-rencontres-fascinantes-6-days-fascinating-encounters/ transitionnetwork.org]</ref>
The French natural and man-made waterways network is the largest in Europe extending to over 8,500 kilometres (5,300 mi) of which (VNF, English: Navigable Waterways of France), the French navigation authority, manages the navigable sections. Some of the navigable rivers include the Loire, Seine and Rhône. The assets managed by VNF comprise 6,700 kilometres (4,200 mi) of waterways, made up of 3,800 kilometres (2,400 mi) of canals and 2,900 kilometres (1,800 mi) of navigable rivers, 494 dams, 1595 locks, 74 navigable aqueducts, 65 reservoirs, 35 tunnels and a land area of 800 km2 (310 sq mi). Two significant waterways not under VNF's control are the navigable sections of the River Somme and the Brittany Canals, which are both under local management.


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 <ref>[http://commonstransition.org/julien-reynier-and-fabrice-clerc-from-latelier-paysan-on-self-build-communities-in-farming/ commonstransition.org]</ref>
Approximately 20% of the network is suitable for commercial boats of over 1000 tonnes and the VNF has an ongoing programme of maintenance and modernisation to increase depth of waterways, widths of locks and headroom under bridges to support France's strategy of encouraging freight onto water. {{W|Transport in France#Waterways.2FCanals}}


France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases, Feb 23 <ref>[http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/france-offers-200-subsidy-electric-bike-purchases.html treehugger.com]</ref>
== Resources ==


“Now you’re all here, and it feels fantastic”: 3 days in France. Feb 1 <ref>[https://transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/now-youre-feels-fantastic-3-days-france/ transitionnetwork.org]</ref>
=== Video ===
 
French Development Agency Champions the Commons as New Vision for Development, Jan 18 <ref>[http://bollier.org/blog/french-development-agency-champions-commons-new-vision-development bollier.org]</ref>
 
French parks and public gardens bid adieu to pesticides, Jan 5 <ref>[http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/blogs/french-parks-and-public-gardens-bid-adieu-pesticides MNN - Mother Nature Network]</ref>
 
'''2016'''
 
Ce village français anticapitaliste et 100 % autonome a tout compris ! Dec 3 <ref>[http://lareleveetlapeste.fr/village-francais-anticapitaliste-100-autonome-a-compris/ lareleveetlapeste.fr]</ref>
 
France bans plastic cups, plates and cutlery, Sep 17 <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-bans-plastic-cups-plates-cutlery-energy-transition-for-green-growth-a7313076.html independent.co.uk]</ref>
 
France moves towards full ban on pesticides blamed for harming bees, Mar 18 <ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3498850/France-moves-ban-pesticides-blamed-harming-bees.html Daily Mail Online]</ref>
 
France says ‘no’ to all new oil exploration permits, January 14 <ref>[http://inhabitat.com/france-says-no-to-all-new-oil-exploration-permits/ inhabitat.com]</ref>
 
‘Doggy bag’ law comes into force in France, January 4 <ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20160104-france-doggy-bag-law-restaurants-food-waste france24.com]</ref>
 
'''2015'''
 
Casau Community Garden, Salies, France. November 19 <ref>[https://cop21.transitionnetwork.org/casau-community-garden/ cop21.transitionnetwork.org]</ref>
 
France's plan to increase its soil carbon is an example to the world, October 17 <ref>[http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2985914/frances_plan_to_increase_its_soil_carbon_is_an_example_to_the_world.html The Ecologist]</ref>
 
A remarkable day in Ungersheim, a Village in Transition, September 28 <ref>[https://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2015-09/remarkable-day-ungersheim-village-transition Transition Network]</ref>
 
France tilting toward nuclear phase-out, September 9 <ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/france-tilting-toward-nuclear-phase-out/a-18692209 dw.com]</ref>
 
France to force big supermarkets to give away unsold food to charity, May 22 <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/22/france-to-force-big-supermarkets-to-give-away-unsold-food-to-charity The Guardian]</ref>
 
France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels, March 29 <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/20/france-decrees-new-rooftops-must-be-covered-in-plants-or-solar-panels The Guardian]</ref>
 
This new law is designed to make products easier to repair, so they stay out of the trash, March 9 <ref>[http://www.fastcoexist.com/3043252/this-new-law-is-designed-to-make-products-easier-to-repair-so-they-stay-out-of-the-trash Co.exist]</ref>
 
Koolicar & Titi Flores Partner to Launch Carsharing in Nantes, France, February 3 <ref> [http://www.globalsiteplans.com/environmental-design/energy-environmental-design/koolicar-titi-flores-partner-to-launch-carsharing-in-nantes-france/ The Grid | Global Site Plans]</ref>


'''2014'''
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French city Grenoble bans advertising in favour of trees, November 24 <ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20141124-french-city-grenoble-bans-advertising-favour-trees/ France 24]</ref>
More video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tFJa2aHgN4 Grand Designs, Brittany Groundhouse, Channel 4], 26 Feb 2009


Climat : quand les citoyens se mobilisent, novembre 5 <ref>[http://www.franceinter.fr/emission-le-zoom-de-la-redaction-climat-quand-les-citoyens-se-mobilisent France Inter]</ref>
=== Apps for sustainability ===


France decides to start paying people to bike to work! June 4 <ref>[http://inhabitat.com/france-is-paying-commuters-to-bike-to-work/ inhabitat.com]</ref>
[https://citygardens.idbis.com/ City Gardens], maps over 400 green spaces in [[Paris]] and has expanded to provide similar services to the French cities of Metz, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Strasbourg and the European Green Capital of 2013, Nantes.<ref>[https://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/looking-for-a-place-to-park-in-bristol-just-got-easier/index.html European Green Capital]</ref>
 
France bans crop spraying during daylight hours to protect bees, May 7 <ref>[http://www.farming.co.uk/news/article/9880 Farming News]</ref>
 
Weaving together sustainable journeys in Toulouse, May 7 <ref>[http://www.ashden.org/winners/tisseo14 ashden.org]</ref>
 
French Parliament Votes to Prohibit All Strains of GMO Corn, April 18 <ref>[http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/french-parliament-votes-to-prohibit-all-strains-of-gmo-corn/ One Green Planet]</ref>
 
'''2011'''
 
Compost Candidates, Oct 19 <ref>[http://thackara.com/social-innovation/compost-candidates/ thackara.com]</ref>
France Becomes First Country to Ban Extraction of Natural Gas by Fracking, <ref>[http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/06/30/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-extraction-of-natural-gas-by-fracking/ Observations, Scientific American Blog Network]</ref> June 30
'''2010'''
 
Pavement power lights up Toulouse, <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/13/pavement-power-toulouse-streets guardian.co.uk]</ref> April 13
'''2009'''
 
French redefine wealth to include happiness, <ref>[http://www.off-grid.net/2009/09/15/french-redefine-wealth-to-include-happiness/ off-grid.net]</ref> September 15
'''2007'''
France Joins the Billion Tree Campaign, <ref>[http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=498&ArticleID=5497&l=en UNEP]</ref> January 18
 
== Resources ==
*[https://transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/essential-guide-transition-published-french/ ‘Essential Guide to Doing Transition’ in French]
 
{{Apps}}
 
[http://citygardens.idbis.com/ City Gardens], maps over 400 green spaces in [[Paris]] and has expanded to provide similar services to the French cities of Metz, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Strasbourg and the European Green Capital of 2013, Nantes. <ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/looking-for-a-place-to-park-in-bristol-just-got-easier/index.html European Green Capital]</ref>


=== Citizens data initiative ===
=== Citizens data initiative ===


[http://www.opendata71.fr/en/ open data 71], le Département de Saône-et-Loire libère ses données - [http://data.keolis-rennes.com/ keolis-rennes.com], open data, Rennes
* [https://data.keolis-rennes.com/ keolis-rennes.com], open data, Rennes
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20161208232003/http://www.opendata71.fr/en/ open data 71], le Département de Saône-et-Loire libère ses données


=== Maps ===
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[[commons:Atlas_of_France|Wikimedia Atlas of France]]
[[Commons:Atlas of France|Wikimedia Atlas of France]]


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== About France ==


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More video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tFJa2aHgN4 Grand Designs, Brittany Groundhouse, Channel 4], 26 Feb 2009
'''France''' was one of the first countries to create an environment ministry, in 1971. According to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index conducted by Yale and Columbia, France was the sixth-most environmentally conscious country in the world, one place higher than the previous report in 2010.<ref>[[wikipedia:France#Environment]]</ref>


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Grenoble, European Green Capital 2022 - Official video
Authors: Green Grenoble 2022, Oct 7, 2021

Climate action[edit | edit source]

Environment quality[edit | edit source]

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Open spaces[edit | edit source]

Community involvement[edit | edit source]

Open Democracy

Wikipédia: Commission nationale du débat public

Communities online[edit | edit source]

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La 27e Région

Community currencies activism[edit | edit source]

SoNantes, complementary currency, Nantes region.

Community energy[edit | edit source]

Ekopedia: Propositions énergétiques pour la France

Cycling activism[edit | edit source]

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Food activism[edit | edit source]

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Refugee Community Kitchen spreading kindness through food to people in need
Authors: Refugee Community Kitchen, Oct 20, 2019
  • Refugee Community Kitchen, serves hot, nourishing meals to displaced people in the UK and France, added 16:27, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Creating a vibrant local food ecosystem through government-NGO collaboration[edit | edit source]

Up until a few years ago, the residents of Loos-en-Gohelle, a small town in rural northwestern France with over 6,000 residents, consumed imported industrial food products despite significant local production. In addition to the negative health impacts of their diet, this practice also hurt the local economy. In 2013, the town government of Loos-en-Gohelle started a project called VITAL as part of an ambitious program to improve the diets of Loos-en-Gohelle residents.

The project was built on an existing initiative called Anges Gardins, run by a local association that has worked on community gardens and food education for years. It is also part of a long-term, comprehensive transition to a diverse, sustainable local economy from one dependent on coal mining — an industry that vanished when the French government closed the region's coal mines in 1990, in favor of cheaper imports. Food is viewed as a cross-cutting issue, capable of supporting transition in other sectors.

The policy has a two-pronged strategy to meet the goal. First, to stimulate the demand for local, organic food through education, gardening ambassadors, free produce from open food gardens, and more. The town government led by example, by shifting to 100 percent organic food procurement for schools and 15 percent for retirement homes.

Second, to encourage farmers to convert to organic farming and support food distribution. To help achieve this, the town offered farmers free access to land on the condition that they grow organically and that they convert some of their own existing agricultural land to organic as well, thus raising the share of lands grown organically to 10 percent. Terre d'Opale, another local association, coordinates the farmers to ensure diversity of local production and manage distribution. Distribution is handled weekly through a combination of an online store, delivery of food boxes to local collection points, and procurement through catering businesses.

The program has operated successfully for three years. As the program benefits the entire local food ecosystem, including consumers, farmers, food kitchens, and distributors, it continues to grow and serve more and more of the community.[1]

Other initiatives[edit | edit source]

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Archives de Cuisson Solaire - Incredible Edible Fréland - La Ruche qui dit Oui ! - Open Food France - Solar cooking resources in France

Networks: Les Incroyables Comestibles

Ekopedia: Association Végétarienne de France

Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle[edit | edit source]

Zero Waste Challenge, Roubaix[edit | edit source]

With an annual average of 243 kg (over 535 pounds) of waste per capita, citizens of Roubaix, in the north of France, were producing less than half their country's average Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Yet their aim to reduce it even further has brought about the Zero Waste Challenge.

Despite having no executive power on separate collection and other waste-related activities, the city has started a program to lead the zero waste movement in France. The initiative challenges around one hundred volunteer families to reduce the amount of solid waste produced at household level by 50 percent over the course of a year. Offering support through an array of events like workshops, coaching initiatives, and other activities such as food exchanges, the program gives no directions — only suggestions. Interestingly, the program bypasses any intermediaries, therefore creating a direct channel between the city and the families taking part.

After the first year, results were more than encouraging, with 70 percent of participating families having reduced their waste production by around 40 percent, while 25 percent of them had achieved an 80 percent reduction. The policy is now also replicated to target other actors such as public offices, four schools, and shopkeepers in the urban area of Roubaix.[2]

Sustainable transport[edit | edit source]

Trams in France[edit | edit source]

Since the opening of the Nantes tramway in 1985, more than twenty towns and cities across France have built new tram lines. As of 2020, there are 29 operational tram networks in France, with 3 more planned. W

One line is planned to open in Annecy. W

Waterways and Canals[edit | edit source]

The French natural and man-made waterways network is the largest in Europe extending to over 8,500 kilometres (5,300 mi) of which (VNF, English: Navigable Waterways of France), the French navigation authority, manages the navigable sections. Some of the navigable rivers include the Loire, Seine and Rhône. The assets managed by VNF comprise 6,700 kilometres (4,200 mi) of waterways, made up of 3,800 kilometres (2,400 mi) of canals and 2,900 kilometres (1,800 mi) of navigable rivers, 494 dams, 1595 locks, 74 navigable aqueducts, 65 reservoirs, 35 tunnels and a land area of 800 km2 (310 sq mi). Two significant waterways not under VNF's control are the navigable sections of the River Somme and the Brittany Canals, which are both under local management.

Approximately 20% of the network is suitable for commercial boats of over 1000 tonnes and the VNF has an ongoing programme of maintenance and modernisation to increase depth of waterways, widths of locks and headroom under bridges to support France's strategy of encouraging freight onto water. W

Resources[edit | edit source]

Video[edit | edit source]

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More video: Grand Designs, Brittany Groundhouse, Channel 4, 26 Feb 2009

Apps for sustainability[edit | edit source]

City Gardens, maps over 400 green spaces in Paris and has expanded to provide similar services to the French cities of Metz, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Strasbourg and the European Green Capital of 2013, Nantes.[3]

Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Wikimedia Atlas of France

About France[edit | edit source]

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From Wikipedia:France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. It also includes overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north, Germany to the north east, Switzerland to the east, Italy and Monaco to the south east, Andorra and Spain to the south, and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the north west. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and have a total population of 68.4 million as of January 2024. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre; other major urban areas include Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Nantes and Nice.

Metropolitan France was settled during the Iron Age by Celtic tribes known as Gauls before Rome annexed the area in 51 BC, leading to a distinct Gallo-Roman culture. In the Early Middle Ages, the Germanic Franks formed the Kingdom of Francia, which became the heartland of the Carolingian Empire. The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned the empire, with West Francia evolving into the Kingdom of France. In the High Middle Ages, France was a powerful but decentralized feudal kingdom, but from the mid-14th to the mid-15th centuries, France was plunged into a dynastic conflict with England known as the Hundred Years' War. In the 16th century, the French Renaissance saw culture flourish and a French colonial empire rise. Internally, France was dominated by the conflict with the House of Habsburg and the French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots. France was successful in the Thirty Years' War and further increased its influence during the reign of Louis XIV.

France was one of the first countries to create an environment ministry, in 1971. According to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index conducted by Yale and Columbia, France was the sixth-most environmentally conscious country in the world, one place higher than the previous report in 2010.[4]

Near you[edit | edit source]

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References

  1. ↑ Shareable, Nov 8, 2018
  2. ↑ Shareable, Feb 14, 2019
  3. ↑ European Green Capital
  4. ↑ wikipedia:France#Environment
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