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Community currencies activismSoNantes, complementary currency, Nantes region. Community energyWikipedia: France National Renewable Energy Action Plan, Solar power in France, Wind power in France Ekopedia: Propositions énergétiques pour la France Community involvementWikipédia: Commission nationale du débat public Cycling activismError in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
Critical Mass bicycle rides in France Environment qualityError in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
Food activismCreating a vibrant local food ecosystem through government-NGO collaborationUp 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. [2] Other linksError in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
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 Open spacesWikipedia: List of national parks of France, Regional natural parks of France Sustainable transport activismTramway de la Communauté Urbaine Nice Côte d'Azur Wikipedia: Rail transport in France, Trams in France
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News and comment2018 Have imagination, will travel: 2 days in Brest, Rob Hopkins, Dec 4 [3] 'I leave the car at home': how free buses are revolutionising one French city, Oct 15 [4] 2017 Error in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
How This Petite French Town Turned a Stadium Boondoggle Into Free Public Transportation, Oct 25 [5] Point d’étape Chambre des Communs de Lille, Apr 15 [6] Rob en France: 6 jours de rencontres fascinantes (6 days of fascinating encounters), Apr 12 [7] 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 [8] France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases, Feb 23 [9] “Now you’re all here, and it feels fantastic”: 3 days in France. Feb 1 [10] French Development Agency Champions the Commons as New Vision for Development, Jan 18 [11] French parks and public gardens bid adieu to pesticides, Jan 5 [12] 2016 Ce village français anticapitaliste et 100 % autonome a tout compris ! Dec 3 [13] France bans plastic cups, plates and cutlery, Sep 17 [14] France moves towards full ban on pesticides blamed for harming bees, Mar 18 [15] France says ‘no’ to all new oil exploration permits, January 14 [16] ‘Doggy bag’ law comes into force in France, January 4 [17] 2015 Casau Community Garden, Salies, France. November 19 [18] France's plan to increase its soil carbon is an example to the world, October 17 [19] A remarkable day in Ungersheim, a Village in Transition, September 28 [20] France tilting toward nuclear phase-out, September 9 [21] France to force big supermarkets to give away unsold food to charity, May 22 [22] France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels, March 29 [23] This new law is designed to make products easier to repair, so they stay out of the trash, March 9 [24] Koolicar & Titi Flores Partner to Launch Carsharing in Nantes, France, February 3 [25] 2014 French city Grenoble bans advertising in favour of trees, November 24 [26] Climat : quand les citoyens se mobilisent, novembre 5 [27] France decides to start paying people to bike to work! June 4 [28] France bans crop spraying during daylight hours to protect bees, May 7 [29] Weaving together sustainable journeys in Toulouse, May 7 [30] French Parliament Votes to Prohibit All Strains of GMO Corn, April 18 [31] 2011 Compost Candidates, Oct 19 [32] France Becomes First Country to Ban Extraction of Natural Gas by Fracking, [33] June 30 2010 Pavement power lights up Toulouse, [34] April 13 2009 French redefine wealth to include happiness, [35] September 15 2007 France Joins the Billion Tree Campaign, [36] January 18 ResourcesCity 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. [37] Citizens data initiativeopen data 71, le Département de Saône-et-Loire libère ses données - keolis-rennes.com, open data, Rennes MapsVideoError in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
More video: Grand Designs, Brittany Groundhouse, Channel 4, 26 Feb 2009 Local communities in France community actionInterwiki linksWikipedia: France, France, Environment, Haute Qualité Environnementale Ekopedia, French / Français
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