renewable articles Tag

Bio-based construction materials: what are the advantages?

1- These are renewable materials. Unlike other construction materials, biobased construction materials have the primary advantage of being made from renewable plant or animal raw materials. This term encompasses various materials such as wood, wheat straw, recycled cotton, flax, cork, hemp, and ce ...

03
Oct
2023

Paris 2024: 5 things to know about the Olympic cauldron

iffard invented the captive balloon in 1878 and where today one can admire the hot-air balloon cauldron of the Paris 2024 Olympics! 3- It runs on 100% renewable electricity. Even though the Olympic cauldron is part of the great history of balloon flights in Paris, it is also an object resolutely ori ...

29
July
2024

Family habilitation: 5 questions to understand it all

the choice of the person(s) to be empowered and on the scope of the empowerment. The judge may grant habilitation for a maximum period of 10 years renewable. 2- What are the different types of clearance? There are two types of family habilitation of varying scope: - the first, known as ' ...

20
Dec
2021

Green tourism: what is a geopark?

inscribed on the World Heritage List of Humanity. But it also awards, since 2015, another label: that of the UNESCO World Geoparks. This label, renewable every 4 years, distinguishes territories that possess a geological heritage of international value. These protected areas are privileged ...

26
Apr
2022

Sleeping in a lighthouse: an unusual accommodation that is on the rise

heir authenticity and the surrounding nature. These unusual accommodations are also intended to be ecological. Their energy autonomy is ensured by renewable energies such as small windmills and solar panels. An emerging trend The conversion of lighthouses into tourist accommodations is a rela ...

27
Apr
2022

Digital Sobriety: how to reduce the environmental impact of your devices?

mantle equipment and recover as much reusable material as possible. The manufacture of our smartphones requires natural resources that are not all renewable, hence the interest in recycling as many materials as possible. But, to date, only half of our connected devices are recovered and recove ...

23
June
2022

Gardening: why you should avoid using peat

ils and enrich them. It is also a frequently incorporated component in the bags of soil that you buy in garden centers. It is estimated that this non-renewable natural material represents more than 50% of the total volume of growing media (such as potting soil, peat moss or coconut fiber) used by ga ...

05
Apr
2023

Biochar: Miracle Solution for the Environment?

approach would be to link the production of this charcoal to energy production for industrial sites. Indeed, pyrolysis produces biogas, which is an interesting renewable and carbon-neutral energy source for running factories. As proof of the growing interest in this miraculous material, the Suez g ...

16
July
2024

The marine terrazzo: a material made from recycled shells

ells end up in the trash each year. In France, there are very few recycling channels for these shells even though they constitute a 100% natural and renewable raw material, useful and local. To valorize this waste, two young Breton entrepreneurs, Hugo Kermarrec and Morgan Guyader, founded Malàkio ...

30
Aug
2024