Three initiatives to enhance agroecology

Three initiatives to enhance agroecology

► Sowing agroecology To maintain all the cereal species, the association “Triticum” created, in 2019, a house of peasant seeds around the metropolis of Rouen. The objective of the association is to find a diversity in the varieties of cultivated cereals by valuing alternatives to high -performance seeds. The organization is based on agronomists to … Read more

Three initiatives to support sustainable fishing

Three initiatives to support sustainable fishing

► The exemplary shell Twice a year, the Ifremer assesses the state of the French deposit of scallops. In recent years, the organization notes that the population of shells has been doing very well due to the supervised and reasoned management of its harvest in consultation with the fishermen. The fishing season takes place between … Read more

Three initiatives to fight green algae

Three initiatives to fight green algae

► Stop the green tides! A historic association in the fight against the proliferation of green algae, Halte aux tides vertes has been fighting since 2001 against the phenomenon which poisons Breton beaches. Its members strive to document the consequences of pollution and toxic gas emissions created by the rotting of large quantities of algae. … Read more

Three initiatives to preserve trees

Three initiatives to preserve trees

► To the trees, citizens! At least 420 million trees disappeared worldwide between 1990 and 2020, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Canopée association was created in 2019 with the objective of working towards better preservation of forests by working directly with political decision-makers. The organization wishes to … Read more

Plastic Treaty: 5 initiatives to limit ocean pollution

Plastic Treaty: 5 initiatives to limit ocean pollution

The numbers are dizzying. In less than twenty years, plastic production has doubled worldwide, reaching 460 million tonnes in 2019, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The European Commission estimates that between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of this polluting material ends up in the oceans each year, going so far … Read more

LFT: THIS date is proposed as a mandatory day of rest in Mexico

LFT: THIS date is proposed as a mandatory day of rest in Mexico

This Wednesday, the coordinator of the PRI In the Chamber of Deputies, Rubén Moreira, proposed to reform the Federal Labor Law (LFT) to establish the December 12 of each yeardate on which the Virgin of Guadalupe, as a mandatory day of rest. “It is important to recognize December 12 as a date of religious and … Read more