Manon to Attend the National Conference of French Secondary Level Student Associations

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Our Head of Translation Manon will act as interpreter at the 4th conference of French Secondary Level Student Associations, which will take place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg!

For the event, the French Federation of Secondary Level Student Associations (FDML) is planning to bring together secondary school students from across Europe for discussions over a three-day period on the subject of Europe itself, as well as that of solidarity, migration, nationality and the fight against discrimination, not to mention all the identity issues that are affecting Europe today. 🇪🇺 Lire plus – Continue reading “Manon to Attend the National Conference of French Secondary Level Student Associations” →

10th UNESCO International Forum of NGOs

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On 26 and 27 November, UNESCO and the NGO-Unesco Liaison Committee organised in Moscow the 10th International Forum of NGOs, in partnership with the Russian Peace Foundation and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The theme of the 10th Forum was “Science as a Common Good of Humankind”. Participants considered how science could contribute to peace-making and progress in the various fields of food security, health, education, gender inequalities, and also water management and climate change.

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Lauriane at the 10th International Forum of NGOs in Moscow!

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Lauriane, our Head of Research, is a UNESCO nominee for the 10th International Forum of NGOs to be held in Moscow! 

Organised by UNESCO and the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee, in partnership with the Russian Peace Foundation and the Russian Academy of Sciences, the 10th International Forum of NGOs will allow participants to exchange on the role of science as common good of humankind.

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MIF Expo: Many Thanks to La Gentle Factory!

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La Gentle Factory is a 🇫🇷 brand created in 2013 by Christèle, and one that helps demonstrate that the clothing industry too can be an active participant in working towards a better world!

Sewing, weaving, tailoring, buttoning, serigraphy, yes, pretty much everything! All these skills can be sourced and put to work right here in France! Lire plus – Continue reading “MIF Expo: Many Thanks to La Gentle Factory!” →

MIF Expo: A Big Thanks to 1083!

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1083km and not one step further! 1083km is the exact distance separating the two cities located furthest from each other in France. 1083 is also the name adopted by a 🇫🇷 brand that decided to take on the highly competitive jeans industry 3 years ago. #MadeInFrance 👖

From dyeing to weaving to tailoring, 1083 jeans are entirely made in France!

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MIF Expo – The Made in France Fair

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We are currently attending the annual Made in France fair, meeting all those innovative men and women who work hard to create compelling alternatives in the realms of local, fair and organic production! 🌿

For the 3-day event, over 450 exhibitors gather together and show us their wares in a bid to definitively prove that yes, it is possible to produce and consume local goods in modern-day France! #MadeInFrance 🇫🇷

#Paris #MIFExpo #ThinkGlobalActLocal #Fashion #TheFutureWeWant

 

World CleanUp Day: 1 Month On ! ♻

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We did it again! 1 month after World Cleanup Day, we were once again out and about in Paris’ Martin Luther King park to pick up litter 🥤🛍🚮

Between 60% and 90% of the litter we find around us is made up of plastic, as outlined by our friends at Zero Waste France. However, plastic bags take up to 450 years to decompose in the wild…
Cigarette butts, product wrappers, straws, plastic bottles, you name it!

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Shoe Pyramid for Peace

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Last weekend, Handicap International set up its 24th annual shoe pyramid display, which is designed to raise awareness around the dangers of using explosive weapons in inhabited zones.

As the organisation points out, 92% of bombing victims are civilians, even though they themselves are not responsible for armed conflict. The shoe pyramids are meant as a symbolic gesture to say “Stop!”, once and for all, to these lethal bombings in inhabited zones.

This year’s shoe pyramid also served as a reminder of those who lost their lives in the Rana Plaza sweatshop collapse in Bangladesh in 2013, in which 1100 people lost their lives.

With this, we feel it necessary to remind everyone that we are one planet, one people and, most importantly, we’re all in this together 🌿🌏☀️

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World Cleanup Day ♻️

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Today marks World Cleanup Day! That’s right, thousands of people have come together in 156 countries around the world in order to make 15 September the international day for collecting rubbish!

The most prominent kind of discarded waste found in France today is the infamous cigarette butt 🇫🇷 Over 2 billion cigarette butts are improperly thrown away every year on the streets of Paris, and over 30 billion in the whole of France.

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