in Saint-Denis, a school risks being asphyxiated by five motorway ramps – Liberation

in Saint-Denis, a school risks being asphyxiated by five motorway ramps – Liberation

Reportage Article reserved for subscribers –The expansion of a motorway interchange has begun near a school group in Seine-Saint-Denis, but parents and residents tirelessly point out the health risks. Built as part of the Olympic Games, the work even worries UNICEF.– A few meters from the kindergarten playground, heaps of earth and a cut road … Read more

INRAE ​​and ITB draw up an initial assessment of research into alternative solutions

INRAE ​​and ITB draw up an initial assessment of research into alternative solutions

The state recently renewed the annual exemption authorizing the use of beet seeds treated with nonicotinodes. This decision, in accordance with the law of December 14, 2020, nevertheless depends on a search for alternative solutions to be used before 2024. beet technology (ITB) presented an assessment of the first year of three studies carried out … Read more

Industrial washing centers to put an end to disposable plastic

Industrial washing centers to put an end to disposable plastic

In order to offer container cleaning services, industrial washing centers are emerging and thus allow school canteens to get rid of disposable plastic. Example Avignon, which aims for zero plastic. Ending disposable plastic: easier said than done for many school canteens. Replacing it with reusable containers, very often made of stainless steel, implies that they … Read more

The Network of Women Philosophers of Latin America celebrates its 3rd anniversary

The Network of Women Philosophers of Latin America (REDDEM) was born in November 2018, at the request of World Philosophy Day (WPD), as an initiative of the Philosophy and Humanities Program of the UNESCO Regional Office for Sciences for Latin America and the Caribbean, from its office in Montevideo, to exchange and make visible the … Read more

Central America joins the region’s efforts to prepare for risk management in relation to cultural heritage

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean exchanged knowledge and experiences on the relationship between disaster risk reduction and the protection of cultural heritage to strengthen the resilience of cities. This exchange was carried out virtually, on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at the Learning Laboratory on Heritage Management and Disaster Risk Reduction as part … Read more

UN releases new report on comprehensive sexuality education

Despite the progress made in sexuality education in some countries, too many still cannot provide children and young people with the knowledge and skills they need to ensure their health and well-being. This is what the new United Nations report on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) reveals. Too often teachers are unprepared and students do not … Read more

The first cohort of policy makers and decision-makers in training

The initiative has set itself as a major objective the achievement of ten targets, through the implementation of a joint program structured in three components, the first of which relates to the implementation of a series of pan-African training courses. These targets include, among other things, the training of one (1) million young people outside … Read more

Brazil: solar panels in a favela in Rio

Brazil: solar panels in a favela in Rio

June 5 is World Environment Day. The opportunity to highlight the initiative of a Brazilian NGO which installs solar panels in a favela in Rio. We are in one of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It is in this poor neighborhood that the NGO “Revolusolar“has developed a project for access to solar energy. Bibiana … Read more

Memory “Spaces for reflection, dialogue and online training”

Memory “Spaces for reflection, dialogue and online training”

UNESCO is pleased to present the publication “Spaces for reflection, dialogue and online training”: See PDF This systematization collects the memories of the dialogues, conversations and online meetings held during the months of June and July of the year 2020 within the framework of the project “Educational inclusion for the population in a situation of … Read more

Airports could become a green energy solution

Airports could become a green energy solution

Scientists have found that airports could power more than 100,000 homes with the use of large solar panels located on their rooftops. According to researchers from Australia’s RMIT University, photovoltaic panels in residential areas do not generate as much energy as those placed on large outdoor buildings, such as airports. Researcher Dr Chayn Sun affirms … Read more