Transformer un handicap en une force

Transformer un handicap en une force Un amour qui se reflète dans un café « Les personnes handicapées sont compétentes. Elles doivent pouvoir accéder à une activité professionnelle et vivre de leur travail » — Unapei, mouvement engagé pour construire une société inclusive pour les personnes en situation de handicap. Le Café Joyeux est porteur des mêmes…

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Replacing palm oil is possible! 

Replacing palm oil is possible! Changing the palm oil narrative. A healthy and sustainable substitute has been found by two Canadian researchers. A good oil  Professor Alejandro Marangoni and doctoral student, Reed Nicholson, food scientists at the University of Guelph, have discovered out how to replace palm oil. Their invention replicates the advantages of palm…

Empowerment through reading

Education is a “human right for all,” according to UNESCO, yet reading is not widespread among refugees and other vulnerable populations. Researcher, Rana Dajani, is fighting to reverse this trend, so much so that she has just been named the regional winner for the Middle East and North Africa of the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.…

Crossing the United States on a bike trail!

Crossing the United States on a bike trail! A coast-to-coast hike and bike trail is coming to the United States. An old idea The non-profit organization, Rails-to-Trails-Conservancy (RTC), is building the largest bicycle path the United States has ever seen! It is the “Great American Rail-Train”. Since 2016, it has been bringing together private and…

A second life for bikes

A second life for bikes In Sweden, the company Umeå Wheels gives a second life to abandoned bicycles.  A committed start-up Umeå Wheels is a start-up that collects, repairs, and offers second-hand bikes for sale or rental. It has saved no less than 900 bikes in 2 years, which it offers for sale for $60.…

First Marine Protected Area in the Atlantic Ocean 

First Marine Protected Area in the Atlantic Ocean The Tristan da Cunha archipelago becomes the first marine protected area in the Atlantic and the fourth in the world! Over-exploited oceans The oceans are becoming more and more like an “inexhaustible” food reservoir.  Fishing is growing in scale, to the point of exploiting more than half…

Using nature to solve high-profile crimes

Using nature to solve high-profile crimes Nature will never get tired of surprising us. Scientist, Patricia Wiltshire, uses it to solve criminal investigations… Solving investigations through nature The 78-year-old researcher taught botany and geology for 34 years at the University of London. But her career took a different turn when the British police contacted her…