One of the decorative zinc objects -
Toit de Paris / Raphael Metivet
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Parisian zinc awaits you
While the roofs of Paris are in the running to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Constance Fichet-Schulz, a 36-year-old Parisian, recovers the zinc to make decorative engraved objects.
“One day while working with a gilder who showed me a plan on gold leaf, I found it magnificent,” explains the founder of La Fabrique de Génies.
I was looking for another medium for the same map of Paris and when I got home, on the fifth floor, I saw the reflection of the zinc sheet ”.
Thanks to a crowdfunding operation launched in October, Constance Fichet-Schulz was able to start the first production of 200 copies.
But she does not intend to stop there and will soon initiate the second series of productions and a new collection highlighting the Parisian arrondissements.
Plastic is a fantastic odyssey
He left his dry dock on Tuesday to be refloated.
The
Plastic Odyssey
, specializing in the recycling of plastic waste collected in ports, will set sail in June for a three-year round-the-world trip, consisting of thirty stopovers.
On board, around ten open-source machines (sorter, crusher, extruder, hydraulic press) transform plastic waste into pipes, tiles, bricks or even fuel.
During stopovers, the general public as well as entrepreneurs will be able to test processes on the machines before developing them on land, perhaps by creating recycling micro-factories.
“The idea is to plant a seed locally each time.
These inexpensive machines - a few thousand to tens of thousands of euros - are very easy to manufacture.
We want to become, in a way, the Wikipedia of plastics.
», Underlines Simon Bernard, the young co-founder of the
Plastic Odyssey
exploration
.
A pot shot for abandoned plants
Junglit is the second green hand.
Like Vinted, the application designed in Montpellier allows you to sell or exchange products you no longer want to make room on your shelves.
Except that here, it is not clothes that are offered to Internet users but plants, seeds, cuttings… The idea germinated in the head of Emilie Besançon, passionate and collector of plants.
“I did some research to find out if a 'Good Corner' of plants existed.
My research having been unsuccessful, I created this application!
"
The start-up successfully completed its crowdfunding campaign on Ulule on Tuesday: nearly 6,000 euros were raised by Junglit, more than twice as much as the company had expected.
Its app will be available on Saturday on all smartphones.
With its eco-responsible balls, Rebond is not lacking in air
She released this week fifty balls for PSG but she is installed in Nantes.
The Rebond brand specializes in the production of eco-responsible balls, such as those it designed for Paris Saint-Germain, based on the club's historic jerseys that are not salable.
“It takes 2:30 to 3 hours of work on each ball, explains Simon Mutschler, co-founder with Louis Guillizzoni of the SG Ball company, for which Rebond is responsible for research and development. Each piece of jersey is hand-sewn onto the leather which is below.
[…] The world of sport has a great power to raise awareness, we have made the ball a real spokesperson to make as many people as possible aware of eco-responsibility.
"
For their company, which now has eight employees, the two entrepreneurs are full of ideas.
In addition to “ephemeral sales” with clubs and clothing brands, at the end of 2019 they launched an eco-responsible ball which traces the history of FC Nantes.
500 are sold in a few days.
1,500 in the end will be sold.
Always with the same motto behind the production: "Balls that are well goaled on the outside but also on the inside."
"
Like an oyster in a china shop
Since 2018, Philippe Gaboriau and his two partners have been looking for opportunities in oyster shells.
It was ultimately in the creation of porcelain that they found the most original reuse.
The paste, called Kaomer, gives a high quality porcelain used to design jewelry, tableware services etc.
Confidentiality requires, Philippe Gaboriau does not wish to say more about the manufacturing process.
“The world of luxury, plastic artists, starred chefs, etc.
come to us.
Contracts are currently being finalized.
"
It remains to manage the supply of oyster shells.
Some 130,000 tonnes are sold each year in France.
Most shells end up cremated or buried.
"It is an economic and ecological solution which does not hold", regrets Philippe Gaboriau.
Discussions were thus initiated with the various communities to find a sustainable collection channel, which would guarantee a raw material in quantity and quality.
With friends like that, no need for geoloc
Patrice Pistone has found a good compromise between the children's need for autonomy and the anxieties of parents.
Its Safewithfriends app is “a network of fifteen guardian angels who are chosen by the child,” explains the Niçois.
I really wanted them to be close friends.
If ever the child does not respond, the parent can activate the "help" option which alerts the group.
Thus, without worrying other parents or without being too worried oneself, one of the friends can reassure us.
"
Children can also use the “panic” feature if they are in a dangerous situation.
Parents, friends and relatives of these are warned to "act quickly".
The app is available for free on all download platforms but the service comes at a cost.
If, for parents, five "help" are offered, "then it is 1 euro every five trips," says Patrice Pistone.
Toulouse chefs are getting their hands dirty
We end with a great initiative launched by culinary blogger Rodolphe Lafarge.
The one we know on the networks as RodNRoll has convinced renowned chefs to cook 1,200 free meals for the students of the Pink City.
More than a dozen cooks attended.
Among which the starred chef Jérémy Morin.
Like his colleagues, he will take care of all the costs, helped by suppliers who for the occasion have decided to give him nice prices.
On Wednesday, he will serve 130 portions of creamy celery and chicken supreme.
Enough to sharpen the taste buds of students.
“Everyone has been supported since the start of the crisis, but the students a little less, especially those who have lost their little job.
So when I was asked to participate, it was obvious, and then eating a nice little thing is also psychological comfort, and they really need it, ”says the boss of L'Aparté.
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