There are smiling initiatives, inspiring encounters, and relieving news. Release tells them. They prove that at any time, in any place and in all circumstances, we can have fun, innovate, cultivate ourselves, hope. Above all, you should not deprive yourself of it.
Rural cycle paths to get away from “car culture”
North of Nantes, the community of communes of Erdre and Gesvres, which brings together twelve municipalities of Loire-Atlantique, is one of the rare ones to develop cycling in rural areas. Use of existing roads, establishment of direct routes, a model to be replicated in the French countryside. Reporting.
The migration of antelopes, the largest land mammal in the world, reveals its secrets
A major aerial survey of South Sudan has put the number of antelopes migrating each year at 6 million. But the wild animals in this biodiverse region are also increasingly being poached, caught between armed groups, gold miners and starving locals.
A citizen consultation to better protect French flora and fauna
On June 25, the Make.org organization launched a citizen consultation on biodiversity, which is extremely weakened by global warming and the human footprint. The idea is to achieve concrete actions. On the consultation site, the first proposals are pouring in.
France reduces its greenhouse gas emissions by 5.3% in the first quarter
The Minister for Ecological Transition announced on June 26 that greenhouse gas emissions continued to decrease at the start of 2024. A decrease that is both structural and cyclical, linked to a milder winter.
Program of the Avignon Festival: shows to see
The 78th edition of the Avignon Festival takes place from June 29 to July 21 and “Libé” guides you through the jungle of in and out. Our selection, with Absalon, Absalon! by Séverine Chavrier, DÄMON, Bergman’s Funeral, d’Angelica Liddell or encore Hecuba, not Hecuba, by Tiago Rodrigues…
2024 Olympics: Renaud Lavillenie, the Paris of a legend
The French athletics championships this weekend are the last chance for the Olympic champion to qualify for the Games. We met him during his preparation so that he told us about his career, filled with extraordinary figures.
NBA Draft: who are Zaccharie Risacher and Alexandre Sarr, the two French people who follow in Wembanyama’s footsteps?
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the two 19-year-old prodigies were chosen in the first two places of the NBA draft. Unheard of for non-American athletes.
Kiléma, the publishing house that makes literature accessible to people with intellectual disabilities
The publishing house translates bestsellers into “easy to read and understand”, so that people with a mental disability, such as Down syndrome, are no longer excluded from common culture. Reporting.
Bilal Hassani, the month of pride
Portrait of the solar artist, abhorred by the extreme right, who releases a new mixtape, acts in the cinema and continues to trace his path, in his bubble.
Chichis frégis in Marseille: they are fried, they have understood everything
Crispy, puffy, fatty: the “little fried pieces” in Provençal, have a street presence in Marseille. In the picturesque Estaque district, three kiosks sell these cousins of Spanish churros and keep their recipe secrets like a treasure trove of oil.
