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Paris International Agriculture Fair

The international fair of agriculture 2011 give you rendez-vous at the Porte de Versailles, in the South of Paris, 19-February 27, 2011. This exhibition fair organized annually is the largest agricultural fair France, and is a huge hit to the general public.

The international fair of agriculture, the first edition took place in 1964, became in time a popular event that exceeds and much, the only professional public: 650 000 visitors in 2010, including 93 000 professionals and more than 400,000 families.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - February 15, 2011 at 2:47 pm

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Plants Combat Pollution

Last year was a “pretty good” one for Phytorestore, according to CEO Thierry Jacquet. This small company is the French market leader in a promising, but still marginal sector, phytoremediation, or more simply, using plants to mitigate pollution.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - February 4, 2011 at 6:54 pm

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In Response to the Cold

“Cold” waves are episodes of cold weather characterized by their persistence (at least two days), their intensity and geographic scope. To allow everyone to adapt its movements and activities, weather France offers detailed meteorological vigilance card.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - December 29, 2010 at 12:40 am

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More efficient housing energy

As a result of the round table on the environment, many relating to energy, in the heart of public policy, devices are now available to individuals.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - December 15, 2010 at 12:31 pm

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Timber Frames and Conditions The World

Land is made up of different types of terrain largely by the situation of the soil, boulders and the timber. It could be as woodland, as mountains or mountainous, as desert or rolling flat-lands.

Yet land without trees, like the Nullabor (no timber) plains in Australia, is bare except for salt shrubbery, some local flora and animals. Furthermore, being waterless, these plains are very hot, unproductive and unwanted.

Land with lots of timber is fruitful, cool, humid, appealing and also substantially alive. Whenever we remove the trees from this type of territory what exactly are we all doing to the earth?

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Posted by Jane Cooper RHS Dip Hort - April 28, 2010 at 10:55 am

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Anthrax Polluted Heroin Alarms France

The French health ministry released an alert on Tuesday just after eight individuals died and seven became ill in two European countries through using heroin contaminated with anthrax.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - January 20, 2010 at 11:25 am

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Extreme Toilets in France

Living in France, you get used to the idea that toilet facilities are not always what you might expect.  As many seasoned motorists will know, a trip down the autoroute will expose you to some of the extremes.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - June 26, 2009 at 10:54 am

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A Feather (not a Tiger) in your Tank?

One day France may be not the only place where you see people driving around with chickens in the back of their vehicles.

Scientists in Delaware, USA, have discovered a remarkable, unexpected and inexpensive way to store hydrogen fuel– using carbonized chicken feather fibres.

The question of storing hydrogen as fuel has traditionally been a enigmatic and expensive dilema. For example, a car with a 75 litre hydrogen storage tank made from carbon nanotubes or metal hydrides– currently two of the best ideas – would add $5.5 million or $30k respectively to the cost of that vehicle.

A storage tank made from carbonized chicken feathers, however, would only increase the cost by a mere $200. The green bio-material would also help to resolve the problem on how to dispose the 2.7 billion kilograms of chicken feathers generated each year by commercial poultry production.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - June 24, 2009 at 9:57 am

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