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A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
The solution which has been progressing to that end for the past several years proves that there can be a circular business model
This move will open green and social public projects to wider investments
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
The initiative focuses on building an integration policy from the perspective of small businesses within the community
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
The flying machines will help pinpoint polluted districts much more accurately
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
It will supply electricity to a population twice the city of Porto
Plzeňský Prazdroj’s new brewery warehouse launched an automated rail system capable of storing more beer and loading it onto trucks much more efficiently
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
Local authorities say that this is a good way to preserve the 15th-century market building while providing a public service
A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
The facility will be located in Hasselt and is set to welcome its first visitors this spring
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
An immersive installation of the Christmas tree for the Museum of Modern Art in St. Petersburg, Russia., Source: ARNAUD LAPIERRE DESIGN STUDIO
It was announced earlier this year that there will be no display of a cut tree
Over the last couple of weeks, we told many stories of how cities have already started installing their Christmas decorations, creating a warm end-of-the year feeling of cosiness and hospitality. And while Christmas fairs and markets are inseparable from the holiday experience, the centre-piece of each city’s efforts to shine bright and tune into a festive mood is certainly the lighting of the Christmas tree.
But Christmas trees, as we have recently seen, are no longer what they used to be. The sweeping wave of sustainability overtaking European cities is obviously touching upon our traditional conception of Christmas celebrations, too.
We have started seeing more and more environmentally friendly alternatives to the cut trees. After Lithuania’s Vilnius unveiled a conic-shaped installation covered with 96 giant snowflakes instead of a tree, and Romania’s Arad presented a tree made from satin and branches, it was the turn of France’s Bordeaux to surprise us.
The French city has recently unveiled that this year, it will not be chopping down a living Christmas tree, but will instead have an eco-friendly art installation, authored by a local artist.
Following an earlier declaration of the new green mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, that Christmas trees were dead and that there will be no public displays of a Christmas tree in his city, the public was eagerly waiting to see the alternative for the 2021 holiday season.
Now, the city has unveiled the concept: the mock Christmas tree will consist of a recycled glass tree-shaped mirrored art installation, which recalls a real tree, minus the environmental impact. The object will be faceted with emerald-colored one-way mirrors, without any other decorations but the reflections of the surroundings:
"This iconic translation of the Christmas tree is an invitation to come closer to capture and contemplate the mirror effects which refract the lights on its environment (one of the most beautiful squares in Bordeaux!)," explained the author of the installation, Arnaud Lapierre, as quoted on the city website.
His artwork has already been on display at the Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, but in a smaller size – rising 6 metres, while the one in Bordeaux will be 11 metres tall. Remains to be seen whether locals will appreciate the change.
The installation will shine bright on Pey-Berland Square from Saturday, 11 December to 2 January.
Eurostat determined the way inflation has affected this now globally iconic fast food product
EUvsDisinfo, a branch of the European External Action Service, published a report outlining the tactics and origins of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)
The Quartier des Trèfles will be home to hundreds of people as a neighbourhood-sized three-building complex
The city plans to reintroduce a sound system in central public spaces, however, this time it should be more compatible with residents' concerns
A new facility in the city will produce biochar, trap CO2 and generate sustainable energy
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
The money will be targeted to organisations who have seen a 50% rise in energy costs in 2022 compared to 2021
The initiative has already taken root in Aveiro, Braga and Lisbon, and soon in Matosinhos
The city plans to reintroduce a sound system in central public spaces, however, this time it should be more compatible with residents' concerns
The money will be targeted to organisations who have seen a 50% rise in energy costs in 2022 compared to 2021
The initiative has already taken root in Aveiro, Braga and Lisbon, and soon in Matosinhos
The only European country left where the anti-pandemic mandate still applies is Austria
The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
The European Commission has published its first progress report charting the achievements of the socio-cultural movement that combines beauty, inclusion and sustainability
The 2023 edition of the creative initiative promises to be bigger, bolder and more inclusive
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
A conversation with the mayor of Utrecht on the occasion of her mission to COP27
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
