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Turning Paris's underground car parks into mushrooms farms →

October 15, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

What do you do with an old car park that no-one wants to park in? Why not use them to grow mushrooms - or even salad? Paris built too many underground car parks in the 1960s and 70s. Falling car ownership means many are standing empty, or finding new and surprising uses. BBC NEWS

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October 15, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
paris, car parks, mushrooms, urban agriculture
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Parisians fight climate change with a surprising weapon →

October 01, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

A social enterprise in Paris is trying to persuade restaurants to turn food waste into compost. It's doing this with the help of a team of city cyclists and "rocket" technology imported from Macclesfield, England. BBC NEWS

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October 01, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
paris, climate change, social enterprise, food waste
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