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Environment United Kingdom

19. July 2025

From Waste to Wildlife: Park Naturally Regenerated After Conservation Efforts

A Stratford, London park is now thriving following a regenerative effort that took place for the 2012 Olympic Games.

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Le Pavé made seats out of recycled plastic for the Adidas Arena in Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games

Environment France

2. September 2024

Greenest Olympics Ever? Recycled Plastics as a Prime Raw Material

When a Paris-based start-up was hired to create podiums and bleacher seats entirely from recycled plastics, not only did it help make the Summer Olympic Games the greenest in history, but it also kicked off France’s economic transformation with new industries focusing on clean technology.

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Yellow building facade and bikes in Paris, France

Environment France

29. April 2024

The City of Love to Be Fully Bikeable Within Two Years

In recent years, Paris, France has seen an incredible boom in the use of bikes and the creation of biking infrastructure.

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City Hall Paris decorated for the upcoming Olympics

Environment France

17. April 2024

2024 Olympics: a Green Model for the Future of Sports?

For the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the organizers are looking to cut down by more than half the greenhouse gas emissions generated in recent Olympics, thus offering a template for future sporting events.

Society

Society France

25. September 2023

City of Lights, City of Water: Paris’s Water Revolution

The French capital has revolutionized its water management system, reclassifying the resource as a common good instead of a profitable commodity.

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Environment France

2. June 2023

Paris Olympics Set to Be “Most Sustainable” in History

Paris is on track to host the most sustainable Olympic Games in history in 2024.

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Environment France

29. May 2023

Oh, to Be Swimming in the Seine Once Again!

Part of its winning bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris, the capital of France, promised to make the once heavily polluted Seine fit for swimming for the first time in a century, and it looks like that promise will be delivered on time.

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Environment France

16. November 2022

One Hundred Years Later, This Famous River is Soon Swimmable Again

The river Seine in Paris, France is getting a major cleanup - so much so that swimming competitions in the coming up 2024 Olympics will be held in the river!

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Environment Switzerland

17. July 2021

Say Hello to the First Olympic Forest

In an effort to curb the polluting effects and lower the carbon emissions of its biannual sports event, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to plant a forest across Mali and Senegal.

Society

Society France

7. May 2020

Use 50% Straw, Wood or Hemp to Construct Public Buildings, France Orders

In a goal to meet the nation’s climate action plan, France is requiring all new public buildings to contain at least 50% wood or other eco-responsible material – such as straw or hemp – by 2022.