Author: lgi

Turn waste into resources.

“In five years, we have gone from 0 to 150 employees, with a revenue of 13 million euros at the end of 2019 and a fundraising of 15 million euros twelve months ago. Phenix shows that another way of doing business is possible.”

In 2015, Jean Moreau and Baptiste Corval founded Phenix, a start-up which is revolutionizing the concept of waste by proposing a redistribution system that guarantees a circular economy limiting our impact while creating many jobs. When it was created, Phenix first focused on finding a solution to fight against food waste in distribution. Since then, the company has widened its scope of intervention and offers solutions for other types of goods? Jean Moreau takes us to the heart of the operation of this beautiful company in this news Changemakers Times interview.

Les Grandes Idées’ team wishes you all the best and really happy times !

Big thanks to Peggy Charton for the graphic design 😉

This month, we are talking about My Human Kit, an association which, since 2017, has been offering assistance to each person with a disability wishing to make their own prosthesis. an help for every person in a situation of disability wishing to manufacture its own prothesis, with the support of specialists involved in this ingenious collective  “handicapowerment”.  Let’s meet at the Human Lab, open every Thursday to the public, from 10 to 6 PM : http://bit.ly/35CFewr !

Discover the infinite resources of biomimetism and bioinspiration with Guillian Graves

“The real underlying question is the world we want to build from observing this equally powerful and surprising nature”

Two and a half years ago, Guillian Graves founded the Big Bang Project agency to provide solutions and anticipate the impact of tomorrow’s products and services by adopting an approach bounding intimately sciences, research, innovation and design. He explains his approach and shares his beliefs about biomimetism and bioinspiration in this new Changemakers Times interview.

Because technology is an integral part of our way of life as of the 21st century general knowledge ; because learning to code helps to develop and reinforce many other skills ; and for many other more than relevant reasons, Amelia Matar, now associated with Perrine Legal, founded COLORI a little over two years ago. Inspired by Montessori pedagogy, the Colori method allows young people to learn and master the computer language without a screen. The code can indeed be learned without using digital media to limit the exposure of the youngest. Colori offers training and workshops from 3 years. An educational initiative that we applaud!

Read more about Colori : http://bit.ly/2pZC2My

During BATIMAT, held from 4 to 8 November 2019 at the Parc des Expositions of Villepinte, Maud Caubet has been invited by Stéphane Miget and Les Editions des Halles to talk about “Design and materiality on facades” on the set of Bati-Journal.tv. The interview highlights Maud Caubet Architects’ projects as well as another way to speak about design and construction materials or their arrangements for each support. Offices, residences and each space need  indeed to be worked for their own identity.

An intervention to find here : https://bati-journal.tv/batimat-2019-design-et-materialite-en-facade/

[BONI.D]  For a few years, Les Frigos Solidaires have spread in many French cities to provide supplies to the most deprived. The simplicity of the concept to share without wasting, ongoing on years, makes this initiative a true citizenship demonstration, based upon everyone’s humanity to operate. Les Grandes Idées wants to highlight this idea because if more than 22 “fair fridges” have been settled in France, many pools are currently open to found new ones everywhere! http:/bit.ly/32Gdg22