To mark World Bees Day on May 20, Guillaume Lemoine, ECT’s Biodiversity Advisor, highlights the importance of preserving all bee species, pollinators essential to the balance of ecosystems. Protecting bees can’t be as simple as installing beehives for honey production on theroof of an administrative building in the heart of an urban environment . These hives are most often home to “Italian” or “buckfast” hybrid bees. Or set up an insect hotel in the middle of a well-trimmed green space. There are over 960 species of bee in France and 80% of bees nest in the ground. As we know,

On the occasion of World Endangered Species Day, Guillaume Lemoine, ECT’s biodiversity advisor, highlights the importance of preserving “ordinary” biodiversity, which is also under threat. Are we suffering from environmental amnesia? In 1962, Rachel Carson’s famous book Silent Spring was published. It made the general public and elected representatives in North America and Europe aware of the ravages of DDT use, which emptied our countryside of its birds, both by poisoning them and altering their reproduction. DDT was subsequently banned. The climate crisis, which is just as serious, overshadows the collapse of biodiversity, even though healthy ecosystems and soils would

ECT and EIVP organize a series of 4 webinars on urban land. These discussions are an extension of the book“Terres urbaines, valeurs positives pour la ville de demain”, edited by the Chair and published by ÉditionsEyrolles. This interactive format gives the floor to experts in landscape, urban planning and urban engineering. And better understand thehe challenges of the circular economy for excavated soil. Webinar #2, soil artificialisation: contradictory objectives and injunctions On Wednesday April 19, take part in the second webinar dedicated to “Artificialisation des sols : des objectifs et des injonctions contradictoires”, an issue at the heart of the

Intersol’ 2023, the must-attend environmental meetings on the ground Intersol’2023 will be held in Lille on March 28, 29 and 30, 2023. The theme of this 22nd edition will be “Soil: a springboard for regional transition”. The program will be structured into 5 sessions:  Sustainable soil management Diagnosis and treatment of soil pollutants Regional planning and site redevelopment Biodiversity and environmental risks Regulatory and legal news Speech by Guillaume Lemoine from ECT, March 28 at 4pm During the “Territorial planning and site conversion” session, Guillaume Lemoine, ECT’s Land Development Manager and Biodiversity referent, will present the case of the Van

Excavated earth, a noble material World Recycling Day is a reminder that the reuse of excavated soil from construction sites contributes to the circular economy of building waste. And transforming derelict sites into rehabilitated spaces. The land is put to good use and self-finances undeveloped green projects. These projects are a source of life and biodiversity, bringing new uses to the land depending on the issues at stake: landscape park, woodland, sports and leisure walkways or agricultural rehabilitation. ECT is also developing a fertile substrate, Urbafertil, a 100% local and recycled product. This substrate is made from green waste compost