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Braille art case, from sustainable material, available

By Isabelle Brigout on Thursday 31 January 2019, 11:25 - Ethical shopping

Built in 1932 by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens and restored in 2015, the Villa Cavrois, open to the public, is part of the French Monuments Nationaux. A braille art box containing tactile embossed sheets made from responsible material has been published, edited by the Editions du Patrimoine, with the support of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller and the Amis de la Villa.

Tailored luxury travel profiler, to reconnect with nature

By Isabelle Brigout on Wednesday 16 January 2019, 10:43 - Concierge

It is her passion for Africa, that drove Marie-Louise Moineau to create exclusive bespoke travel experiences for her guests: she is surrounded by a team of cosmopolitan and passionate travellers.

Natural millenial olive oil

By Isabelle Brigout on Tuesday 15 January 2019, 10:24 - Organic food

Amador Peset produces olive oil, from green olives harvested from millenial trees planted within the Senia territory in Spain.

The Chanel open-sky laboratory

By Isabelle Brigout on Friday 16 November 2018, 10:53 - Ethical shopping

Chanel has set up an open-sky laboratory in Madagascar in 2002, to grow and study the Vanilla Planifolia. In 2010, the Maison opens a new botanical station in the southern French Alps, to rediscover medicinal plant sources forgotten since the second half of the 20 th century.

Endangered species photo exhibition, supported by the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco from November 21st to 25th, 2018

By Isabelle Brigout on Wednesday 14 November 2018, 11:26 - Concierge

Jean-Charles Vinaj takes photos of animals from the wild and primarily threatened species. His snapshots will be on display in Monaco from November 21st to 25th 2018, and the public will have free access to the exhibition.

Certified-organic coffee, manually cultivated on small plots

By Isabelle Brigout on Saturday 20 October 2018, 11:19 - Organic food

Situated on the mountain plateau, the Araku valley in India is a protected natural reserve since 1995, reknown for its purity, biodiversity and fertility: the coffee plants are distributed over 520 villages.

Wilderness Safaris opens six hyper luxury eco-lodges in Rwanda, built in the middle of nature

By Isabelle Brigout on Sunday 27 May 2018, 19:53 - Green hotels

Dian Fossey has highlighted the emergency to protect the great apes in the Virunga mountains. The preservation of this threatened specie, which cannot live in captivity, has been the starting point of the project Bisate Lodge.