Eco-responsible trips, animal shelter in winter and 35,000 candles for Corto Maltese – rts.ch

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Christophe Schenk – Journalist RTS information

A week ago, the Year of the Rabbit began in China. And in Vietnam, it’s a cat’s, Tet occasion, New Year celebration. Têt is also the name of a small video game about Vietnamese cuisine, created by an illustrator from Geneva who wanted to reconnect with the culture of his country of origin. The goal of the game? Prepare a festive meal for the New Year. Yum, meow.

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Ideas Forum - A platform to stay connected to everything low-impact [RTS]

Ideas Forum – A platform to stay connected to everything low-impact / Forum / 5 min. / Friday at 6:00 p.m

Eco-responsible travel offers

Want to travel while reducing your carbon footprint, but don’t have the ideas or time to organize yourself? The solution may be a click away. Two female and two male students from French-speaking Switzerland created a website offering environmentally responsible travel. A catalog of offers aimed at promoting the local economy, soft mobility or even seasonality.

Ideas forum - A platform for exchanging and renting clothes [RTS]

Ideas Forum – Platform for exchanging and renting clothes / Forum / 6 min. / Thursday, 6:00 p.m

A site for circular fashion

If there’s wind in second-hand sails, there are other remedies against “fast fashion,” such as repairing damaged clothes or renting clothes you don’t use. Two students from the University of Lausanne decided to develop a platform to facilitate access to these services and interaction between stakeholders. Available on campus, open to other communities.

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It is possible to brake and charge the batteries of your electric bike at the same time.  Miloo invents this technology [RTS]

It is possible to brake and charge the batteries of your electric bike at the same time. Miloo invents this technology / 19:30 / 2 min. / Tuesday at 7:30 p.m

Fill your bike with brakes

Charge your electric bike while riding. Theoretically, it is possible using a brake according to the dynamo principle. But in practice, it’s a bit more complicated, current batteries don’t support these very short charging strokes very well. Until you develop a second battery. This is the concept that the Geneva company is working on.

>> More information: The problem for an electric bike is the autonomy of the battery and the means of charging it.

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The local fauna found warmth and comfort in the Erminea Vaudois Care Center for 5 years [RTS]

Native fauna found warmth and comfort in Erminea Vaud Care Center for 5 years / Local colors / 3 min. / Friday at 7:05 p.m

Center for injured animals

Winters can be harsh for animals that don’t hibernate or migrate. A care center in Chavornay (VD) gathers hedgehogs and other injured or weakened birds to treat them and restore their strength. A wildlife refuge that exists thanks to the donations and commitment of its members.

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Meet Muma, a Lausanne artist of Catalan origin.  He illuminates cities with his works that combine painting and light [RTS]

Meet Muma, a Lausanne artist of Catalan origin. He illuminates cities with his works combining painting and light / 19:30 / 2 min. / Friday at 7:30 p.m

35,000 candles for Corto Maltese

International Comic Film FestivalAngoulême awarded Genevan Léonie Bischoff and Genevan Martin Panchaud, Lausanne resident Muma also caused a sensation with his work in the front yard of the comic museum. 35,000 candles placed and lit by 400 volunteers to unveil the festival’s first poster representing the Corto Maltese language. An ephemeral and impressive creation that the Barcelona artist sees as social sculpture.

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In 1969, three Vaudois climbed a Paris cathedral to raise the Viet Cong flag. [RTS]

In 1969, three Vaudois climbed a Paris church to raise the Viet Cong flag / 19:30 / 2 min. / Wednesday at 7:30 p.m

Vietcong flag over Notre Dame

January 19, 1969: In the midst of the Vietnam War, Paris wakes up to a Viet Cong flag flying atop Notre Dame Cathedral. The image will travel around the world and will require a helicopter intervention to get it. After 54 years, those who raise this flag are finally revealing their identity. Almost reminiscent of Noé, “Olaf” and “Bacchus”, 3 the revolutionary heroes of the Old Hearths, the Vaudois tells the underside of a memorable operation.

>> More information: When three Waldensian activists raised the Viet Cong flag at Notre Dame de Paris

If not, do you remember Amélie Poulain? What if his miraculous fate was not as we are told? 21 years after the release of his film, the director Jean-Pierre Jeunet remixes his hero to tell us The true story of Amélie PoulainA 6-minute short film, in one place Americans and Legends office.

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