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Site web du GERES

Site web du GERES

Websites

As part of its activities, GERES publishes websites dedicated to the presentation or facilitation of specific projects.

Some of the GERES country offices in the South also have websites presenting local activities.

GERES projects with a dedicated website :

 CO2 Solidaire : Launched by GERES in 2004, this operation is the first voluntary greenhouse gas emission offset initiative in France. CO2 Solidaire encourages individuals, companies, institutions and local authorities to take action to preserve the climate by reducing their emissions at source and then offsetting all or part of their residual greenhouse gas emissions.  The programme website explains how to calculate emissions and make partially tax-deductible charitable donations.

 


PHéE : (Small-Scale Hydro-Electricity and Environment): To assist project developers and facilitate organization of efforts to develop small-scale hydro-electricity in the Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur Region, GERES and Maison Régionale de l’Eau have launched a regional "Small-scale hydro-electricity and environment" initiative with support from the regional authorities and ADEME under a project contract. The PHéE website describes the original approach adopted by all these partners: looking for areas of compatibility between small-scale hydro-electricity and the environment, ensuring shared understanding of issues and exploring avenues that could lead to acceptable practices accepted by everyone for both managing small-scale hydro-electricity plants and putting together projects in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.

 


FINSH (Financial and Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing): The FinSH project seeks to break down the financial and social barriers to access to renovation and energy-efficient equipment in social housing.  As part of its efforts to combat fuel poverty, the project aims to improve the quality, number and sustainability of measures to improve energy efficiency and renovate housing.  It focuses on identifying financial solutions appropriate to the needs of social housing (in the broad sense) and helping fuel-poor households to apply them.  More detailed information is available on the project website.

 

 

Marseille Provence Energy Information Centre  : Set up as part of the PNAEE (National Programme to Improve Energy Efficiency), the energy information network draws on existing local structures, supported by ADEME (Environment and Energy Management Agency) in partnership with the local authorities.  Energy Information Centres are committed to delivering neutral information and suggesting individually tailored solutions.

The Marseille Provence EIC, which GERES has been tasked with operating, receives support from the City of Marseille, the Marseille Provence Métropole Urban District Authority, the framework Central Government - Region - ADEME agreement and the European Union (ERDF: European Regional Development Fund). 

 


Garden composting  : Posted by GERES in 2007 as part of its efforts to organize the individual composting sector in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, this site describes the work of our partners, the community gardens that endeavour to raise awareness and organize workshops on individual composting.  If you want to establish a compost heap and have questions about maintaining and using it, you can find all the necessary dates and tips on a website dedicated to composting, an activity of vital importance in eliminating waste.

 

 

 Garden Composting : This community of best practice aims at dissemination of solar greenhouse in the cold regions of Asia. Therefore, it provides a common platform to share experiences and knowledge on solar greenhouses. The framework leads to achieve desire results in improvement of winter livelihood in such region. This best practice web site is facilitated by GERES and funded by ASHDEN award, EU and Fondation Ensemble.

 

 

GERES local offices in the world

 GERES Cambodia  : The GERES Cambodia website highlights three specific skills involved in its projects: technology and innovation, climate change and research.  Its fields of expertise now extend to all countries in Asia that experience the same climatic and geographical problems.


 
GERES India  : The GERES India website offers a detailed description of current projects: LIGHT (developing income-generating activities), 1000 Buildings and Ecotourism (exploiting local resources for the tourist market, with a view to enhancing income from tourism in the Markha Valley). It also explains the vital work of sharing knowledge and skills on energy and climate change in cold regions that was done at the international seminar held at in Leh (Ladakh) in April 2009.