The Observers - The France 24 Observers is both a website and a TV show focusing on international news through the lens of amateur images. All photos and videos are analyzed and verified by our team.

Action on the economy

Leandro Bompadre, founder of Ecovuelto, which sells seeds to small business owners (right) and a book store in Mendoza, Argentina, that uses the Ecovuelto seeds in lieu of small change.

In Argentina, some shopkeepers offer seeds instead of small change

An artisan weaving dried hyacinth stalks. Photo courtesy of Allika Weave

Indian villagers turn invasive water hyacinths into sustainable livelihoods

Women's rights, the environment, community projects: five initiatives from 2017 that have stood out.

OBSERVERS TAKE ACTION

Five inspiring stories of our Observers taking action to help the world in 2017

A migrant cuts up fabric from a life jacket in the Safe Passage Bags workshop, in Lesbos. The second image shows a finished bag. (Photos: Janusz Ratecki)

Migrants on Lesbos turn discarded life jackets into accessories

Franck Bulonza serves lunch to his customers in Goma, DRC.

DRC entrepreneurs fight unemployment with local cooking

The yoghurt made in the Barikamà cooperative is 100% organic. Photo published on the Barikamà website: http://barikama.altervista.org/

African migrants in Italy launch organic yoghurt, vegetable business

All photos provided by Eco-Soap Bank

Recycled soap helps kids fight poor hygiene in rural Cambodia

OBSERVERS DIRECT

Welcome to "Silicon Mountain," Africa's next tech hub

Chirps are manufactured in a factory in Eureka, California (photo from the Chirps Chips Instagram)

Care for some creepy-crawly crisps?

Photo published on the Facebook page "MUÑA MUÑA".

Fighting hunger, food waste in Argentina with free-service fridges

How a coal-powered dryer is stopping Niger's tomatoes going to waste

Making skateboards out of discarded fishing nets

The photo on the left shows dropped ceilings built out of the cattail plant by the NGO Habidem. The photo on the right shows papyrus made out of this invasive species by the Senegalese group la Cerads.

SENEGAL - MAURITANIA

Inventors find new uses for 'pest' plant in Senegal and Mauritania

Marjina and her neighbors posing in front of the solar panel. Photo : Sharmishtha Roy/Adams.

Meet the Bangladeshi woman converting her village to solar power

This lodge in Iquitos, Peru offers socially conscious travellers the chance to work on projects alongside locals.

A sustainable heaven in the Peruvian jungle

Senegalese inventor builds plane with salvaged parts

Page not found

The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.