Vosges. They are perpetuating the manufacture of essis, an ancestral and ecological know-how: "Take the time to do things well"

Are shingles in the air? Long forgotten, shingles or shingles are now the stuff of dreams. In the Vosges, they are made from local wood; they require no treatment products; they consume practically no electricity because they are handmade; they produce zero waste because the shavings are reused as firelighters; they are durable since a row of shingles can last up to 100 years.

The essis, these wooden boards...

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