For fifteen years, if someone wanted to be different, it was chic to be an environmentalist, eat organic, and care about nature. For many of these people, it was and still is a struggle rooted in sincerity; and we can…
In principle, nothing is more selfish, than going on holiday. This is the time when those who can afford it, finally let go of everything, take care of themselves, and forget the constraints related to daily life, work, public transportation,…
There is something pathetic about the battles we are engaged in, throughout Europe, to rightly participate in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and waste recycling. Meanwhile, elsewhere, coal and oil are shamelessly used, waste is thrown into the sea…
On the long list of human activities that we label as artistic, there is one that is often overlooked, and that few have had the courage to label as such for a long time: garden art. And yet, this art…
For at least two centuries, the political battle in most democracies has been between conservatives and progressives. In particular, between those who want to maintain the status quo and those who want to question it; those who favour stability and…
One of the most recurrent themes used by science fiction writers describes humanity’s response to an extra-terrestrial threat. I used it myself, imagining (in my novel “Beyond Nowhere”) the imminent arrival of a large meteorite on earth. And one of…
Among the thousands of people who are forced to leave their war-torn countries, or because they are persecuted by dictatorships, fewer and less of these people make it to Europe. Among those who succeed, very few are welcomed with dignity…
There is no better metaphor for today’s world than to imagine that we have all, human beings and other living beings, embarked on the same boat. Among us, certain play their roles, having taken responsibility for their environment and the…
Of all the threats faced by humanity, nothing is worse than the threats that are disguised as progress, and whose merits are praised every day. In fact, many civilizations have disappeared because they did not see that a major innovation…
