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Books and documentaries about environnement in general, and living soils in particular

Coline Serreau’s film “La belle verte”: an ecological fable
A philosophical tale ahead of its time, Coline Serreau's 1996 film imagines a planet where humans have evolved into a society totally connected to nature. On a distant planet, an advanced and egalitarian human civilisation lives in perfect harmony with nature. It has abandoned the technical progress and lifestyle inherited from the industrial revolution for…
The book « Pour en finir avec l’apocalypse. Une écologie de l’action »: believing in the future again
Co-founder of Woodeum-WO2, a pioneering low-carbon construction company, Guillaume Poitrinal publishes a manifesto aimed at all those who believe that our planet is definitely doomed. In 2014, Guillaume Poitrinal made the headlines in the business press, which questioned his new career plans. Former CEO of Unibail-Rodamco, this entrepreneur, then 47 years old, had just announced…
Marc-André Selosse’s book: a plea for the soil
In his latest book L'Origine du monde, une Histoire naturelle du sol à l'intention de ceux qui le piétinent (Actes Sud), Marc-André Selosse, professor at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle (Paris) and member of the WLSF board, reminds us of the fundamental role of soil in the balance of life. Soil is still too often viewed…
The film “Living soil”: in the beginning there was soil
Produced by the Soil Health Institute, a US soil health research organisation, the documentary Living soil considers the cover crop method as an optimal solution for soil protection. “A farm is a business. Yield and productivity are therefore important. I strongly believe in this, and I also believe that soil health is essential for productivity.”…
3 questions to Cyril Dion
Cyril Dion is a writer, director, poet and committed environmentalist. He directed the successful documentary "Demain" with Mélanie Laurent. His latest film, Animal, evokes the 6th mass extinction of species through the journeys of two teenagers, Bella and Vipulan. The director talks to us about the moments and encounters that have particularly marked him during…
Graphic novel ‘Underworld’: discovering the secret world of soil
In Underworld (ed. Dargaud), cartoonist Mathieu Burniat and biologist Marc-André Selosse invite readers on a guided tour of this still little-known underground world. “Do you dream of immortality? Of possessing immeasurable wealth and wielding supreme power over a realm vaster than the world’s continents? Hades, god of the underworld, is seeking a successor. Applicants may…
PUBLICATIONS & FILMS – World Living Soils Forum
The preservation of the Living Soils is one of Moët Hennessy’s major commitments in terms of sustainability. This site is intended to consolidate the numerous existing initiatives around the world on the topic as a way to contribute to the sharing of knowledge and help evolve practices to encourage soil regeneration.