Refusing to give in to catastrophism, Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent have been identifying effective initiatives to face the environmental, economic and social challenges of the 21st century since 2015.
It all began with a study published in the prestigious journal Nature in 2012. Some twenty scientists announced that part of humanity could disappear by…
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…
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…
The director and journalist makes a hard-hitting film about the evolution of the farming world over the last 40 years, reminding us that in France, one farmer commits suicide every day.
It all starts with a dream of grandeur. After returning from Wyoming, where he discovered American farming practices, Pierre (played by Guillaume Canet) takes…
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…
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.”…
With very concrete examples, environmental engineer Laura Verdier explains in her book Polluted Soils, a Threat to People and Biodiversity why soils are a fundamental issue in the fight against climate change.
“I wrote this book in the belief that soils are completely overlooked in national and EU environmental policy. In reality, they feed us,…
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…
Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in the US and then on Netflix, the widely acclaimed documentary explains how soil may be the key to fighting climate change.
Ian Somerhalder, Gisele Bündchen, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette … the list of actors would have been perfect for the casting of an American blockbuster. But instead, all…
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…