The whole world is stunned by the images of the giant fires ravaging Australia. Their scale would almost make the fires in California, Russia and even the Amazon almost insignificant compared to the "Monster", the mega fire that is currently raging. The damage caused locally is considerable and still far from being quantified, in particular to
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This first exhibition in France devoted to Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861-1941) invites visitors to a dreamlike dive into the world of the Danish sculptor and ceramist, a contemporary of Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929). The exhibition is devoted to the Parisian years (1892 to 1902), of N.H. Jacobsen, who was established in Paris at the time, with Brussels and before the
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En septembre dernier, les 15 artistes de la 90e promotion de l’Académie de France à Madrid (2) ont investi les ateliers de la Casa de Velázquez (1), qu’ils occuperont jusqu’à l’été prochain. À travers le suivi de leur résidence de création, on assiste donc à la naissance d’œuvres inédites, en
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A l’occasion de la réouverture du Musée Ingres de Montauban, au cœur du Quercy en Occitanie, Miguel Chevalier propose l’installation Œil de la machine 2019. Ce projet entre dans le cadre vaste du projet transversal de la Ville sur le thème « Quelle(s) culture(s) au XXIe siècle ? Entre Mémoire
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Petit manuel de justice climatique à l'usage des citoyens, by James Kenneth Boyce - Préface et traduction d'Éloi Laurent - Edition Les liens qui libèrent (LLL), 16 January 2020 Recent demonstrations of social exasperation have shown that a significant part of public opinion rightly refuses to accept the ecological transition
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At last we are there and it's a good surprise! The Joint Joint Committee (CMP) met this Wednesday, January 8, to rule on the anti-waste bill for a circular economy: it reached an agreement unanimously of its members. In the press release of the
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For at least forty years, scientists have been alerting the world to the climate crisis. They have long preached in the desert like prophets of bad news. But things have changed. And the year 2019, in particular, has marked a turning point. The climate crisis is now part of our daily lives. Every
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The lesson of Greta Thunberg, by Bernard Stiegler - Edition Les liens qui libèrent (LLL), January 16, 2020 Dressing is the task par excellence of the 21st century: this is what Greta Thunberg, like Antigone, teaches like no one before her to adults who have become irresponsible. Here is
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One billion animals are believed to have been burned alive in the apocalyptic fires raging in Australia right now. This staggering figure is calculated by Professor Christopher Dickman of the University of Sidney, a leading Australian wildlife expert, author of 16 books and more than 450 scientific papers. He himself
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In December 2017, the Design & Engineering of Elastomers and Polymers (DEEP) Chair was inaugurated with Hutchinson, ESPCI Paris and Mines ParisTech. A synergy between physico-chemistry, physics and numerical modeling/simulation which allows to position itself on the analysis of the whole life cycle of the polymer to
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Organic agriculture, new players and places of consumption, food origin and traceability, health and nutrition, the importance of animal welfare and consumer expectations... the catering sector is undergoing major changes. At a time when barely more than 1 in 10 French people perceive the efforts of the hotel sector
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Il est où, le bonheur de François Ruffin - Editions Les Liens qui Libèrent (LLL), November 2019 - 192 pages François Ruffin positions himself here on the climatic and social emergency, with back and forth between past and present. A hard-hitting book aimed at young people (and others).
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Et si le vivant était anarchique - La génétique est-elle une gigantesque arnaque ? by Jean-Jacques Kupiec - Edition Les Liens qui libèrent (LLL), October 2019 - 256 pages Would the gene determine the essential physical and psychic characteristics of the individual? In any case, this is what genetics proclaims.
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Twitter & Tear Gas - Strengths and Weaknesses of Zeynep Tufekci's Connected Contestation - C&F editions, September 2019 - 340 Pages Social movements around the world are making massive use of digital technologies. Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci has been following for years the social movements that are shaking up the world.
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The Global Green New Deal - Why Fossil Civilization Will Collapse by 2028 - Jeremy Rifkin's Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth - The Links That Liberate (LLL) Edition, October 2019 - 304 pages After theorizing about the Third Industrial Revolution ("The Third Revolution
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The city in common: Des biens communs au municipalisme, by César Rendueles and Joan Subirats, C&F éditions, November 2019. Translated from the Spanish by Alain Ambrosi - 140 Pages The vocabulary to describe what we share is abundant: common, common goods, the common good on one side
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The Chinese twins born last year from embryos genetically modified by the "CRISPR" molecular scissors probably have unexpected mutations in their genome as a result of this manipulation. This information was revealed by an American journalist on December 3 after obtaining an unpublished version of the study detailing the experiment.
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Fossil CO2 emissions have not stopped growing: they continued to rise in 2019 despite the decline in the use of coal, offset by the use of oil and especially natural gas. A new warning was issued on Wednesday 4 December on the sidelines of COP25 at
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I am dragging myself along, I am no longer worth anything... Affected by old age, "organ" disease or accidents in life, my body no longer responds, it has become my best enemy and remembers me at the slightest wrong step. This body loved, adored, pampered since
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The accumulation of economic crises would tell us something about our imagination, which is so powerful in determining our actions, prevailing over the rationality of our decision-making. Recognizing its influence also means holding the keys to recovery, renewal, recovery, and understanding that it is the engine for
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