RECHARGING ONE'S BATTERIES IN THE FOREST

Have you ever felt a sense of peace as you walked in Nature, through contact with the elements of the forest, between ferns, moss-covered rocks and majestic trees? Breathing in the smells of resin, of leaves and humus, your nose wanders and your eyes roam the woods, finding surprises there every time, new objects of curiosity. FIND OUT MORE →

THE DRAGONFLY TWIRLS

The Dragonfly, Odonata in Latin, has been twirling between the Sky and the Earth for 350 million years. Already, in the Carboniferous period, boasting an eighty-centimetre wingspan, it flew between calamites, the ancestors of horsetails that could measure up to thirty metres. At the time, it was a predator in a gigantic world that was compelled to shrink over time in order to survive. FIND OUT MORE →

THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

In 1953, Jean Giono, a French writer, published the short story “The Man Who Planted Trees” which soon became successful worldwide and was translated into many languages. He submitted it to the American magazine Reader’s Digest and its editors were taken aback by its realism. So much so that they accused the author of being a fraud in a letter claiming he had deceived them over the unproven existence of his main character. FIND OUT MORE →

SEASON 2 OF LE MARRONNIER

Le Marronnier has released the second season of its animated mini-series which showcases in an entertaining manner the animals that inhabit the forests and fields of Western Europe. For young and old, it chronicles the distinctive nature of the wild life of the animals present in our close and occasionally urban environment. FIND OUT MORE →

A GLOBALE VISION

YouTube video “La Nature à chaque instant” In Nature, everything is care, every element, every season provide benefits. Nature is profoundly benevolent, like a mother, it enables us to reconnect with the essential, our primary needs. FIND OUT MORE →

BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS

In 2011, the French Museum of Natural History, the French Ministry of Agriculture and the French Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture, created O.A.B, the Observatory of Agricultural Biodiversity. This project of participatory science that collects data relating to biodiversity on French farmland, aims at indexing and identifying the indicators of soil health. The farmers at the heart of this approach are themselves involved in collecting the data. This in order to recognize the practices favourable to sustainable farming and respectful of the environment. FIND OUT MORE →

GUT FLORA

“Today, were know that the very first inhabitants of our bowels are decisive elements for the future of our whole body.” Giulia Enders Perhaps you are familiar with the term “intestinal flora” from advertising, the press or a conversation with your colleagues during your coffee break? Well this term refers to many of the microorganisms located in our bowels and involved in the balance of our body: they are our microbiota. FIND OUT MORE →

THE RICHNESS OF THE SOIL

Earth is like a sponge. It merges the mineral world of clay with the living world of humus composed of organic matter. It is what we call the clay-humus complex. In the humus, fungi, microorganisms and invertebrates can be found, all of which are involved in the work and enrichment of this complex. The clay is home to elements pertaining to the bedrock, i.e. a rock deep below the surface of the Earth. FIND OUT MORE →