Nature & environment
GORONGOSA, the park of reconciliation
It was a jewel in the crown of Africa’s national parks: Gorongosa in the heart of central Mozambique. The human populations who have lived there since 300,000 BCE, first sought refuge there during periods of great drought.
Civil war broke out in 1964. It raged for 17 years, during which the wildl...
LOOKING FOR BALANCE
DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF LOCALISM AND BIG WAVE SURFING WITH CÉDRIC GISCOS
Big wave surfing is one of the most impressive and risky surfing disciplines. It’s a sport in which there’s no room for error, demanding total commitment and optimal physical and mental preparation from its practiti...
Mother Nature Against Anxiety
What if one of the alternatives to psychotropics and other anxiolytics was at our fingertips, hands in the dirt, nose in a bunch of flowers, teeth crunching a freshly picked radish? What real physiological and psychological benefit does contact with a natural environment have on our health?
This ...
SANDSTONE LOVERS
Located in the heart of the Fontainebleau forest, these rocks were the garden of my childhood. Summer or winter, rain or shine, we'd head off every weekend to climb Bleau, because as my father used to say: "It's good to breathe fresh air".
Today, I return to these places of memory to me...
SECRETS OF THE MUSHROOM FORAGERS
Secret places in which to find mushrooms? Three enthusiasts take us deep into their forests on a quest to conquer the Fungi kingdom. Amazing foraging techniques, a superfood with an extraordinary flavour and incredible biological abilities… the world of mushrooms is full of suprises!
An economica...
The Green Way: Life Afterwards
Once upon a time, there was a world in which everything went too fast… Like a prelude to our future, the tumultuous past of the Voie Verte, an old railway line that’s been turned into a greenway, invites us to reflect on nature and our society today. Accompanied by a cow named Alice, whose ruminatio...
ALTEARTHNATIVE TRIPS
ALTEARTHNATIVE TRIPS is a discovery series that approaches the world from the angle of sustainable development, environmental protection and local initiatives.
Through the countries and regions visited, the series highlights protected spaces and the people who ensure their protection, offering an...
ON THE TRAIL OF THE LYNX
The Eurasian Lynx, a predator eliminated in Western Europe in the last century, was reintroduced there in the 1970s, but is struggling to reestablish itself in its former territories.
This discreet, forest-loving feline is largely unknown to the general public, and difficult to observe. Over the ...
THE WILD CATHEDRAL
In recent decades, systematic concreting and the use of chemicals have seriously damaged the biodiversity of cities. However, Mathieu Baud, in charge of the conservation of Notre-Dame cathedral in the historic centre of Strasbourg, is watching over the last examples of a fauna as rich as it is unsus...
A DROP OF WATER ON A VOLCANO
A dive into the depths of possibility, in the highest lakes in the world! This is the crazy challenge set by 2 friends, a cave diver and a mountain guide, who plan to cross the Atacama Desert, entirely on their own, to reach the side of an Argentinian volcano 6000-metres above sea level. An expediti...
