Le village de Montaillou, en Haute-Ariège, vient d’ouvrir un musée consacré à son histoire cathare : le centre historique Jean Duvernoy. De quoi attirer les touristes mais.
Sjoerd Wartena first went “back to nature” almost half a century ago. In this letter to the younger generation he reflects on our relationship with nature and the land, the importance of modelling change, and the role of humility and compassion in giving humanity a second chance.
Dear friends,
For me, you belong to the generation that is obliged to find a different way of life. A way of life that tends towards what we call here in France the Social and Solidarity Economy. A way of life that can lead to “internal ecology”, that goes beyond the “external ecology” of recycling and reducing water and paper consumption – let alone energy-sucking digital systems, and the endless kilometres driven by electric cars that increasingly run on coal and oil-generated electricity.