“How to talk about the collapse with your children” by Delphine Saltel
Depletion of resources, decline in biodiversity… The ecological disaster is on the way. Should we talk about this agonizing future to our children? Delphine Saltel interviews here the author of children’s novels Marie Pavlenko. In “And the desert will disappear” (Flammarion, 2020), she describes a post-apocalyptic society in which the last human beings live, equipped with oxygen cylinders, in a desert that has invaded almost all of the Earth. For the novelist, it is necessary to confront the children with the reality of our world because, in particular, of the environmental generational amnesia.
This concept, which we owe to the psychologist Peter Kahn, points to the fact that each generation takes the natural environment that surrounds it as its frame of reference, regardless of the state in which it finds itself. Which means that over generations, instead of paying attention to the degradation of nature, man becomes acclimatized to it and becomes unable to grasp the magnitude of the collapse. It is by anchoring the youngest in the living world that it will be possible to trigger in them an effective awareness. ML.M
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“We called her Marie Pantalon” by Philippe Roizès and Séverine Cassar
Born in 1824 in Haute-Savoie, Marie Suize left her valley for Paris in 1846. A domestic worker in a bourgeois family, she found herself on the street, selling newspapers at auction. At 26, she boarded a three-master for San Francisco while the gold rush was in full swing. In order not to be noticed, she pretends to be a young man by cutting her hair and wearing pants. Based in the small town of Jackson, she acquires a concession, handles the pick and shovel, and does not hesitate to take up arms to defend her mines and her teams.
Nicknamed “Marie Pantalon”, she became a local celebrity, made a fortune and diversified her activities. But society’s sexist norms are catching up with her. Several lawsuits were brought against her, notably in San Francisco where she was prosecuted for cross-dressing. She pays her fines by signing a provocative “Marie Suize Pantalon”, becoming a model for feminist movements. But bad investments will get the better of his heritage. Beyond his unique journey, told here with passion by Philippe Roizès, his name remains today associated with a Californian wine. NB.
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