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The American writer Rachel Carson [1907-1964] published her masterpiece Silent Spring in 1962, describing the nasty effects of pesticides ...

For the first decade of my existence, I lived in a rural house in South Grafton (Australia) that did not have a so-called WC (water closet)....

Back in January, when the two horses were residing at Gamone, this was a view of the linden tree with the lower paddock in the background: A...

Why is it that almost everything in our modern world—the best of all possible worlds, as Voltaire 's optimistic Candide once assured us...

In certain domains, the environmental and well-being awareness of my Australian compatriots is far in advance of the French situation. It...

I've always liked this key ring, which was given to me by my daughter Emmanuelle soon after I moved into Gamone and invited the young d...

A recent article by Florence Williams in Slate [ display ] reveals apparent differences between Danish and Swedish males concerning the r...

And what—you might ask—am I unanimous about? I'm totally unanimous in my belief that the concept of unanimity is ideal, say, for a coupl...

At the end of this blog, I recently installed a gadget that purports to determine and count the national flags of visitors to this website. ...

They refer to it as the carbon tax ... which is a ridiculous expression. After all, diamonds are pure carbon, but this new tax has nothing t...

When I see how hard it is for people to find jobs these days, often as a consequence of globalization, I generally end up thinking that mayb...

A draconian plan for climate action was presented today in Brussels by the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso . Basic...

I find this image beautiful and moving, but terrifying. In the penguin domain, I'm an ignoramus... but I have the impression that those ...