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Reinventing agriculture and food for the 21st century
Gilles Billen Tuesday 28 June 2016 Summary: Financial crisis, debt crisis, economic crisis, monetary crisis, political crisis, democratic crisis, social crisis, environmental crisis, refugee crisis, geopolitical tensions and so on. This accumulation of “crises” raises questions.Are we dealing with a temporary succession or combination of crises linked to a global…
The permanent crisis
Marc Chesney Friday 8 April 2016 Summary: This conference focuses on the issue of crisis. Marc Chesney will analyze the historical trajectory that led to the rise of the financial aristocracy, its seizure of power and the failure of democracy. Today’s problems cannot be reduced to technical issues or the…
Acting fast and better: What needs to be changed?
Denis Dupré Thursday 11 February 2016 Summary: Whether it’s climate change or the issue of healthy food for all, together we have identified the action levers that seem most relevant. But how can we put these levers into action? Isn’t it too late? Should we favor global, local or personal…
Feeding 9 billion people healthily: possible or impossible?
Denis Dupré Thursday, 14 January 2016 Abstract: This second conference focuses on the issue of food and our collective capacity to feed 9 billion people in a healthy way by 2050. Under what conditions are we able to meet this challenge? Several surveys on our food methods, our real needs,…
Can money be a convivial tool?
PhD thesis: Analysis of material flows to characterize the socio-ecological challenges of a supply chain at different geographical scales: the case of the French beef dairy sector and of the production of Beaufort PDO cheese in the Maurienne valley
Description The question of the limits to growth in our modern societies was first raised on a large scale by both the scientific community and the general public with the publication of the “Meadows Report” (Limits to Growth, Universe Books, 1972), over forty years ago. This question focuses on the…
Limiting climate change… Why don’t we get there?
Denis Dupré Thursday 17 December 2015 Summary: This first conference focuses on the issue of climate change. An investigation into the multiple workings of greenhouse gas emissions will shake up our beliefs and reveal some surprising issues. A Sherlock Homes-style methodology that shows, for example, that oil production or the…
