F0NDATION IRIS
RECOMMENDED READING
ON THE WORLD'S FIRST MORNING
Iris Foundation
On board traditional Indonesian boats, the expeditions led by the Iris Foundation have crisscrossed the most secret places of West Papua and the Lesser Sunda Islands. A hidden treasure with the air of a forgotten paradise, terrestrial life can only be guessed there with regret in the twists and turns of forest meanders while in the heart of the shimmering coral reefs, the fascinating and prolific underwater life offers itself without restraint. Bringing together scientists, photographers, videographer and cartoonists, these two expeditions have resolutely followed in the footsteps of Alfred Wallace, a famous naturalist who co-founded the theory of evolution and amazed author of L'Archipel malais. The exceptional work delivered here by the Iris Foundation seeks to bear witness to the singular beauty and the incredible biodiversity that still reigns in this preserved but endangered universe.
"Living with the land"
Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer
The IRIS foundation supported this commitment:
How to feed the humanity of tomorrow? It seems obvious that our current agricultural model, dependent on fossil fuels, destructive of land and biodiversity, emitter of greenhouse gases, will not be able to perform this task.
La Ferme du Bec Hellouin in Normandy, initiated by Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer, is experimenting with a new form of agriculture, in radical departure from current models: eco-culture, which is based on imitation of natural ecosystems.
"Breathe, you are alive"
Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuis
Founder of the Highland Initiative association, supported by the IRIS Foundation .
We discover how Marion was led to climb Everest three times without seeking a sporting feat, but rather by cultivating gentleness and the desire to become an eco-responsible mountaineer. She tells how she helped to develop a model of sustainable waste management in high mountains with all the Tibetan guides: the “Clean Everest” operation.
In this story, she offers her spiritual and ecological adventure triggers and invites everyone to put compassion at the heart of all action.
Imagine the world of tomorrow
Collective and under the direction of Xavier Pavie
It's up to us to invent the future.
As part of his teaching at ESSEC, Xavier Pavie brought in several dozen specialists on the topic of "imagining the future". The most significant contributions have been collected and rewritten for publication.
Many themes (health, technology, environment, culture ...) are addressed by some of the most media personalities among renowned philosophers, prospectivists, essayists who have lent themselves to the exercise ....
Among them, the author of the book "Flués Frontières" Franck Vogel, which the Iris Foundation has supported.
ACTING TOGETHER IN THE FOREST
Gaëtan from the Warnaffe Bus,
Marjolaine Boitard,
Pascale laussel
We are all attached to forests. But we are often unaware that this ecosystem which regulates the climate, the waters and even our own well-being, is today threatened. In line with intensive agriculture, monocultures degrade forests by reducing biodiversity while chemical inputs and heavy mechanization destroy soil life. While a handful of actors concentrate power, jobs and know-how are withering away.
Designed as an act of resistance, this guide is rooted in the experiences of actors in the field who pool their energy to experience the forest differently. : shared forest ownership, responsible consumption, school in the woods ...
Loggers, longshoremen and owners will find in this manual detailed information allowing them to be and to act in the forest as close as possible to their natural rhythm. Walkers and city dwellers alike will draw knowledge and means of action to contribute to its preservation. Resolutely practical and committed, this book offers us avenues to explore in order to reinvent our relationship with the forest, freed from a purely utilitarian vision.
PONGO
Maxime Aliaga
An exciting, informative and engaged book on Orangutans and their conservation.
The result of several years of work in the forests of Indonesia in contact with wild orangutans, this book's mission is to amaze you through the fascinating lives of our closest cousins. This species so close to us is unfortunately in danger of extinction.
This book will give you the keys to understanding the threats hanging over them and their forests, as well as reflections on the actions to be taken to save them from decline.
Preface by Francis Hallé, botanist and biologist, specialist in trees and tropical forests.
EUROPE REASSAUVAGED
Gilbert Cochet & Béatrice Kremer-Cochet
This European tour of the rewilding state of different natural environments reveals that, despite the near extinction of many iconic species, inspiring and successful initiatives are emerging in all countries. Bisons, bears, eagles, sturgeons and seals return. The cohabitation of man and savage is therefore possible.
This book, based on the sharing of positive experiences, encourages reflection and action. To move forward and overcome obstacles, sometimes it is enough to change your point of view.
THE GENIUS OF BEES
Éric Tourneret, Jürgen Tautz, Sylla de Saint Pierre
After the success of the Honey Routes, Eric Tourneret, "the photographer of bees", and Sylla de Saint Pierre, associated here with Jürgen Tautz, a great specialist in bee biology, return with new breathtaking photographs taken in the heart of the colony just like in the laboratory, and a text that will make a milestone through the quality of its writing and its documentary solidity. An inescapable sum on the fascinating "genius of the bees".
The Iris Foundation
supported Éric Tourneret for his exhibition on the railings of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris in 2016.
ORIGINS
Olivier Grunewald, Bernadette Gilbertas
A photographic journey spanning four billion years recounting the birth of the Earth and its evolution. The book takes the reader to the heart of the history of the Earth, through the photographic work of Olivier Grunewald, and the explanatory texts of Bernadette Gilbertas give a voice to scientists. Conceived as a chronological fresco, it will unroll the thread of the creation of the world, from the original Chaos, to the animal kingdom.
The Iris Foundation
supported scientific expeditions led by Olivier Grunewald at Dallol in Ethiopia in 2016 and at Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2015 .
COMBINED VIEWS ON AGROECOLOGY
Maxim of Rostolan
Rustica's new ecology collection, an awareness to take action at each level and prepare for the future. Written by an author at the heart of the issues dealt with, Maxime de Rostolan, founder of the Fermes d'Avenir association, assisted by the views of experts such as Claude Bourguignon, Marc Dufumier and Alain Passard, this book deals with agroecology in the broad sense : human, societal, committed, and concrete citizen actions to be carried out on their own scale.
The Iris Foundation
supports the association Farms of the Future for several years.
50 YEARS OF BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS AND STUDIES IN TROPICAL FOREST
Francis Hallé
This book is the first in a series of 3 books, a journey to discover the extraordinary botanical works of Francis Hallé, his explorations in the tropical forests of the planet, his breaks between two expeditions in the Botanical Gardens of the world or even the formidable epic of the Raft of the Peaks.
The Iris Foundation
supported the publication of these 3 books.
PERMACULTURE
HEAL THE EARTH, FEED THE PEOPLE
Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer
The Bec-Hellouin farm, created in 2003 by Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer in Haute-Normandie, is today a benchmark in natural agriculture. This success demonstrates the social, economic and ecological relevance of permacultural agriculture. In this resolutely positive work, the authors propose many innovative avenues, based on successful experiences developed for agriculture oriented towards the future.
The Iris Foundation
support the Bec Hellouin farm for several years.
THE HONEY ROUTES
Éric Tourneret, Sylla de Saint Pierre
Eric Tourneret invites us to travel the most fascinating "honey roads", today threatened by global standardization. Assumed adventurer, "the photographer of bees" delivers here his travel notes, co-written with Sylla de Saint Pierre, and his most astonishing photos, taken in 23 countries over the past ten years. Passionate about biology and the future of these exceptional conveyors of life that are bees, he seeks the insight of a dozen renowned scientists on little-known aspects of bee democracy as well as on the dangers they incur. .
The Iris Foundation supported Éric Tourneret for his exhibition on the railings of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris in 2016.