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Toute imaginaire qu'elle est, cette vie mérite d'être prise au sérieux. Nous allons tenter une expérience : considérer Trimalcion comme un personnage réel et replacer sa biographie parmi les autres données de l'époque. Le Satyricon apparaîtra alors comme profondément réaliste et même typique ; c'est un excellent document d'histoire. Or on connaît la thèse de Rostovtzev sur le caractère capitaliste de l'économie italienne au Ier siècle de l'Empire et sur la montée d'une bourgeoisie. Thèse qui, d'emblée, paraît suspecte ; elle sonne psychologiquement faux par rapport à ce que nous atteignons le plus directement de la société romaine, à savoir son climat moral. Ce que je voudrais montrer ici, c'est qu'en tout cas la biographie de Trimalcion, que Rostovtzev cite en exemple, est loin de confirmer sa théorie.

"Sandra Goldmark was a new mother, short on sleep and closet space, when her vacuum broke. And her toaster. And the strap on her backpack. Objects that were supposed to make her life easier instead piled up inside her family's small apartment, broken and collecting dust. Goldmark didn't want a new vacuum or toaster--she wanted the ones she had to work. But the reality is that the systems through which we obtain our stuff are vast and entrenched, with products designed for quick replacement, not repair. Most of would have given up and turned to Amazon.com, but Goldmark imagined a different, better future--one where having stuff is simpler, healthier, and more sustainable for people and the planet. Determined to find a better way, she founded a series of pop-up repair shops with her husband and began to learn more about the way we make and use things, and how those things help make us who we are. Fixation is not a repair manual, nor will it tell you how to declutter your closet. Instead, it takes readers on a quest to radically reimagine what a healthy relationship with our stuff might look like. Along the way, Goldmark shows us how individuals can adopt more thoughtful patterns of personal consumption, businesses can develop healthy models for growth, and together we can demand social and political change that will move us to a more sustainable and equitable circular economy." - Dust jacket flap

"From the National Business Book Award winner and GG finalist, a very different book about facing the climate crisis, and what awaits us on the other side. Chris Turner has reported from the places where the sustainable future first emerged--from green islands in Denmark and green office parks in southern India, to solar panel factories in California and idealistic intentional communities from Scotland to New Mexico. Here, he condenses the first quarter century of the global energy transition into bite-sized chunks of optimistic reflection and reportage, telling a story of a planet in peril and a global effort already beginning to save it. This is a book that moves past the despair and futile anger over ecological collapse and harnesses that passion toward the project of building a twenty-first century quality of life that surpasses the twentieth-century version in every way. How to Be a Climate Optimist overflows with optimism in a moment of great panic, upheaval and uncertainty over a world on fire."--

Resumé L'accès à la société de consommation s'est traduit par une individualisation générale des manières de vivre (de se vêtir, se nourrir, de gérer ses loisirs et ses habitudes culturelles). L'individu vit la contradiction entre des modèles idéaux, auxquels s'identifier, et l'exigence de s'inventer soi-même.

International audience ; With over 70% of Europe's population living in cities,there is an urgent need to promote sustainable urban development that ensures community health, social inclusion, environmental protection and economic development. Urban green spaces are recognized as a vital element in the design of sustainable cities. They provide many health, social and environmental benefits, especially for the most vulnerable segments of the population (WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2016). Community gardens are among the different forms of green spaces. They may be individual and/or collective plots of land cultivated and managed by people living in the neighbourhood. These gardens may be developed within the framework of city policies or urban renewal programmes. They mainly have a social and cultural function, but also contribute to more sustainable food systems by providing access to fresh and highly nutritional seasonal produce. The overall aim is thus to achieve more sustainable food systems. ; Avec plus de 70 % de la population européenne vivant en ville, il est urgent de promouvoir un développement urbain durable qui garantisse la santé et l'inclusion des communautés, la protection de l'environnement et le développement économique. Les espaces verts urbains sont reconnus comme un élément indispensable dans la conception de villes durables. Ils procurent de nombreux avantages au niveau de la santé comme aux niveaux social et environnemental, en particulier chez les populations les plus vulnérables (WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2016). Parmi les différentes formes d'espaces verts, il y a les jardins partagés. Ce sont des parcelles individuelles et/ou collectives cultivées et gérées par les habitants d'un quartier. Ces jardins sont développés dans le cadre de la politique de la ville ou de programmes de renouvellement urbain. Ils ont principalement une vocation sociale et culturelle, tout en permettant l'accès à des produits frais, de bonne qualité nutritionnelle et de saison. Ils s'inscrivent ainsi dans ...