NB: Leatherback turtles belong to the same group as the Prehistoric Archelon, a species that swam in the ocean 70 million years ago. While Archon measured 13 feet long, Leatherbacks can reach 10 feet and weigh up to 2.000 pounds.
The body knows
BIODIVERSITY, SPIRITUALITYWe talk a lot about our body, not always well… We rarely listen to what it has to tell us. Yet it knows us very well. It sends us signs that we do not listen to. We have not yet learned how to understand its language.
Hiking the Cerro Chato volcano
BIODIVERSITY, TRAVELThe Cerro Chato (to the right of the tallest volcano Arenal on the picture) is one of the hikes you don’t want to miss if you travel to Costa Rica. In bonus, 4 little mantras for everyday life.
Manifesto
BIODIVERSITY, COLIVINGThis blog is a fresh new start after many years of busy Parisian life that had exhausted me. It’s a space to observe and immerse yourself. A voluntary slowdown in order to explore alternative lifestyles and imagine how we can combine building and regenerating the environment.
Save room for the animals
BIODIVERSITY, COLIVINGThere is a paradox that I can not explain myself… When we were children, we all observed the beings living around us with curiosity, tenderness and amazement. From insects to birds to giraffes. Learning to know about the world is to discover the diversity of living forms.
Tiles for the dead
ARCHITECTURE, SPIRITUALITYThe bus leaves San José (capital of Costa Rica) and heads to Playa Hermosa. We stop a little while next to a cemetery. I look out of the window and discover a pretty unexpected landscape.
Sound trance on San Pedro
SPIRITUALITY, TRAVELThe bus drops me off the road, in front of the Finca Inti sign. I make my way through the steep jungle with my bagpack, tropical plants and flowers surrounding me. I am sweating a lot and very excited to discover what is on top of this hill, here on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
Tropical architecture inspiration
ARCHITECTURE, TRAVELSome architectural inspiration along my 6 month-trip in Costa Rica.
Cooking in the garden of Eden
PERMACULTURE, TRAVELI spent two weeks at the Finca Inti, and discovered the delicious variety of foods that a productive jungle has to offer. A daily and multi-sensory gastronomic journey.
One month without internet, fridge or cellphone
COLIVING, SPIRITUALITYIn Campo Cabuyal, biology students spend 6 months of the year protecting turtles on the northern Pacific coast. While the comfort is pretty minimal, I am grateful for the month I spent there: I learned and experienced a lot with less.
Butterflies & Rainforest regeneration
BIODIVERSITY, VOLUNTEERThis is my first day at the Butterfly Conservatory, located in El Castillo, Costa Rica. I leave the volunteers’ house and climb up the dirt road with the Arenal volcano at my back. I arrive at the reception at 8 o’clock sharp.
Playa Cabuyal : saving the turtles on the Pacific Coast
BIODIVERSITY, VOLUNTEERIs saving endangered turtles your dream? I’ve done it. (Thank you Juliette, thank you Javi!) In February 2018, I had the chance to work for 6 weeks as a volunteer, along with the Leatherback Trust Foundation’s team of biologists.
My neighbor Arenal Volcano
TRAVEL, VOLUNTEERDuring the weeks I worked as a volunteer at the Butterfly Conservatory, I lived in the small village of El Castillo, southwest of the Arenal Volcano.
4 lessons of permaculture in the jungle
BIODIVERSITY, PERMACULTURENestled in the hills overlooking Puerto Viejo is the Finca Inti. A lush and productive jungle, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, where I lived for 2 weeks with Tristan, his wife, their daughter, their 3 dogs and 2 cats.
Night patrol in Cabuyal
BIODIVERSITY, VOLUNTEERI have been working as a volunteer in a sea turtle research camp for a month. Tonight I’m on the second shift with Javi, the Spanish coordinator.
Learning from landscapes 