In this eye-opening, hopeful and hugely entertaining bestseller, a climate expert takes a leading graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is undergoing. The scientist, Jean-Marc Jancovici, walks us through just about everything: from the innermost workings of our minds to toothbrushes, office jobs, and oil; ancient history and modern geopolitics; economics and ecology; the unfolding climate crisis and its consequences for us all. As he describes the world we live in - a world whose future is deeply uncertain - the artist, Christophe Blain, listens and draws.
Coming face to face with global warming, the unlikely duo - along with Mother Nature, Pop Eye and Jiminy Cricket, among others - create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like. Yes, we have a fossil-fuel problem, but simply switching to renewable energy won't fix it. We can and must rethink everything: our energy supply, our economies and our whole world. They leave us with an inspiring vision of the future in which food, education, housing, transport and communities - in other words, all of us - work together and, with a few technological fixes, succeed in creating a world without end.
Début mai 1992, Christophe Blain reçoit sa feuille de route pour rejoindre le centre de formation maritime d'Hourtin. Avant d'embarquer à bord de la frégate Tourville, le matelot Blain glisse dans son paquetage ses effets personnels les plus précieux : une boîte d'aquarelles, des pinceaux et des carnets.
Jour après jour, il dessine tout ce qu'il voit et nous livre un témoignage émouvant et unique sur la vie quotidienne des appelés du contingent réunis pour neuf mois à bord d'un bâtiment de guerre.
