Jules Verne

20,000 leagues under the sea with Google

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 / Environment / Leave a Comment

I already noted how Google is preoccupied by the environment and how it is investing in renewables. This commitment becomes more concrete with the new Google Earth which enables to learn on oceans’ environmental issues. Among the partners of this project are the Cousteau Society and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural …

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The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne

Monday, June 16, 2008 / Sustainable development / 2 Comments

This month I re-read The mysterious island, a fantastic book by French XIXth century author, Jules Verne. This is about six Northerns prisoners that flee Richmond during the American Civil War. Their escape is done by balloon and brings them to an inhabited island lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The book tells …

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