Soccer players are in the spotlight. Eleven players left their mark: Bobby Charlton, Diego Maradona, King Pelé, Michel Platini, Zinedine Zidane, Ruud Gullit… This is not only because they are talented! How did they revolutionize soccer? How did a 150-year old popular game become a global business? What does the future of this sport look like?

“It's a fruit!" say the botanists, since it comes from a flower. "It's a vegetable!" say the cooks, as it is served in salty dishes. We selected its seeds, crossed plants and made grafts for wild tomatoes... and they became more or less juicy, with various colors ... Their common point: they grow in summer and if we want to respect nature, it is at this period that it is necessary to eat them.

Not much is needed to start enjoying gardening. But to garden, one must know the earth and understand the functioning of nature. During one year, season after season, one can find here all the needed elements to grow one’s own garden, in the ground or in a pot, thus making an alliance with nature. Let’s garden in an earth friendly way!

In this recipe book, we cook tasty and we learn the importance of choosing good products. Delicious sweet and salty recipes, with a way to choose and be aware of the ingredients’ origins. All are easy to realise under the watchful eye of an adult. Let’s cook some tasty and earth-friendly meals!

With their shiny eyes and their everlasting smile, dolphins are top ranking acrobats. They always live in group, be it for hunting or for coming breathing at the surface. They have a high sense of solidarity and they love to help each other. They are faithful in friendship and keep up together for life! A gentle, charming album to explore the daily life of the friendly dolphin.

In the beginning, there was an island… It is just a piece of earth confetti in the middle of the sea, born from a natural phenomenon. Then it is colonised by birds, insects and small animals… On islands, life can follow its own path. It is while observing them that Darwin came up with his famous evolution theory.

For a long time, head in the stars, men have been fascinated by these tiny points of light that can be seen in the sky every night. They are huge stars, 100 times larger than the sun ; their light takes a long time before reaching us! “Nothing is lost, everything is transformed!”

One, two, one, two… The ants are crossing the woods at the double to get back to their anthills. Before they could leave, they were first cleaners and factory workers. Beware! A stranger! The ants come hastily inside while the warriors come fighting their enemy. Ants’ life is a busy one!

Squirrels are pursuing eachother, the golden eagle scans the horizon, the brown bear breathes pine needles... All the animals are dancing together.

The hearing, the smell, the taste, the sight… One is missing… The sense of touch of course! Our five senses enable us to discover and adapt ourselves to our environment. They provide us with all the necessary information about our surrounding world. Convenient? They are more than that!

Up there, located in our cranium, is the most mysterious of all our organs… It is the brain. It gives all the necessary orders to make our body move, breathe, or the digestion. Everything without even paying attention! How is that possible? Thanks to all the nerves in our body.

Where does electricity come from? The history of electricity is the story of the widespread distribution of light, through technology. We can all do our own bit to control its use, while a greater role could be given to “new energies”. Giving a better way of making electricity and of using less of it.