La Belle ville

«We arrived at the first stop on our itinerary, Mexico, with an almost conqueror's mindset, confident of finding answers to our questions and revolutionary projects. Instead, the experience far exceeded our expectations. We discovered a way of understanding the transition of cities completely disconnected from our own... A population that, based on its own parameters, was experimenting with a very broad spectrum of solutions around the themes of urban greening, urban agriculture, and composting: philosophers, researchers, specialists, and ordinary citizens were involved in the change.

Every time we arrived somewhere, we dedicated the first day to exploring the city. In Chicago, for example, we never imagined seeing, from the top of the tallest skyscraper, green roofs everywhere. Of course, all this comes at a cost, we understand that well. However, the model we are currently living in is totally obsolete and must be entirely rebuilt. It is an effort we are all called to make: the private sector on its own terrace, the collective sector through associations, businesses, and municipalities. Perhaps there is too much utopia in what we say, we are aware of that. Yet the initiatives we've discovered are concrete, they already exist, and in this time of crisis, this gives us comfort: a transformation is underway, it's time to use our imagination to envision concrete scenarios as alternatives to the catastrophic ones we witness every day. Act to avoid suffering».