ARTS AND NATURE THINK TANK
CONVERSATIONS
UNDER THE TREE
2026 SEASON
FIVE WAYS OF QUESTIONING THE LIVING WORLD
From April to October, the 2026 season of the Conversations under the Tree explores five ways of approaching nature: its forces, what binds us to it, how we perceive it, the worlds it still keeps out of our sight, and the knowledge it passes on.
At each meeting, scientists, philosophers, writers and artists bring together their research, their experience and their sensibilities. Five themes answer one another through the year and make up a many-voiced reflection on the living world.
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THE NEXT CONVERSATION
SEAWEED, A GIFT FROM THE OCEAN
24 AND 25 SEPTEMBER 2026
Long kept out of our sight, seaweeds nonetheless shape landscapes essential to the balance of life. Four perspectives will bring together biology, artistic creation, biotechnology and ocean policy.
Line Le Gall · Bernard Kloareg · Vincent Doumeizel · Nicolas Floc’h
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THEN, IN OCTOBER
FORAGING, BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND AN ART OF LIVING
15 AND 16 OCTOBER 2026
Éric Lambin · François Couplan · Mathilde Simon · Anaïs Tondeur
EARLIER THIS SEASON
23 AND 24 APRIL 2026
THE PRODIGIOUS ENERGY OF NATURE
Périg Pitrou
Purificación López-García
Étienne Klein · Evi Keller
21 AND 22 MAY 2026
ROOTS: WHAT HOLDS, WHAT BINDS, WHAT GROWS
Charles Stépanoff · Jacques Tassin
Olivier Remaud
Pascal Convert
18 AND 19 JUNE 2026
COLOURS AND THE PERCEPTION OF LIFE
Cécile Croce · Marc-André Selosse
Jean-Michel Gibert
Astrid de La Forest
TWO DAYS OF CONVERSATIONS
1 night at Le Bois des Chambres, breakfast included
4 talks and a round table
2 lunches and 1 dinner at Le Grand Chaume
A tour of the estate and its exhibitions
395 € for one person
575 € for two people in a double room
Attendance at the talks with meals included is also possible.
THE ARCHIVES
SINCE 2023
Themes, guests, programmes and videos: the memory of the Conversations under the Tree.
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