Environment
The Espace Documentaire Environnement offers cutting-edge, up-to-date, cross-disciplinary books to cover the full range of environmental issues.
- Explore the Environment collection of the Michel Serres library on the Lyon-Écully campus (Lyon Ecully Catalog).
- A selection of printed documents from Lyon-Ecully and Saint Etienne:

Les jeunes ingénieurs face aux urgences environnementales : l'expérience de l'Ecole des mines
Environnement Document imprimé Lyon-Ecully
Notre nouvelle nature : guide de terrain de l'Anthropocène
Environnement Document imprimé Lyon-Ecully
Focus magazine: Socialter
The bimonthly magazine Socialter explores ecological, democratic and social economy themes, asking the question: how can society evolve towards greater justice and democracy, while respecting ecological balances?
Find Socialter, to leaf through on site or to borrow, in the Press area of the Michel Serres library.
Sustainable living
At the heart of L'Alvéole, a space dedicated to everyday life and leisure, the documentary collection Mode de vie durable gives you access to practical guides on the challenges of sustainable development and the best practices to adopt.
- Explore the entire Mode de vie durable collection from the Michel Serres library on the Lyon-Ecully campus (Lyon-Ecully Catalog).
- A selection of printed documents on Lyon-Ecully and Saint Etienne:

Éco-anxiété : mieux gérer ses émotions liées au dérèglement climatique
Mode de vie durable Document imprimé Lyon-Ecully
La disparition du vivant & moi : comprendre pour changer
Mode de vie durable Document imprimé Lyon-Ecully
Je fais pousser mes bébés plantes : tout pour les bouturer, les multiplier, les faire germer et pour en prendre soin
Mode de vie durable Document imprimé Lyon-Ecully
Focus film : Tous résistants dans l'âme
From the Pyrenees to Isère, via Corrèze or the Paris region, Stéphane Chatry, the director of this documentary, takes a tour of France to meet activists for change, all guided by the idea of reflecting on the actions needed to build a better world.
Biodiversity, permaculture, ecological habitats, food production, alternative schools, local currencies or integrative health, many subjects are discussed with these scientists, professors, and other specialists who expose their ideas and innovations inspired by their vision of tomorrow's society.
Watch the film: Tous résistants dans l'âme on the Médiathèque Numérique (in French only)Our comics selection
- Explore the selection of comics on the ecological transition from the Michel Serres library on the Lyon-Ecully campus (Lyon-Ecully catalog).
- A selection of printed documents on Lyon-Ecully and Saint Etienne:
Inspiring podcasts
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The podcast De cause à effets features major environmental debates: experiences, research, emerging solutions close to home or at the ends of the earth, in the company of researchers, decision-makers and citizens. | Designed by members of the Shift Project, the podcast Time to shift sheds light on contemporary energy and climate issues to move towards a post-carbon economy. | Mixing personal questioning, domestic tribulations, reports and interviews with researchers and activists, Vivons heureux avant la fin du monde aims to alert, awaken and reassure about another possible world. | Pour que Nature vive is a podcast from the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle to understand living things and our planet. Muséum researchers chronicle our planet, exposing the dangers that threaten it but also the hopes for preserving nature. |