Conference

INHABITING THE WORLD, IN MOTION

A 25,000 km bicycle exploration

What if inhabiting the world began by learning to listen to it?

For over two years, I have been cycling solo across 25,000 kilometers from France to Japan. A slow journey, in direct contact with landscapes and the people who inhabit them.

Along the way, I encounter ways of living deeply rooted in the living world — ways of building shaped by climate, materials, and uses, revealing another way of being in the world: more attentive, more grounded, more restrained.

From the floating villages of Cambodia to the living root bridges of Northeast India, from earthen architectures in China to wind towers in the Iranian deserts… this talk unfolds as a journey through stories, images, and lived experiences. It tells of an exploration shaped by the unknown, hospitality, questions, and encounters. But also of a deeper quest: understanding what these ways of inhabiting — born from local resources and a close relationship with the living — can still teach us today.

Through movement and travel, this talk invites us to slow down, to look at the world differently — and perhaps to rethink the way we inhabit it.

A talk adaptable to different audiences

General audiences

Developing a more attentive perspective on the world: territories, resources, living systems
Drawing inspiration from more grounded and resilient ways of inhabiting
Exploring the values of bicycle travel: slowness, connection, openness, freedom
Finding meaning through engagement, experience, and slowness
Opening up to otherness and cultivating trust in others
Sharing the experience of traveling solo as a woman: between freedom, vulnerability, and the strength of human connection

Companies / organizations

Drawing insight from field experience to rethink decision-making and action
Imagining more sustainable models rooted in their environment
Innovating from existing resources rather than depleting them
Navigating uncertainty and moving forward without full control
Turning constraints into drivers of creativity

Schools / students

Discovering the diversity of cultures and ways of inhabiting the world
Understanding ecological challenges through lived experiences
Stepping out of comfort zones: exploring, experimenting, learning through trial and error
Learning through field experience, curiosity, and encounters
Opening up to difference and building trust in others
Finding and shaping one’s own path

Duration: 1h30 including Q&A

Language : English or French
Fee: upon request