On June 8th, Mylene, Jean-Marie, Antoine, Marie-Eve, her cousin, as well as the grandparents of Vickie and Yan, went to the Phenix Awards night for nature and environment : The Earth Being was finalist in the "Youth Project" category , i.e. for projects having been created by people younger than 25 years old. The experience was very pleasant. Many interesting people were there, of which Luc Parlavecchio, Benoit Klein, Jerome Normand and Laurence Saint-Denis who took part in the National Action 2006 of ENvironnement JEUnesse! Nice surprise! Unfortunately, The Earth Being didn't win. However, all the finalist projects were extremely interesting, so we can only be happy for the winners. The winning project in the youth category was one of car modification to use electric power - theses cars are used in delivery businesses. The company is called "Alternativ". It thus received an amout of 2500$ .. It should be said that this project is recognized by the media and has already received several awards.

Some experiences can totally change our existence by modifying our main purpose. After a very interesting trip to Costa Rica, in which we, Yan and Vickie, volonteered on a subsistence organic farm in the mountains, we decided to tend toward an alternative kind of life, in which we could really apply our philosophical and environnemental beliefs. This projet is actually helping us to be the more genuine and healthy possible in our body and in our environment.

Here I present a personal study on the cultivation of fruits. This study intends to discover what kind of fruits production is suitable for a particular climate and elevation.

The study

The result of the study is a list of fruit plants (in the extended description : nuts and others plant parts that aren't actually fruits are also included). I've compiled the botanical name of each fruit, its name in enlish, french and spanish, and details about its cultivation and origin. The list can help you to get familiar with fruits you've never seen, just to obtain more information on fruits you already know, or to have hints about what kind of fruits to plant in a specific area. A zipped file containing pictures of the fruits that that are not well known can also be downloaded.