ABSTRACT
Our world is in a state of constant flux as we endlessly strive for innovation and the creation of new products, services and amenities. Territorial reforms follow one after the other as policymakers scramble to rethink public action. The media keep us informed of the precarious geopolitical state of our world, ever shifting, nearly always unsettling. Alongside this seemingly perpetual acceleration in economic, cultural and technological realms, other actors are committed to slowing down the race for ‘progress’‒ an almost mindless thirst for more and bigger and better ‒ and are thinking about transitions in energy, food and policies that will cool down our entropic overheated societies. At the heart of the ambivalence we find on both sides, the body is profoundly affected by these issues and movements: some actors are focused on enhancing physical performances in various social, leisure, sporting and professional situations, whereas others have chosen the path of a gentler body ecology and are searching for more respectful relationships with the eco-biosystems around us.
