I turn your dance moves into kilowatts

How to educate young people about environmental issues when you love the nightlife? This former clubber decided to create a sustainable dance floor. His invention allows dancers to produce the electricity that will light up the club. For Michel, it’s more than worth the effort!

I invite you to meditate on the streets of New York

This artist creates ephemeral mandalas on the sidewalks of New York. These works made with grains of sand of every colour offer passers-by the opportunity to escape for a few minutes from their daily routine and meditate on the essence of the world.

I created Neighbour Day

Everyone has heard of Neighbour Day! This Parisian civil servant devoted his enthusiasm and energy to making Neighbor Day one of the most popular holidays in Europe. Recalling the beginning of the adventure, Atanase wasn’t sure it would amount to much…

I created a hospital for paralysed people like me

After a terrible accident confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, this former top athlete decided to create the first hospital in the world designed by paraplegics for paraplegics.

The statues I sculpt weigh only a few grams

After being fired by one of the leading manufacturers of Carnivale masks, this French designer went to live near the temples of Angkor. He then improved upon the traditional technique of paper maché to give life to unbelievable statues whose secret he alone knows. All are locally produced with recycled materials.

I fight against bride kidnapping

In Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, the majority of men kidnap the woman they wish to marry. A victim of this practice as a student, Gazi escaped her captor and took up the fight against this illegal tradition with amazing success.

I use hypnosis for surgical operations

This anesthesiologist has been using hypnosis for 15 years to anaesthetise patients in the operating room. This novel technique offers clear advantages, as evidenced by the many testimonies of those who have agreed to be operated on under hypnosis.