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You can now order the proceedings of ISEND 2011 EUROPE, the DVD will be available at the end of October, click here for more information

524 participants from 56 countries have attended to ISEND 2011 in La Rochelle - France.

The participants seem to be very satisfied .

We, as organizers, have been very happy to meet you all. We have received a lot of acknowlegements wich make easier for us this difficult post Symposium period ....

 

We are now preparing a synthesis and some documents.

 

You can already find the list of participants on this website and you can load the relevant list to print it.

 

You can find VIDEOS on the home page.

 

You will soon find photos of each lecturer and posters.

 

We are preparing a CD with power point presentations, posters, photos and a short film on ISEND 2011. The CD will be ready within two month.

 

A bientôt

ISEND 2011 Europe has been officially granted the patronage of UNESCO on 22th June 2010.

ISEND 2011 Europe has been officially granted the patronage of "Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement" on 10th November 2010.

Pedagogical programmes inspired by the use of natural dyes currently associate three professional colleges specialised in fashion design and embroidery, in New-Caledonia, on the west coast of France and near Paris: the Lycée Professionnel Jean-XXIII at Paita, the Lycée Professionnel Gilles-Jamain at Rochefort-sur-Mer, the lycée Jules Verne from Sartrouville near Paris.

The film "Couleur Bourdaine" has been shown on Monday 25 April. Many people ask to have it . We wil soon indicate how the film could be distributed.

 

Some plant species in the protected ecosystems of Charente-Maritime are also present, and known as dye- plants, in other parts of Europe.

A particularly interesting example is Alder Buckthorn, Frangula dodonei Ard. subsp. dodonei (= Frangula alnus Miller). This shrub or small tree, also found in nearly all parts of France, in most of Europe, in North Africa and in north-western Asia, was getting too dominant in the alkaline Fens of l'Anglade (commune of Les Gonds, south-west of Saintes, on the middle valley of the Charente). This marsh has been established as a Special Protection Area included in the Natura 2000 network, as a seriously threatened habitat where several rare animal and plant species still live and is managed by the LPO (Association for birds protection). More information on the website of "Les Marais de l'Anglade".

Clearing of part of the spaces too overgrown with Aldder buckthorn, in this marshy area extending over nearly 90 hectares, was decided to obtain a better balance with sunlight-needing plant species. It produced a huge biomass consisting of twigs, leaves, stems, of cut down Alder Buckthorn. The bark of the stems and branches are known to contain colorants giving pinkish- beige to reddish-brown, very lightfast dyes and the fruit – small drupes – also contain fast orange-brown colorants plus a series of yellow flavonoid ones. Bark and berries have traditionally been used for dyeing in Europe, for instance in the Netherlands and in France. Part of the biomass produced by the clearing of the fens was therefore collected by the CRITT Horticole of Rochefort-Sur-Mer for extraction and valorisation of the colorants.

The resulting soluble extracts give beautiful dyes, the magni- ficent colours of which can be admired on the hangings decorating the stage of the Lecture Hall during ISEND 2011 Europe. They have also been used for printing the organic cotton cloth of the bags distri- buted to participants of the Symposium.

 

Extracting colorants from « green waste », as in this example, contributes to protecting and preserving biodiversity. It is a promising prospects for the development of the production of natural colorants.

 

A film on this project, « Couleur Bourdaine » is scheduled on monday 25th April at the Lecture Hall.

We are organizing an Art and Fashion Exhibition with you under the Direction of Karine Favier our Designer.