I don’t know a lot about this little magazine except that it was published by the Association pour la Porotectin de la Nature et de l’Environnement – Vence et environs (APNE) (Association for the Protection of Nature and the Environment – Vence and surrounding areas). It is devoted, as the name of both the magazine and the association imply, to environmental causes here in Vence.
The first issue is dated at the beginning of 1975. I’m not sure how long it was in publication. The last issue I have is #18 which is dated summer of 1981. I’m missing issues #7, #13, #16 & #17.
I purchased these copies from a longtime Vence resident and had never heard of the publication before he showed them to me. Most of the issues are just 12 pages long, they are printed in black and white (with a third solid color sometimes) and the pages are stapled together on the left hand side.
In his introduction to the organization and magazine in the first issue, the president, Pierre Fouques, says:
“Can we manage to reach a future balance between the expanding industrial and agricultural production — producing wealth and material well-being in affluent countries — and what should be the ultimate goal of these efforts: the physical, intellectual, and moral health of individuals?
“We believe that for the spiritual elevation of humanity, the anarchy that has prevailed for decades in the economic organization of our industrial civilization must come to an end.
“We must rethink, recycle, and no longer discard, because from now on raw materials and energy are rationed and traded. And yet we know that the economic machine must keep running, despite its conflicting imperatives — the encroaching machinery and a voracious population growth.
“If a transformation must occur, it should happen without a major crisis, and for that we need to master science and technology, define priorities, so that humanity does not remain the worst predator of the biosphere, and so that, ultimately, people feel at ease in their own skin.
“If we fight against all forms of pollution, it is because it has been scientifically demonstrated that they are, among other nuisances, partly or entirely responsible for certain types of cancer, a current scourge. And we must indeed trust the ecologists who demonstrate to us daily that nature can no longer recycle the waste of all kinds that overwhelm us with nuisances.”
If you have any questions about this magazine, or would just like more information, drop me an email at steve@steveandcaroleinvence.com.
Vence Nature N°1
1975 / French
Paper
12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
The first issue of this little magazine from the beginning of 1975. Contains an introduction to the magazine and the association responsible for it , the Association pour la Protection de la Nature et de l’Environnement – Vence et Environs (A.P.N.E.) (Association for the Protection of Nature and the Environment – Vence and surrounding areas). Features articles about le Plan des Noves, the Environment and Urban Planning, the Forest and its Benefits, an “Acorn Game” and more.
Vence Nature N°10
1977 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the winter of 1977/1978. It features articles such as Why So Many Roads, Tomorrow The Mediterranean, The Fig Harvest, How To Promote and Inhabit and more.
Vence Nature N°11
1978 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the spring of 1978. It features articles such as Vence…70 Years Ago, Electropollution, The Spring Festival, Reforestation is Breathing Life Into the World and more.
Vence Nature N°12
1978 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the fall of 1978. It features articles such as Biology and Nuclear Energy, The Vandal of Saint-Barnabé, The Mercantour National Park – With and For Mountaineers and more.
Vence Nature N°13
1979 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the winter of 1979. It features articles such as Biology and Nuclear Energy, The Vandal of Saint-Barnabé, The Mercantour National Park – With and For Mountaineers and more.
Vence Nature N°14
1979 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the summer of 1979. It features articles such as The Sun Within Reach, Hiker’s Guide, The Poet’s Page and more.
Vence Nature N°15
1980 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the winter of 1980. It features articles such as Mountain Protection, Solar Energy and Technology, France Without Oil and more.
Vence Nature N°18
1981 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the summer of 1981. It features articles such as Why Are The Forests Burning, Protection of the Mediterranean Forest From an Economic Point of View, and more.
Vence Nature N°2
1975 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the spring of 1975. It features articles about the life of the A.P.N.E., their support for famers in the Var, an open forum about hunting, Mediterranean Oil Alert, a history of agriculture in Saint-Paul and more.
Vence Nature N°3
1975 / French
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14 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the summer of 1975. It features articles about L.A.S.E., the Unknown Riches of the Hinterland, the Pre-Alpes of Vence and Biology, an open forum about the destruction of birds, and more.
Vence Nature N°4
1975 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the fall of 1975. It features articles about protecting the quality of the water in Vence, Ten Major Pollutants, Archeology, Vence Transport during the Belle Époque and more.
Vence Nature N°5
1976 / French
Paper
10 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the spring of 1976. It features articles about How to Regenerate Forests, Chemical Culture and Human Monsters and more.
Vence Nature N°6
1976 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the summer and fall of 1976. It features articles such as Refelctions on the Land Use Plan, The Takeover of our Regions: the Facts, the Great Pity of Small Paths and more.
Vence Nature N°8
1977 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the spring of 1977. It features articles such as Special Elections, Communists and the Living Environment in Vence, A Pretty Legend from Iceland and more.
Vence Nature N°9
1977 / French
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12 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from the summer and fall of 1977. It features articles such as Pity for the Olive Tree, Vence la Jolie, Life – Nature – Environment and Cremation, A Story of Time Passing and more.