10 “The clump of reeds has that strength that, if you tie the whole clump with a strong rope and want to uproot it all, I tell you that ten men, no matter how much they pull, will not uproot it even with many more; and if you remove the rope, from reed to reed, an eight-year-old boy will break it, so that no reed will remain there.” With this metaphor, Ramon Muntaner spoke to us, in the 14th century, about the ties between Catalans, Valencians, and Balearics, and the need to act together. Seven centuries later, I had the opportunity to participate in another Mata de Jonc. In Vila-real –Plana Baixa–, a series of conferences were organized, promoted by the Llull Federation (OCB, Òmnium, and ACPV) that sought to create meeting spaces among people from different Catalan-speaking territories. Over a weekend, people from diverse backgrounds shared debates, workshops, and conversations to dream of possible futures, which often continued in the hallways or at the table. We did not always agree – and it is better so –, but one thing was clear: the need to listen to each other more across territories. These types of encounters serve precisely for that: to exchange points of view without preconceptions and without prefabricated discourses. Without grand stagings or solemn proclamations. Just people talking, discussing, and, from time to time, changing their minds. Because, what do we really know about the problems of the Valencians and principatins?

]]> The title of this article coincides with that of one of the most listened-to podcasts in France: Human warmth, which Nabil Wanik directs and presents for the newspaper Le MondeSince 2022, Wanik has been interviewing people of all kinds each week—politicians, scientists, artists, activists, and businesspeople—with the same underlying question: How do we address climate change, and what can we do to adapt?

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