Those things I do for the environment 🌎 Let's talk about SUSTAINABILITY in FRENCH! (with subtitles)
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0:00 Hi everyone, welcome to a new video on the Piece of French channel! Hope you are doing well! Today, we are going to talk about sustainable development and I will share with
0:13 you these small gestures that I take on a daily basis to reduce my environmental impact. If you are new to the channel my name is Elsa, I am French and I teach you
0:28 French in an authentic and fun way with videos on various topics like this one. All the videos are subtitled in French and English so don't hesitate
0:41 to activate the subtitles if you need them and to subscribe to the channel if you too want to progress in French. Let's start by defining what sustainable development is.
0:55 The first definition of sustainable development was given in 1987 and sustainable development was defined as a development that meets the needs of current generations without
1:12 compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. Sustainable development is development which respects nature and human beings and which takes into account
1:25 ecological and social aspects and not just purely financial considerations. Sustainable development is something that is played out at the level of companies, states
1:37 but also at the individual level. I think we all have a role to play on this issue and that we can all take small steps on a daily basis. I must admit that this is a subject that has not
1:48 always interested me. In fact, I think it's mostly a subject that we didn't talk about much when I was young and in recent years, it has become a real subject and a real concern.
2:01 There is a French documentary film that I really liked called Demain (Tomorrow), which was directed by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent, which lists initiatives in
2:12 several countries facing the environmental challenges of the 21st century, whether it be about agriculture, energy, education, economy. So what I really liked about this documentary is that
2:25 it adopts an optimistic point of view and it makes you want to act on your own scale. But I want to make a little disclaimer. It is that I am far from perfect on this subject. The fact is that
2:37 I fly regularly since I do not live in the same country as my family so I regularly take the plane to visit my family and inevitably the plane has a very negative impact on
2:50 my ecological footprint since the plane is the most polluting mode of transport. By the way on this question, I recommend a podcast by Hugo from innerFrench called "Should we
3:03 stop taking the plane?" which I found very interesting. I'll leave it to you in the info bar. In short, so I am far from perfect, I am not here to give you lessons but just
3:15 to share with you what I do. After this very long introduction, let's talk about these little things I do to reduce my environmental impact. I think the first thing to
3:27 do to reduce your environmental impact on an individual level is to reduce your waste. To do this, I avoid using disposable single-use items as much as possible
3:46 and I prefer reusable items such as reusable bags for shopping. So when I do my shopping, I take these kind of small bags to put the fruits and vegetables. I
4:01 also use a reusable bottle, it saves me from using water bottles so I use a reusable bottle. Ah, I also use a reusable straw, it's in the kitchen, wait, I'll get it.
4:20 There, that's a straw! We call it "une paille" in French and therefore I use a reusable straw. What else ? Yes also when I have my period I use reusable
4:37 sanitary pads so I have pads like this and I also have a menstrual cup. I try to buy in bulk if possible to avoid packaging and this is pretty much what
4:52 I do to try to reduce my waste. The second thing is that I sort my waste. So in Israel, there are several bins. There is a paper bin, a
5:10 cardboard and packaging bin, a normal bin and a glass bin. So I sort my waste as much as possible. We also have compost at home. In the compost, we put all the organic waste
5:26 like the peelings of fruits and vegetables, the eggshells, also the packaging of the eggs, it also goes in the compost and frankly, if you have the possibility,
5:36 I advise you really to set up a compost in your home because it will significantly reduce your amount of waste. The third thing I do is try to eat local
5:55 so buy fruits and vegetables that have been produced locally in order to avoid the transport of goods which pollutes. I think we are rather lucky in Israel since we
6:09 have a wide variety of fruits and vegetables that are produced locally. For example, we have avocados or bananas that are produced locally. It's not always easy to eat local, but I try
6:23 to do it as much as possible. Always in relation to food, I try to reduce my consumption of products from animal origin and to eat as much vegan as possible.
6:40 I am not vegan, I eat everything but I am aware that the farming industry is very polluting and that the conditions are terrible so I try to reduce as much as possible.
6:56 A fifth thing I do is reuse. I buy second-hand products, second-hand products,
7:11 whether it is clothes, furniture or electronic devices. So for example my phone is used. By the way, I made a video on the subject, I'll leave it to you right here.
7:22 All our furniture is second-hand. I do very little shopping, I like to collect clothes from friends. That, for example, was a t-shirt that belonged to my grandmother. As I told you,
7:37 I don't really like shopping but I love watching videos on YouTube of girls who take clothes that they bought in thrift store, that they bought second-
7:51 hand and that they turn into super beautiful and original clothes. There is Clara Victorya in particular who does that and I love what she does. It also makes me want to learn to sew,
8:05 by the way I had started sewing lessons but I did not have the time but as soon as I can, I will start again. Sixth thing is that I try to take public transport as much as possible.
8:21 I avoid taking the car. If I can I take public transport or I go on foot. So after that, there are a few things that I tried and it was a bit of a failure.
8:33 In particular, I tried a solid shampoo to avoid buying shampoo in plastic bottles, but it was a failure, a fail. We also say in French: it was a big fail, it was
8:50 a bit of a disaster. So I know there is a period of adjustment but frankly I tried, I gave it a chance for at least two weeks and my hair was really ugly.
9:05 So I gave up on solid shampoo but tell me in the comments if you have a good experience with solid shampoos. So these are the actions I am taking to try to
9:17 reduce my environmental impact, tell me in the comments what actions you are taking to reduce your ecological footprint, maybe that will give me some ideas. Hope you enjoyed
9:31 this video, if you liked the video and want me to do more videos on the topic, please let me know by leaving a little thumbs up. Subscribe to the
9:44 channel if you haven't already and I'll see you next Wednesday for a new video bye!