Tag: ecology

  • A simple life respectful of the natural world

    A simple life respectful of the natural world

    The idea is nothing new. Diogenes of Sinope and Francis of Assisi both promoted a simple life lived in accordance with nature, and both defied those in power. They were not afraid of poverty, even though they had both been raised in comfort. Diogenes was the son of a money changer. The job of a…

  • Air Conditioning – La clim’

    Air Conditioning – La clim’

    Heat makes people sick and can even kill them. Lack of sleep or poor sleep quality due to the heat can have serious consequences for your health and life. For example, excessive irritability at work or at home can have serious consequences. Telling people not to use air conditioning is criminal. Most people didn’t choose…

  • Shopping Malls

    Shopping Malls

    At the edges of cities, one can see the development of stores in corrugated metal (or metal cladding) warehouses — with ground-floor layouts and extensive parking lots in front, behind, or surrounding them. These prefabricated structures offer significant cost savings and rapid construction. The investment per square meter is substantially lower than that of an architecturally…

  • Fishing (La pêche)

    Fishing (La pêche)

    The fuel required for large, petrol-powered boats is subsidized. These subsidies are funded through taxes and ultimately enrich oil companies. Banks only lend money to fishermen who use industrial fishing methods. All industrial fishermen around the world catch the same fishes in the same locations, under the same conditions and are dependent on oil. The…

  • Ironing 

    Ironing 

    Je suis le passant qui passe et qui repasse When I was 17, after burning a triangle of skin on my forearm with an iron during my first attempt at ironing, my grandmother told me that she never ironed. To my great surprise, I had never noticed anything; my grandmother was always elegant. So, I…

  • La mine urbaine: les métaux dans les poubelles

    La mine urbaine: les métaux dans les poubelles

    Plus besoin de creuser profondément dans les mines, recycler les métaux devient plus avantageux que d’extraire des sols. Cela consomme moins de CO2 et pollue moins. There is no longer a need to dig deep into mines, as recycling metals is becoming more advantageous than extracting them from the ground. It consumes less CO2 and…

  • The big change

    The big change

    Karl Marx demonstrated that capitalism would experience numerous crises due to its inherently unstable functioning, which penalizes the majority of the population. Companies cannot differentiate themselves from one another solely through their machinery, because their competitors also have machinery that they can push to its limits. Human labor can always be pushed to do more…

  • The diesel engine

    The diesel engine

    Diesel engines are more efficient, more reliable, easier to repair, and more polyvalent than gasoline engines. Diesel engines produce combustion particles, but their ecological footprint can be reduced through the use of filters and additives. Like all combustion engines, they pollute, but they are the most efficient — meaning they use less fuel and emit…

  • Teleworking

    Teleworking

    Home Office Teleworking and flexible working hours have many advantages and are easy to implement. The legal framework is already in place, teleworking has been experimented during COVID, and many office tasks are now digitized and can therefore be performed remotely. This improves citizens’ lives without the need for politicians, voting, or conflict. With more…

  • Mission Possible – Options

    Mission Possible – Options

    Achieving long-term social and environmental development goals requires a systemic approach. In every country, there are very different opinions on what should be done. We must live together. No group, whether on the right, left, or center, can impose its will on the rest of the population. Punishing part of the population is unnecessary. Governing…