Tag: pollution

  • My electronic device is slowing down and my power consumption is increasing

    My electronic device is slowing down and my power consumption is increasing

    No, your devices (phone, tablet, computer) are not less efficient. They just have more work to do and as a result are slower and consume more power. They don’t provide you with any more services. Twenty years ago, you could already watch videos, make calls, look at classified ads and consult the press online. There’s…

  • Mon appareil ralentit et ma consommation augmente

    Mon appareil ralentit et ma consommation augmente

    Non, vos appareils (téléphone, tablette, ordinateur) ne sont pas moins performants. Ils ont juste plus de travail et par conséquent sont plus lents et consomment plus. Ils ne vous rendent pas plus de services. Il y a vingt ans on pouvait déjà regarder des vidéos, passer des appels, regarder des petites annonces et consulter la…

  • EU-Mercosur

    EU-Mercosur

    Under the EU-Mercosur agreement, goods circulate freely without controls or taxes. There is a health risk for consumers in Europe. We will be creating production conditions that are deplorable in social, human health, animal welfare and environmental terms. For example, 27% of the pesticides used by Brazilian farmers are banned in Europe. Many companies in…

  • Le EU-Mercosur

    Le EU-Mercosur

    Avec l’accord EU-Mercosur, les marchandises circulent librement sans contrôles ni taxes. Il y a un risque sanitaire pour les consommateurs en Europe. On va créer des conditions de production déplorables au niveau social, de la santé humaine, du bien-être animal et de l’environnement. C’est une concurrence déloyale pour les producteurs européens. Par exemple, 27% des…

  • The power of a King’s Speech

    The power of a King’s Speech

    “King Charles III is a constitutional monarch, meaning that he is Head of State. Although his political and executive powers are limited, the Monarch plays a central role in the life of the nation and has a lot of important responsibilities”. (The Role of the Monarch: https://ndla.no/subject:1:9b93cd9e-a45c-428c-a8fb-b4955169efdf/topic:0b7ab7e5-14c7-4118-b81e-c7d27df3aa6d/resource:ad73b390-5142-49e7-ba86-ef25c74d2e28) But what are these responsibilities? What is this…

  • Immigration

    Immigration

    The images are frightening. We see caravans of migrants crossing Central America on their way to the United States. We see boats filled to the brim off the coast of Florida or in the Mediterranean. In border towns, we see hordes of young men on the streets, destitute, jumping the barriers of detention centres, living…

  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Les images font peur. On voit des caravanes de migrants traverser l’Amérique centrale pour aller aux Etats-Unis. On voit des bateaux remplis à ras bord au large de la Floride ou en Méditerranée. Dans les villes frontière, on voit des hordes de jeunes hommes dans la rue, démunis, sautant les barrières des centres de rétention,…

  • Fashion

    Fashion

    On average, it takes 10,000 litres of water to produce 1 kilo of cotton, or 2,500 to 3,000 litres for a standard T-shirt (250 to 300 grams of cotton). That’s a lot of water consumption for such a small piece of fabric! 4% of the world’s drinking water is used to produce our clothes. The…

  • La mode

    La mode

    En moyenne, il faut 10000 litres d’eau pour produire 1 kilo de coton, soit 2500 à 3000 litres pour un t-shirt classique (250 à 300 grammes de coton). Une grande consommation d’eau pour un petit bout de tissus ! 4 % de l’eau potable disponible dans le monde est utilisée pour produire nos vêtements. L’eau…

  • Ecoterrorism

    Ecoterrorism

    Terrorism is the use of terror for ideological, political or religious ends. The word “terrorisme” was first used in November 1794, when it was used to describe the “doctrine of the partisans of the Terror”, those who, some time earlier, had exercised power by waging an intense and violent struggle against the counter-revolutionaries. It was…