Tag: waste

  • We are breathing uranium

    We are breathing uranium

    Uranium is not used responsibly. It is used in ammunitions during war. When ammunition explode, uranium is dispersed into dust that is carried by the wind or spreads into waterways. We are all polluted by wars, even those far away. It is used in agriculture to sterilize crops. Farmers are the first victims because they…

  • Overconsumption of lithium

    Overconsumption of lithium

    Lithium mining pollutes: it produces a huge amount of waste that kills all forms of life in soils and rivers if not reprocessed. Lithium mining is costly for the planet. To use lithium in lithium batteries, cobalt and other earths are also needed, which are only found in a few countries where they are easy…

  • License on the Red Planet – A science fiction story

    License on the Red Planet – A science fiction story

    Clementine woke up suddenly. She had dreamt that she was on the Red planet again, the planet where she was born. She was still considered a citizen of this planet, not of the Planet Brown for which she had left everything. As she couldn’t pay for extra luggage, she had arrived five years ago now…

  • Qu’est-ce que gaspiller?

    Qu’est-ce que gaspiller?

    Qu’est-ce que gaspiller? Croquer deux fois dans une pomme et la délaisser parce qu’on est rassasié ou manger deux paquets de gâteaux industriels et d’en acheter un quatrième parce qu’on a encore faim? Was bedeutet es, etwas zu verschwenden? Oder zwei Packungen industriell gefertigten Kuchen zu essen und eine vierte zu kaufen, weil man noch…