Mary asks…
how do you say danger in french? and what are some things i could say in french about the environment?
i’ve got my french as level oral exam tomorrow, im really stressed out about it. I’ll be talking about the world around us: travel, environmental issues and the french speaking world. What are some things i could say?
and how do you say danger in french?
thanks
The Expert answers:
It is a very wide subject.
Here are a few pointers:
Les activités humaines mettent notre planète en danger. Elles sont une des causes du réchauffement global et de la pollution de l’air que nous respirons, de l’eau que nous buvons , de la mer et de la terre qui nous nous fournissent notre nourriture.
Nous voyageons trop, simplement pour le plaisir, et pas nécessairement par nécessité.
Nous consomons trop de matières premières apauvrissant les resources pour les générations futures. Les carburants que nous utilisons, les choses que nous brulons, la déforestation dans certaines parties du globe sont tous contributeurs de gaz carbonique qui cause l’effet de serre.
Nous manufacturons trop de choses inutiles dont nous disposons rapidement et que nous mettons dans nos poubelles.
Nous utilisons aussi des produits nocifs qui causent un nombre croissant de cancers dans la population.
Dans les pays prospères les gens mangent trop et de manière malsaine. Le nombre de gens obèses croit continuellement tandis que les habitants d’autres pays meurent de faim et de soif. En Afrique en particulier, les conditions de vie deviennent de plus en plus difficiles.
Toutefois la France fait de gros efforts pour utiliser des sources d’énergie propre: l’eau des montagnes, le vent ( éoliennes) et exerce le recyclage depuis un certain nombre d’années. Les gens y achètent des produits durables et de meilleure qualité en préférence aux pacotilles. On y mange moins de produits artificiels que dans d’autres pays, et le régime alimentaire y est plus modeste. C’est un pays agricole et les bois et les plantes y sont préservés et respectés. On y évite la pollution de l’eau et on minimise l’utilisation des engrais chimiques artificiels.
This is just a sketch and you have to add your own ideas, but it gives you a start. You will have to do a great deal of learning overnight.
Good luck with your oral!
Michael asks…
Is pseudo nonconformity a smoke screen…?
…undermining creative free thinking, advancement of a more equitable society and the global debate over climate change?
Have we been unknowingly marketed into believing that wearing a tattoo or buying from whole foods is going to make a positive impact as we continue to follow patterns of behavior that retains the status quo while neglecting important issues on on both a local and global global level? Is this similar to what occurred during the hippie movement of the mid 60’s- mid 70’s which arguably lead to rampant consumerism and a waste of opportunity during the 80’s and 90’s?
Are we being duped and tricked into submission in order to keep corporate profits secure by being “allowed” to believe that token actions are having a positive impact on society, culture and the great environmental issues before us?
The Expert answers:
People want to be cool…or think they are cool
When everyone is doing something to be non-conforming……
It really isn’t non-conforming anymore……
It’s a fad
I saw 2 kids sitting on a sofa texting each other
They could of just turned to each other and had a conversation
BUT SOMEONE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE THEM PAY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
and feel like they were “cool” while doing it
back to your question
Non-conformist?????
From Brando to James Dean to Steve McQueen to Easy Rider
The Baby Boomers ate it up…people still do
OF COURSE ..the one’s with “the knowing ” will cash in
Fads…from politics to sports teams to …..
“Buying our Identity”…by what cloths you wear , or if you have Long hair or shave your head, to riding a Harley to Hip Hop culture
YES we are duped
There is a lazar dot coming out of our television and computers and
magazines……
And it is on the foreheads of millions
Just take a course or do some extensive reading on “Public Relations”
It is easy enough to see…if you choose to look
William asks…
In general, which political party do you think cares more about Environmental issues?
I’m a senior in high school and am taking an AP Environmental class. Our teacher was having us look up around 22 Environmental laws and amendments. One of things that she asked us to do was to name the presidents that were in office at the time the law was passed. I found it surprising that (aside from Clinton), all the presidents were of the Republican party.
The Expert answers:
In terms of history, yes, most environmentally friendly Presidents were indeed Republican, in fact it was Republican President Teddy Roosevelt who established the national forests we have today. But as a former Republican myself, I can tell you that, most assuredly, the Democrats care more about the environment today. Some, however, try to exaggerate the issues of the environment in order to assert primacy as the nations leading environmentalists, and subsequently hurt the economy.
Maria asks…
Does it seem like environmental efforts in the US are being focused on things that don’t make much difference?
Like the light bulb phasing out – when you factor in the mercury pollution, the fact that most people won’t dispose of CFLs properly and not to mention the loss of US jobs since most CFLs are made overseas, it’s really a policy that does little if any good. The government refuses to tackle environmental issues on a larger scale. Banning drive-thru at fast food places would do a lot more than banning incandescent lightbulbs, make people park and walk in to the counter instead of idling engines and wasting gas. Cracking down on industries would be the biggest help though, but we all know corporate lobbyists keep that from happening.
When your kids get mercury poisoning you can tell me how great those CFLs are. We banned lead paint and recommend against mercury thermometers and thermostats because kids get into everything and can sustain permanent damage from toxic metals.
The fact that it uses less energy is pretty much negated by the other environmental costs and the costs in jobs. CFLs require more responsibility and most people won’t be responsible with them.
The Expert answers:
Yes, sometimes it seems that we do what is politically feasible rather than what would actually have the greatest impact.
Robert asks…
what are some imperative and current issues in politics?
Hey everyone,
I have a paper that I need to start soon and for it, I need to look at a current and imperative issue in politics. I need to develop a thesis analyzing how the thinkers we have studied Plato, Rousseau, Karl Marx and Carl Schmitt would have thought about it.
I was hoping to stay away from US, environmental or economic politics since they are such broad topics and concern myself more with global or humanitarian issues.
Anyone have recommendation of a current issue in politics?
Thanks!
The Expert answers:
Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
How Israel is preventing peace, doesn’t care about peace, and doesn’t want it.
Why would they anyway? They are living better lives than most Americans at the US taxpayers expense.
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