Waching daily Jan 30 2019

Waow ! It's so hot for a month of October!

Tell me Petunia there is no more season ?

Yes indeed, Leon, it's a climate change.

We've heard a lot about it these days

with storms, floods, fires, heat waves ...

Do you know that by 2050, if we do not change our habits,

the atmosphere will warm up by 3 degrees Celsius

which would lead to dramatic and irreversible consequences on the Earth.

It's terrible!

How can we stop this phenomenon?

Don't worry Leon!

Solutions already exist and we can act.

We can start with small simple actions like :

consuming less water, reducing our waste and sorting it better,

taking public transport ...

to go further, we can also work in green jobs.

But Petunia,

green jobs, what does that mean?

These are trades that are part of an environmental approach.

some people have chosen, through their work,

to adopt methods that are more ecological friendly.

Let's discover these trades !

Let's start with Dimitri,

responsible for waste sorting.

Hello, I'm Dimitri.

As a responsible for waste sorting, my role is to intervene

and raise awareness about waste management, like many other jobs:

sorting agents, rippers and recycling employees, for example.

Speaking of recycling,

there is a profession in which we can promote waste,

here is Xavier, who is carpenter.

Hello, I'm Xavier.

Indeed, in carpentry one can use:

scraps of wood

old furniture

or old pallets

all these materials allow you to realize unique constructions:

as wooden patios, huts or furniture.

The only limit to all of this is your imagination.

Recycling, carpentry are great!

But when we talk about green jobs we think of plants first.

There are jobs where we are always outside,

in the nature.

You're right Petunia!

Bérangère, green spaces technician,

will tell us about her job.

When working in the park maintenance,

in a Town hall or in an organization,

you need some knowledge of plants,

nature or seasons.

For example, for the pruning of trees,

it is important to know the nesting period of the birds.

And all this while working for the well-being of the users.

To stay in the field of the professions that serve to human

while respecting nature,

I met Lorenzo, organic farmer.

Agriculture is a big issue in the ecological transition

and food is a field of activity

that is not likely to stop.

Because everyone eats, to fill the belly!

And to feed 7 billion people,

we currently use cultivation techniques

that respect neither biodiversity,

nor our soil,

nor the animals.

For example, monoculture,

pesticides

or battery farming.

We realize today that these farming methods

are no longer reliable in the long term.

Now, thanks to the permaculture concept,

we are getting healthier and more ecofriendly agriculture;

Here, we do not work our soil deeper

Or at least, just on the surface and when it's really needed.

Similarly for pesticides,

we do not use it any more.

Thanks to « butte culture »

or associated culture, we manage to avoid them.

But green jobs also go through awareness.

Arthur, nature educator, will present us his job.

The nature educator is first of all a lover

of fauna and flora.

He also likes to share his passion.

In order to raise awareness among the various publics of the biodiversity

and of the environmental problems one uses

various educational tools:

as sensory courses,

botanical walks

and ... the observation of insects.

We can follow our ecological way,

by engaging with association like 3PA

which proposes in particular: a vocational qualification in carpentry,

a civic service combined with a prequalification in the green trades.

Green jobs are GREAT !