Idea of progress - How far can we make our life more sustainable?

Résumé du document

I'm going to deal with the notion ‘Idea of Progress'. To begin, progress can be defined as an improvement, a development in any field of activity: science, technology, living conditions…
But progress can also have bad sides, and we are going to study one of them by now.
Climate change and ecological problems are one of the biggest issues nowadays. We are all destroying our planet, and if we don't change our habits by now, the consequences on the environment will be huge. We are going to see how far we can make our life more sustainable. First of all, we are going to define climate change and its consequences, then we're going to study the solutions we have to make our life more sustainable, and finally, we will be thinking of tomorrow.

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[...] In fact, we are emitting CO2, pollutants and fertilizers, more than our planet can absorb. Furthermore, the USA is the biggest polluter in the world, and if everyone adopted the American way of life, we would need five Earths to satisfy its needs. B. Climate Refugees Then, we studied a document called ‘Climate Refugees', it's an article from Scientific American, published on March Il deals with another consequence of climate change: some people are forced to migrate because of climate issues such as floods, melting glaciers or desertification. [...]

[...] What is an eco-city? To finish, we will now be thinking of tomorrow, and we will study ecological cities. We saw a document called ‘What is an eco-city?', which explains the goals and the characteristics of the new concept of eco- cities. We've learned that there are 3 goals of an eco-city: firstly, buildings use peer-to-peer energy, which means that they generate more energy than they need and share the surplus with other buildings. The seconde change is about the transports: they should be electric, public and multimodal, there are interconnected transport networks. [...]

[...] Celebrities and politicians are also really important in this fight because they have a lot of influence on people so they can easily make a difference by raising awareness. B. Political actions: The history of climate change in 83 seconds Then, we studied a video called ‘The history of climate change negotiations in 83 seconds. At the beginning, it explains the aim of the Kyoto Protocol, which in an international treaty that commits countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. [...]

[...] Conclusion To sum up, we saw here that climate change is one of the biggest issues of our century, but we also learned that there are solutions, actions we can take to make our life more sustainable. However, there are limits to these solutions: the constant search for power of the countries and climate change deniers are ruining all the efforts, people put in the fight. We can also wonder: can we promote economic growth and respect for the environment at the same time? [...]

[...] Solutions to make our life more sustainable A. Mass protests at People's Climate March Now, we will see that some people are trying to change this situation, and that there are solutions to make our life more sustainable. Firstly, we saw in the document ‘Mass protest at people's climate march' that there was a wave of activists protesting in the streets of the USA. The movement began in Washington and expanded to all of the biggest cities in the USA. [...]