Consume more responsibly

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Analyse en anglais pour se poser la question de comment consommer plus responsable

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[...] So, we can say that organic food has many positive points. Finally, another solution is to buy local food or to grow our own garden, on a patio, in a window box, in our kitchen, in our backyard, or in a community garden. In fact, an own garden has two advantages. The best advantage is reducing the “food miles”, which are the distance a certain food has to travel from its point of origin to its point of destination. For example, a report estimates that the total distance travelled by 29 of our most common food items is km, nearly two times the distance around the Earth The second advantage is that we are sure all of our products are organic because we cultivate them, and we decide on our own which plant protection products or fertilizer we use. [...]

[...] But we can all contribute to consume more responsibly. The first step is reducing our food waste. Indeed billion tons of foods are produced each year, but 30 to 50 per cent end up in the trash: it's enormous But there are many things people can do to avoid this. For example, we can look in our refrigerator and freezer before heading to the store: so, we buy only what we need. Moreover, we can freeze or preserve excess food before it goes bad or donate good food to food banks before throwing it away. [...]