The environment & the Individual

What you can do to help the environment

This site has 8 sections – each dealing with a different aspect of the environment and how we can help to protect it. Click on any of the headings at the bottom of the page to go to that section.

http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/doc/t/medecine-1/d/ok-adoptez-la-plan

What you can do to help save the planet

This page for children gives you some practical ideas about what you as an individual can do to help save the planet.

http://www.jedessine.com/c_9412/lecture/reportages-pour-enfant/les-

Calculate your carbon footprint

On this website you can very easily calculte your own carbon footprint and compare it to that of the average person in France. You are then told how many planet earths we'd need if everyone had a similar carbon footprint to you. First of all, click on the OK button in the bottom right-hand corner.. To do the test you first need to click on one of the green buttons at the bottom of the page, indicating whether you're a child, teenager or adult. Then, for each of the 18 questions, just select the answer that most closely corresponds to what you do.

http://archives.universcience.fr/francais/ala_cite/expositio

Assessing your own impact on the environment

On this site there is a very interesting quiz that shows what impact you are having on the environment. The page takes a little while to load, so be patient. Click on the French flag towards the bottom of the screen first. Then click on Entrez ici. The page that opens up explains what the quiz measures. Click on suivant at the bottom of the page, and then choose your country from the drop-down list. Note that in what follows you do not have to provide your e-mail address – just skip over that question if you wish to. You may not necessarily have all the figures that it asks for to hand, but just estimate if you're not sure. At various stages you can click for more information on some of the issues you're asked about. When you've finished the test you can see what your own consumption represents. You are told how many Earths we'd need if everyone consumed at your personal rate, and your own consumption is compared to the average for your country.

http://www.myfootprint.org/

The environment and the individual

This site contains links to a series of documents giving details on how individuals can make a contribution towards protecting the environment at home, in the countryside, on the road, in the kitchen, in the garden, while shopping and at work. Click on En savoir plus in blue in the category that you're interested in to get to the document.

http://www.notre-planete.info/ecologie/devdurable/e

The impact of the individual on the environment

Did you know that what you throw away in your dustbin creates greenhouse gases? Find out more here, and click on the green link to get to a PDF leaflet with lots more information.

http://www.rac-f.org/Des-Gaz-a-effet-de-serre-dans-ma.html

Here you can find similar information about energy consumption and greenhouse gases in housing in France. Again, click on the green link to get to a PDF leaflet.

http://www.rac-f.org/Des-gaz-a-effet-de-serre-dans-mon,1911.html

What impact does food production have on the environment? Find out here. Click on the first green link to download a PDF leaflet and on the second to get to a printable version.

http://www.rac-f.org/Des-gaz-a-effet-de-serre-dans-mon.html

Greenhouse gases and the individual

This text gives statistics about the amount of CO2 that individuals are responsible for in France and briefly discusses what the French think of global warming and how concerned they are about it.

http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/KBaseShow?sort=-1&cid=13419&m

The French are becoming more environmentally aware

This short article from September 2011 looks at how the French are becoming more environmentally aware. There are quite a few facts and figures.

http://lactuparetudiant.over-blog.com/article-les-fran-ais-sont-de-pl

Building an ecological house

Description of how a French couple went about researching and then building an ecological house that they now live in and that also gets thousands of visitors each year.

http://resosol.org/Exemplaire/aventuresoimeme.html