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Les baskets recyclées

S1 E4
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2015

Throughout this vignette, illustrating each step in the making of a running shoe, from the recycling of a plastic bottle to the final result, a counter rotates rapidly and displays the distance traveled by the bottle, from 0 cm to 1,593 km.

Levels:
Elementary Grade 1 Grade 5 Secondary Grade 12 Grade 9 Grade 11 Grade 10
Subjects:
Business Studies Business Leadership and Marketing Science and technology Structures and Mechanisms Earth and Space Systems
Skills:
Creativity Innovation Entrepreneurship
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2)
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E1 : La crevette

3min49s
A luxury product ten years ago, the grey shrimp has now become a mass market product. But to be sold at attractive prices in the European hyper-distribution circuit, this crustacean makes a long journey.
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E2 : La rose

3min30s
Pendant la dernière Saint-Valentin, ce ne sont pas loin de 14 millions de roses qui se sont écoulées pour la fête des amoureux. Mais entre la chauffe des serres, et le transport réfrigéré, le business de la rose est un monstre énergivore.
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E3 : Le bonbon

2min46s
Throughout this vignette, illustrating each step of the candy-making process, from the harvesting of a beet to the sale of the candy, a counter rotates rapidly and displays the distance traveled by the beet, from 0 cm to 85 km. We hear everywhere that sugar is not good for our health. And yet, it comes from fruits and vegetables. …
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E4 : Les baskets recyclées

3min6s
Throughout this vignette, illustrating each step in the making of a running shoe, from the recycling of a plastic bottle to the final result, a counter rotates rapidly and displays the distance traveled by the bottle, from 0 cm to 1,593 km.
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E5 : La pâte à tartiner

3min40s
Throughout this vignette, which illustrates each step in the making of the spread, from the picking of a hazelnut, a counter rotates rapidly and displays the distance traveled by it, from 0 cm to 2,895 km.
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E6 : Les extensions de cheveux

3min46s
Throughout this vignette, which illustrates the journey of the hair extensions from their point of departure to their point of arrival, a counter rotates rapidly and displays the path traveled by the hair, a distance starting at 0 cm and ending at 8,035.61 km.
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E7 : Le mas-réacteur d'avion

4min32s
Throughout this capsule, which illustrates each step in the creation of an aircraft part, from the extraction of titanium in a quarry, a counter rotates rapidly and displays the distance traveled, from 0 cm to 6306 kilometers.
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E8 : Les circuits imprimés

4min3s
The number of smartphones sold in the world in 2014 is 1.3 billion, with each of these terminals requiring 1 to 10 grams of tin for its proper functioning. Throughout this vignette, which illustrates each step in the manufacturing of an electronic circuit, from ore extraction to the use of a phone, a counter rotates rapidly and…
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E9 : Le lin

4min21s
Linen is considered the fabric of the future. We find it everywhere: in car doors, in tennis rackets, but also in our clothes. And France is the world's leading producer of this so-called ecological fiber.
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E10 : Le papier

3min47s
Paper is everywhere: in the office, in bathrooms and toilets... If the arrival of digital technology has made it possible to curb the consumption of paper, the real problem remains the quantity of water necessary for its manufacture because for 1 kilo of paper, it is necessary on average 500 liters of water... Throughout this capsule,…
Levels:
Elementary Grade 1 Grade 5 Secondary Grade 12 Grade 9 Grade 11 Grade 10
Subjects:
Business Studies Business Leadership and Marketing Science and technology Structures and Mechanisms Earth and Space Systems
Skills:
Creativity Innovation Entrepreneurship
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2)