September 2006, I spent the last 9 months fully involved in the preservation of the environment, having training in solutions to reduce the pollution, informing myself about the environment situation worldwide and locally, running numerous projects related to this topic with companies and local authorities. I observed that there is a huge gap between the urgency to act drastically to save the earth and the relatively opposition of the society to change. This is confirmed by my colleagues in the market, by scientists, by ecological associations and others … Therefore, I must limit the size of my project and then its ecological impact. The 600 people graduated in Sustainable Development in France each year are facing the same type of situation, they have great difficulties to find a job. These projects lack two important things : the awareness of the decision-makers about the challenge the mankind is facing and their willingness to act drastically. What shall we do ? New laws, yes but they must be applied ( a lot of existing ones related to the preservation of the environment are not applied in France ), pressure from the customers, making very smartly people aware of the situation and providing support to the ones who want to change. Then application of solutions, as I have been trying to do until now will be much easier.
Didier – Citoyen du monde