In this first module we had a look at raw materials in products, the issue on scarcity and waste management and on how to counter these issues. One can also ask the more general question: “Do we really need all that stuff?”

In this video Florence Betmont will look at being more careful in consumption, buying the function of a product instead of getting ownership, and about making or repairing products yourself. A complete movement is based on the latter.

Florence Betmont is a research engineer in G-SCOP laboratory at University Grenoble-Alpes, France. She is graduated in chemical and environmental engineering. Previously, she worked in the environmental department of an international company on different subjects: environmental declarations, environmental communication and life cycle assessment. Now she focuses mainly on recycling of batteries and impact assessment of new processes to recover rare-earth.