In summary this week: “The damned of diesel”, “School in turmoil”, “Harassment: the school at fault?”, “Under the plastic, the beach”.
A few years ago, they bought a diesel car on the advice of the governments of the time. Today, they are singled out: terrible polluters, enemies of the planet… They are even fined when they dare to enter Paris with their vehicle equipped with the wrong sticker. “Special correspondent” on these damned diesel people who made the mistake of believing in the speeches of manufacturers and the tax incentives of the authorities around ten years ago. Soon, low-emission zones (ZFE) will prohibit them from driving in the city and their jew’s harps are already not worth much on resale…
What are the solutions for changing your car when you cannot afford an electric vehicle? Why has the good old French diesel become the beast to be slaughtered? What are its real effects on pollution and health? Why were they hidden for so long? And how some take advantage of this disenchantment with diesel to enrich themselves, by selling these cars to the east of Europe that France no longer wants, after having loved them so much…
A report by Olivier Pinte, Charles Devoyer, Mathieu Ravey, Raynald Lellouche, Yoann Beaulieu for Kartagen.
Mockery, insults, blows, even death threats… Since the start of the school year, an association financed by National Education at the forefront of issues of harassment has been overwhelmed with calls for help and requests for advice from often desperate and desperate parents. powerless in the face of the distress of their children. These calls have one thing in common: a dialogue of the deaf between parents and National Education. But the means are lacking: psychologists only manage to respond to a quarter of the requests from all over France, while the number of calls has tripled since Nicolas, a 15-year-old high school student who had suffered school harassment in his former establishment, committed suicide in Poissy (Yvelines) on September 5.
Facts repeatedly reported by his parents, who considered the measures put in place at the school insufficient. The Versailles academy took the matter in hand, and the rectorate sent a letter accusing the teenager’s parents of not having an attitude “constructive and respectful“, even threatening them with criminal prosecution. The revelation of this letter sparked a wave of indignation in public opinion. The collective emotion became a political issue, this letter being judged by the Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal as “a shame“This letter would be far from being an isolated case: at the Versailles academy alone, over the year 2022-2023, 55 letters of this type would have been sent to families,”a fault“, according to Gabriel Attal. The Amiens academy agreed to show the “Special Envoy” teams how it manages this type of case.
A report by Julien Duponchel, Laura Aguirre de Carcer, Olivier Gardette, Cyril Theophilos, Anthélia Brodin.
Guests: Amélie Lacasse, professor of physical education and sports, referent at the Montaigne high school-college, in Paris; Séverine, Lucas’ mother, a 13-year-old teenager who, harassed by four middle school students, committed suicide in January 2023. She gives her first televised interview.
Harassment: the school at fault?
We are used to talking about school bullying by explaining it in terms of the cruelty of children. But do we wonder about the responsibility of adults? In several recent cases, the parents of victims blame the institution, therefore National Education.
“Special Envoy” met the family of Dinah, who died in October 2021. She decided to file a complaint against certain staff at the establishment. Are teachers trained enough to detect cases of harassment in a classroom and resolve them? Does the institution respond quickly enough? And what to do when it is the adult in charge, in this case the teacher, who finds himself accused, and even condemned?
A report by Raphaëlle Schapira, Mathieu Dreujou, Luis Marques, Julie Martin and Christine Trescartes.
Under the plastic, the beach
Mountains of garbage accumulate in the heart of the island of Bali, Indonesia. The island produces 300,000 tonnes of waste each year which invades the mangroves, rivers, beaches, and ultimately the ocean. All come from illegal dumping, but also from residents who throw their trash directly into waterways, because in Bali, there is no garbage collection or management. Indonesia is the world’s second largest contributor to ocean pollution after China.
To prevent waste from reaching the ocean, barriers in rivers have been built, like floating dams, by Sungai Watch, an association which collects it and then attempts to recycle it. Every day, each of these barriers blocks between 5 and 150 kilos of waste. In three years, they helped prevent the presence of 1,500 tonnes of plastic in the ocean. Sungai Watch is considering a second life for this type of waste: certain plastics can, for example, be recycled into boards to make furniture…
A report by Angélique Forget, Antoine Védeilhé, Oskars Goetso / ©Keyi Productions.
Guest: Loïc de La Mornais, journalist.
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