Isabelle From Marseilles on Climate Change · "French People Don't Talk That Much" | Denver

0:00NaseaAll right, so what’s up? This is for We Them Media and poidh. I’m Nasea, and I’m here with -- what’s your name?

0:05BIsabelle.

0:06NaseaIsabelle, thank you for being here with us. So yeah, this -- where are you from?

0:10BFrance.

0:11NaseaOkay, where in France?

0:12BMarseille, south of France by the sea.

0:14NaseaOkay, I always thought it was like Marseille. All wrong.

0:17BMarseille.

0:17NaseaMarseille. Okay, sick. Well, and what brings you here to Denver?

0:21BUh, AAD Dermatological Congress.

0:25NaseaThe what?

0:26BDermatological Congress.

0:27NaseaOkay, sick. You can answer all my questions from now on in French. Okay. Okay. So what brings you here?

0:32BJe participe à un congrès de dermatologie.

0:35NaseaOkay. And well, thank you for coming here and standing for our climate crisis. Yeah. So you mentioned to me already that that’s the biggest issue in the world right now. So tell us about why you say that.

0:47BEn français. Mais parce que je pense que c’est un peu déjà trop tard. Le monde que l’on va laisser à nos enfants si on ne fait rien aujourd’hui risque d’être très compliqué pour eux.

0:57NaseaOkay, you want to say more about that?

0:59BFrench people, they don’t talk that much.

1:01NaseaOh yeah? That’s okay, but like, why is this important to you?

1:04BWhy what? The global climate crisis? Because I have a son, 16 years old, so that’s the world I’m giving him for tomorrow.

1:17NaseaOkay, and so when you think about like where the world is headed when it comes to climate, what do you see? Like, what’s your forecast?

1:24BMy forecast? I don’t have a crystal ball, but --

1:29NaseaBut it’s critical, it’s important, right?

1:31BI think it’s critical.

1:32NaseaYou have some take on where it’s going that makes it pertinent.

1:34BYeah. And it’s difficult to talk about that because, you know, I flew to come from France to here. And flying is not the right thing to do when you have global warming, but then you are into the business and you need to make money and that’s the way it is and everybody’s doing that. And so nothing changes.

1:52NaseaHow did you first get passionate about like climate change and the climate crisis?

1:56BI will not say I’m passionate because if I would be passionate, I would change the things.

2:01NaseaOkay.

2:02BI’m not changing things because I’m staying in my job and I’m doing the same thing. Okay. But I think it’s critical.

2:09NaseaSo what would you be doing if you were passionate today? What would you be doing?

2:11BStop flying so that I wouldn’t have met you. Staying in France.

2:19NaseaIs that a realistic solution? Like, what are the biggest things? Is flying the biggest thing? Biggest thing that impacts our climate today.

2:24BFlying is a big thing, but also the overconsumption, like Temu, Shein, those kind of things.

2:31NaseaI’d much rather stop using those things than not get to meet you.

2:35BYeah.

2:37NaseaAnd so if you could ask people around the world one question, what would you ask them?

2:44BThat’s a great question. What would you do in your life that would make you a better person?

2:55NaseaAny other questions you’d ask too?

2:58BWe’re doing one question a week.

3:00NaseaOkay, that’s cool. What about a question in French?

3:03BLa même. The same one. I can translate. Yeah, please. Qu’est-ce que vous pourriez faire de votre vie qui fasse de vous une meilleure personne?

3:10NaseaBoom. All right, thank you. See, and you’re like, I don’t speak English.