![]() ![]() Entonces, empecé a investigar sobre el tema otra vez. Marcelo: Cuando vi toda esa comida desperdiciada, no lo podía creer. Martina: It was then that he went shopping at Mercado Modelo for the first time, and discovered that a lot of perfectly fine food was thrown out every day. Marcelo: Me gustaba cocinar, así que decidí comenzar un pequeño negocio de hummus y falafel para vender comida a través de las redes sociales. Martina: In 2016, while he was studying for his bachelor’s in design, Marcelo lived with his parents, but he wanted to become financially independent, so he launched a small food business, comenzó un pequeño negocio. Desperdiciar la comida es malo tanto para las personas que pasan hambre como para el cambio climático. Marcelo: Si tiramos un alimento directamente a la basura, ese alimento genera dióxido de carbono. It’s a way to measure the greenhouse gasses emitted by an individual, organization, event, or product. Martina: Marcelo began to think of things in terms of their carbon footprint. También se desperdician los recursos que se usaron para producirlos, como la tierra, el agua y la energía. Marcelo: Aprendí que cuando desperdiciamos alimentos, tiramos a la basura mucho más. He learned that the United Nations food programme estimates that up to 8% of greenhouse gasses are the result of wasted food, alimentos desperdiciados. Martina: At his university, Marcelo took a class on climate change. Mi sueño era crear un proyecto para cambiar la vida de la gente y, además, ayudar al medioambiente. Marcelo: En esta carrera nos daban herramientas para desarrollar proyectos sociales, humanos y ambientales para las personas y comunidades. His goal was to learn how to come up with real-world scenarios to better manage our resources, fight climate change, and break the cycle of poverty. Martina: In 2014, Marcelo enrolled in a university to get a degree in Development Design. En ese momento supe que quería hacer algo para cambiar la realidad de mi país. Marcelo: Una vez a la semana, cocinábamos y les llevábamos comida a las personas sin hogar. That’s when Marcelo started to see the impact he could have on the world. The group did a lot of community service, helping people without homes, personas sin hogar. Every Saturday, as a teenager, he attended a Jewish youth group. Martina: Marcelo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. That means you'll hear an "h" sound rather than the typical “s” sound, so words like “puesto” will sound like “ pueHto.” We also offer full transcripts at .Ī quick note about Uruguayan Spanish: you’ll hear that Marcelo pronounces his LLs and Ys as “sh,” like in the word “repollo,” he’ll say “ repoSHo.” Also, similar to some other Spanish-speaking countries, the S is often aspirated. If you miss something, you can always skip back and listen again. This season we’re bringing you the stories of true climate heroes… Everyday people in the Spanish-speaking world, who bring their communities together to take on climate change.Īs usual, the storyteller will be using intermediate Spanish and I’ll be chiming in for context in English. Martina: Welcome, les damos la bienvenida to a special season of the Duolingo Spanish Podcast. Entonces pensé: “Si uso estos alimentos, puedo ayudar a las personas que les falta comida y, al mismo tiempo, proteger el medioambiente”. ![]() Además, producir esa comida cuesta trabajo, tiempo y recursos naturales. ![]() Marcelo: ¡No podía creerlo! En Uruguay hay mucha gente que no tiene nada que comer y hay mucha comida que va a la basura. As someone who was passionate about the environment, el medioambiente, he knew that a big part of climate change was rooted in how badly we managed our resources, food in particular. Martina: As he made his way around the market, Marcelo saw that every stand had the same kind of so-called “ugly” fruit and vegetables, set aside to be thrown out. Entonces, le quité las partes feas con mis manos y, ¡sorpresa! El repollo estaba en perfecto estado. Le pregunté si me podía dar uno y él me dijo que sí. Marcelo: Él me dijo que no podía vender esos repollos porque estaban feos, pero a mí no me parecían feos. ![]() People wouldn’t buy them because the outside leaves were wilted. Marcelo asked the vendor what he was going to do with them, and the vendor told him he was going to throw them out. On the floor next to the table, he saw a clear bag full of a dozen heads of cabbage, or repollos. Martina: Marcelo approached a puesto de verduras, a produce stand, and he noticed something unusual. Marcelo: Era un lugar enorme con más de quinientos puestos de frutas y verduras y más de seis mil personas caminaban por ahí todos los días. For the first time, Marcelo went shopping at Mercado Modelo, the city’s giant fruit and vegetable market in search of fresh ingredients for his new business. Martina: It was March, 2016 and 23-year-old Marcelo Sus had just started a small hummus and falafel delivery business in his hometown of Montevideo, Uruguay. ![]()
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