These parkour athletes are climbing buildings ... to save the planet. Can you guess how?
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00:00The light is on all night, I think it's an aberration because in a world with limited resources the best way not to waste is not to consume.
00:30It's a switch for the façade, so when it's down, it turns off the façade.
00:53We don't want to see all these lights on at night, it doesn't leave us indifferent.
00:58We are not politicized, the DNA of our collective is sport, so it's clearly not a militant action, but it's a citizen action guided by common sense.
01:06We make sure to do it in the rules, we don't do it when it damages the display case, when it replaces the public lighting, when it's public utility things like pharmacies, police, etc.
01:24We make sure to be kind and that the message is well received.
01:29Do you want to take it or do I do it?
01:31Pass the wall.
01:32Pass the wall is when we're going to hit the wall to get up high.
01:37It's a way to get up thanks to the wall.
01:40Yeah, it's easy.
01:41The man has already left, we're going to try to finish it before him.
01:59Sleep, sleep, sleep.
02:01It didn't turn off.
02:02Yes, it turned off.
02:04It turned everything off.
02:06It's mostly a bunch of friends who love sport, whether it's parkour or climbing.
02:11We're here, and it's Paris at night, it's beautiful, so it's all good for us.
02:15It's like all games, we find out pretty quickly where to look, we see light, we look for the little scroll wheel.
02:25It puts some game in your walk and makes a little gesture like that.
02:28Maybe they'll turn it back on tomorrow, maybe not, maybe they'll say it's useless.
02:34We'll see.
02:44Lightsoft was originally a movement of environmental activists who did this with poles and a scaffold.
02:49With our parkour techniques, we thought it would be a little more useful to democratize sport,
02:55to put it in a context outside of performance.
02:59It's tiny.
03:00You have to be careful with the camera.
03:02Be careful with the curtains, they're expensive.
03:09Go, go, go.
03:14The law says that these scenes must be turned off from 1 to 6 in the morning,
03:18except that the law is rarely respected.
03:22I know there's a fine, but we're not there, we don't play the role of an authority.
03:27On the other hand, we're here to send a message, knowing that our action is symbolic,
03:32because we're not going to turn off all the lights of all the teachings.
03:36On the other hand, we know that if there are reactions behind our actions, it's always good.
03:42Now it's a point of departure.
03:43It's always a point of departure.