Do you know the Global Goals for Sustainable Development? What do you do at school and in your life to accomplish them? Copy this picture in your Powerpoint and comment on your experience!
*Formal note to the Headtecaher: as your class representative/delegate, propose 5 measures to improve the school
*Informal note to Thomas: 5 reasons for him to stay with us next year as a language assistant!
*Consell de la Infància sends you to the European Comission and the United Nations as the Andorran representative of people your age to provide 5 ideas to improve the future world (and the present one) in a speech. get inspiration from Greta!
A strong (7.8) earthquake hit Nepal in the area near Barpak, a mountain village between capital Kathmandu and tourist town Pokhara. The earthquake was followed by many powerful aftershocks and a new earthquake (6.7) hit Nepal on Sunday April 26.
The earthquakes caused extensive damage to buildings and thousands of deaths and injuries and was even felt in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Many (historic) buildings collapsed, temples have been ruined, roads destroyed. Nearly 8000 deaths in Nepal and tens of deaths in India & Tibet.
DO YOU NEED HELP? What are the things needed in Nepal after the earthquake?
DO YOU WANT TO HELP? How can you help?
GROUPS IN RELIEF ACTION: Choose a group and summarize who they are and what's their specific action
Now design a poster and a leaflet explaining what happened in Nepal and how we can help.
NEWS REPORTING
In groups of 4 or 5, check the mass media (press, radio, TV, the Internet) and look for news dealing with global issues concerning the environment, poverty, arms trade, war, hunger or others. You will create an online piece of news including:
a) writing, (e.g. article, chronicle, editorial...)
b) image//infographic/animation (e.g. map, photography, survey graphic...)
c) radio/podcasting (e.g. interview, pop vox...)
d) a TV/video story (e.g. stand up)
e) Include also a forum/opinion poll involving social media
Use a blogging device to upload your content. We will discuss if it is better to upload all the groups' contents onto a single blog.
The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and
indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent
tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
In other words: When you drive a car, the engine burns fuel which
creates a certain amount of CO2, depending on its fuel consumption and
the driving distance. (CO2 is the chemical symbol for carbon dioxide). When you heat your house with oil, gas or coal, then you also generate
CO2. Even if you heat your house with electricity, the generation of the
electrical power may also have emitted a certain amount of CO2. When
you buy food and goods, the production of the food and goods also
emitted some quantities of CO2.
Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon
dioxide), which were induced by your activities in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year. Do you want to know how big is yours?
Then, calculate your carbon footprint with this application provided by WWF: http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/
You might want to adapt it to your context (this is from a UK webpage), so change British pounds for euros, instead, and so on. I'm sure you will be surprised with your results! HOW BIG IS YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT?
Notice the tips given on the right while you answer the questions. Once you finish answering questions about your FOOD, TRAVEL, HOME, and other habits like RECYCLING, complete the sentence:
"We would need ___ planets if everyone lived my lifestyle
We only have one."
Remember: Your footprint is roughly how many planets we would need if everyone lived your lifestyle (notice the use of the second conditional). A lower score is better. SPEAKING: What can we do to reduce our carbon footprint?
WRITING: Write a paragraph about what we can do to reduce our footprint. Use conditional sentences to express facts and give tips. "If we use the bicycle instead of the car, we will reduce carbon emissions" / "If we didn't recycle, the planet would be in worse conditions"...
EXTRA: More ideas: WWF proposes a campaign to reduce your footprint. If you wish, sign up to their 7-day challenge and follow 21 tips to reduce your footprint. Then, share the experience with your family and friends!
TO SUM UP. Reflect on this sentence: We can act locally to impact globally. Do you agree or disagree? To what extend?
CAMPAIGNS: Divide into groups of 3 to 5 students, choose a cause and design a campaign.
Suggestions: ENVIRONMENT (endangered species, recycling, carbon footprint, global warming/climate change); GLOBAL ISSUES (poverty, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, bullying...).
Think of the content (problem, causes, consequences, how we can help) and the form of advertising (posters, leaflets, radio announcement, ...). You may want to use the Internet for your cause (virals, meme, change.org, Tweeter hashtags...). Use language creatively (puns, rhymes...) to get your message through!
Comment the aspects of communication in the following campaigns: and identify the source ("emisor") and the addressees ("receptor"), code (language), channel (image, text, video, poster...), and the message itself:
a) "Give a hand to wildlife"
b)"What on EARTH are we doing to our planet"
c) "Be like a Panda"
d) "Discrimination. The end is in your hands."
e) Poverty Puzzle- Oxfam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5veIlFgugAI
f) #bringbackourgirls
EXTRA: Study the communication context and reflect on intimacy levels nowadays.
MAKE TWO GROUPS. GROUP A: SPEAKING: Look at the image. What renewable energies can you identify in the picture?
Think of: hydropower, wind, biomass, or solar sources. Where does the energy come from? What do we use to generate energy from them? Do you know any uses or examples in your area?
Now think in pairs: What are the advantages and disadvantages of these energies?
Prepare a speech to explain what you learnt to group B.
GROUP B : SPEAKING: Look at the image. What fossil fuels can you identify in the picture?
Where do they come from? What do we use to generate energy from them? Do you know any uses?
Now think in pairs: What are the advantages and disadvantages of these energies?
Prepare a speech to explain what you learnt to group A.
DEBATE. Once you have exposed what you have learnt, compare these two pictures and debate.
Data: Oil and natural gas supply about 62 percent of the energy we use today
EXTRA: Ideas for your campaign! What's the order in the 3 R's? Do you apply them in your school? And at home? Can we do something else to accomplish them? Share!
Obama: Addressing climate change will save money and lives
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release of a major report detailing the ways climate change is already
impacting the nation should compel Americans that it's time to respond
to the crisis, President Obama told Megan Glaros, a WBBM meteorologist
on assignment for "CBS This Morning."
Now answer the questions. Choose the right answer according to Obama's answer in the interview:
EXAMPLE. Addressing climate change is important because... a. It will only save money b. It won't save lives c. It will save both money and lives 1. People around the world can do something about climate change... a. ...if they take it as a joke b. ...if they take the challenge seriously c. ...if they let Governments act
2. Climate change is affecting...
a. tourism b. agriculture c. both
3. Governments should... a. improve fuel efficiency b. decrease solar and wind power c. both
4. Climate change...
a. is a top priority now b. should be a priority now c. mustn't be a priority
5. If temperatures rise...
a. we won't see more extreme weather events
b. less people will be at risk
c. more people will be potentially at risk
Finally, have a look to this piece of news.
-What are the main problems in every USA region?
-What is the role they assign to the USA as far as environmental action is concerned?
-What question did President Obama addressed to the interviewer?
EXTRA: What differences can you find in the American reporting style compared to that in your country (e.g. Spain)?
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