water, air, earth life

Search this cool site on the environment. Choose a topic to explore and make a short text for a topic of your choice. You can add more interesting information.

The EU and the environment

Find out what plans and projects the european union has got to improve envirnoment
Share your comments with the class.

Environment and music

Everyone enjoyes music. Music is used to spread messages around. Environment aware song writers and composers know this. Since the 1970th they have composed songs related to environment issues to call people's attention to a multitude of situations such has whale hunting, the destruction of the rain forests, oil spills and nuclear energy among others. Their songs are specially targeted to teenagers and young adults. However their messages reach a much broader audience. Leave a link to a music and explain which environment issue is the song about. Here is a link to save the whale from Nick Kershaw

The human footprint

The human footprint is the measure of the impact of people on the environment. The footprint of people living in developed countries is much bigger than of the people who live in developing countries where shopping and consummerism are current. What can you do to reduce your impact on the environment? Leave here your suggestions.

The environment and the cinema

Environment issues are strong motivation and good film material. Which fims do you know related to environment problems? Search for films related to environment. Leave a link and/ or a personal commentary on a film, like this:

Twister (1996) is a disaster film about tornadoes in America. Tornadoes are natural phenomena and highly destructive. This is a very interesting film because it shows the power of nature and presents a vivid picture of the people who live in areas where tornadoes are common. It also shows what people must do to protect themselves from tornados.
Tornados are increasing in number and becoming more and more destructive.

Solutions

Wacth these videos and comment on them. Are they success stories?
video 1
video 2
video 3
video 4
you can use the follwoing guide lines to help you understand video 4
1. How much land do you need to produce enough food to feed new York City population ( 8 million people)?
2. Why are vertical farms a good option according to the author of the project?
3. To what does he compare the vertical farms?
4. How tall is the vertical farm building? How is it organized inside each store?
5. What type of food will people grow there?
6. Where is the seed storing facility?
7. What do people who work in the seed storing facility do?
8. What can people do inside the vertical farms?

Activity 1 -For each problem there is a solution. Leave a link for a successful story or tell a story about a good solution for an environmental problem in your region or country. Other students should comment on your work.

Activity 2 - Make a presentation of an evironment problem in your village or city. Present some solutions. Publish it somewhere and leave a link here for other colleagues to look at your work.

Energy

Energy demands are increasing all over the world because the world's population is growing and the economies are developing. However, non-renewable energy sources like coal and petroleum which are the most used will eventually end and this poses a serious problem. Search for ways in which the European Union is dealing with the problem. What projects and tragets are set to improve energy efficience and implement other sources of energy. Leave links and your personal comments.

"Inconvenient truth"

An Inconvenient truth by Al Gore is a lesson on environment: Have you ever watched it? Which aspects did you find more interesting? Do you agree with the author's point of view?

Home

Home is a documentary by Yann Arthus Bertrand about our planet.
You can watch it online at http://www.home-2009.com/us/index.html and leave your opinion on the film.

Global warming

Is global warming a natural phenomena or is it caused by man? What are its main causes and consequences?
have you ever heard about greenhouse gases?
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/youth/air/air_greenhouse_en.html
Check this information on climate change
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/pubs/pdf/climate_change_youth_en.pdf

What can you do to stop global warming?
Find out some suggestions form the EU at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/campaign/pdf/toolkit_en.pdf

New communication and information techonologies

Can new communication and information technologies make communication easier or more difficult? Explain your point of view.

Graffiti artists

Are you a graffiti artist? Have you ever drawn any graffiti? What kind ? Did you do it alone or in groups? What was your intention? Did you intend to pass on a message? Did you choose any particular place? What is your opinion on graffiti? Leave a picture and your comment on your personal experience to share with other students.

English for bartenders - CI

Hello students from TRB
I've found this cool site especially for bartenders with lots of exercises for you to practise your language skills and enjoy.
After practising, say which aspects were more interesting or useful.
Do the solutions help you learn more efficiently? how do you rate the level of the language of the exercises? OK, easy, difficult, very difficult?