Environmental issues

Environmental issues

Warm-up

A. Brainstorming

1. What are they?
2. What countries do they occur in?
3. What has caused the problem?
4. Can it be made better? If so, how?


B. Research/Environmental problem that interest you

1. What is it?
2. Where does it occur?
3. How does it affect - people
                               - environment?
4. Can we make it better?
5. What do you think about this problem?

  

More images: https://www.google.com/search?q=pollution&hl=ko&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=eoXBUNK_KI6ziQf3s4G4Bg&sqi=2&ved=0CAQQ_AUoAA&biw=1280&bih=857

1. What environmental problems do these pictures illustrate?

2. which do you think is the most serious?

3. Have you ever experienced any of the problems?


air pollution/ smog/ global warming/ waste disposal ( when rubbish is burned, the smoker and gases produced often contain pollutants such as dioxins, which are a threat to human health and the environment.


Work in pairs to discuss these questions.

1. What are the main environmental problems in your country?


References

greenstudentU: http://www.greenstudentu.com/encyclopedia/pollution