The document discusses various environmental issues like climate change, air and water pollution, deforestation, and species extinction. It provides examples of activities students can do at school like planting trees, organic gardening, and making recycled paper. However, it notes that individuals cannot solve all the problems and that larger companies and industries are major contributors to issues like global warming. The document advocates informing and educating others about issues as well as pressing governments to enforce environmental laws and regulations against polluting companies.

1. What do we do for the environment?

2. environmental
issues
climate change
global warming air pollution
water pollution deforestation
animal species
extinction

4. environmental
issues
climate change
global warming air pollution
water pollution deforestation
animal species
extinction

6. What can we do
for the environment?
save energy save water
recycle use public
transportation
1 2
3 4

7. environmental activities in our school:
planting trees & flowers
organic gardening
&
biological pesticide
creating

8. environmental activities in our school:
soap out of
used cooking oil
making
recycled paper
&

9. environmental activities in our school:
making our
own cheese

11. But, is this all we can do for the environment?
global warming:
only 90 companies produced 2/3
of the global emissions of CO2
We can’t let other people
(companies, industries etc.)
destroy our environment!

12. Let’s see an example:

13. air photograph of local area

14. • In the 1980s elephant population in Africa was less than 600,000
because of the ivory trade.
• Currey made a short film about the ivory trade.
The film was broadcasted in the UK News and shocked people all
around the world.
1 We can inform ourselves and other people
ivory was no longer popular
&
a few months later
ivory trade has been forbidden

15. The company Coca-Cola-India was using in Varanasi of India huge
amounts of groundwater for its factory.
Local farmers had no water to farm. Millions of farmers have been forced
to migrate to the cities.
Local people made a lot of protests and demonstrations.
After an investigation, the state decided that Coca-Cola-India was illegal.
Coca-Cola was forced to shut down its factory in Varanasi.
2 We can press the state to apply the
environmental laws

16. 1. Which are the 3 R’s?
•red, rare, rose
•reduce, reuse, recycle
•read, read, read
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17. 1. Which are the 3 R’s?
•red, rare, rose
•reduce, reuse, recycle
•read, read, read
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18. 2. Which is the irony?
• Trees can’t write letters.
•It needs paper to write the letter.
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19. 2. Which is the irony?
• Trees can’t write letters.
•It needs paper to write the letter.
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20. 3.This picture is actually a comment on:
• the environmental consequences
of pollution and hunting.
• the economic crisis.
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21. 3.This picture is actually a comment on:
• the environmental consequences
of pollution and hunting.
• the economic crisis.
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22. 4. Which animal species is in danger of extinction?
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•blue whale
•giant panda
•black rhino

23. 4. Which animal species is in danger of extinction?
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•blue whale
•giant panda
•black rhino

24. 5.This picture is a comment on:
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•father – son relationship
•global warming

25. 5.This picture is a comment on:
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•father – son relationship
•global warming

26. 6. Which material is not recyclable?
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•glass
•batteries
•ceramic

27. 6. Which material is not recyclable?
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•glass
•batteries
•ceramic

28. 7. We can save energy by:
(Find the wrong answer!)
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•turning off the lights when we are not using them.
•using as often as possible our car.
•replacing our light bulbs with economy light bulbs

29. 7. We can save energy by:
(Find the wrong answer!)
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•turning off the lights when we are not using them.
•using as often as possible our car.
•replacing our light bulbs with economy light bulbs

30. 8.We know that a company pollutes the environment.
What should we do about this problem:
(Find the wrong answer!)
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•inform people about the company’s activity.
•inform the state about the company’s activity.
•ignore the problem. It’s not our concern.
•press the company to stop polluting by boycotting
its products.

31. 8.We know that a company pollutes the environment.
What should we do about this problem:
(Find the wrong answer!)
environmental- quiz
•inform people about the company’s activity.
•inform the state about the company’s activity.
•ignore the problem. It’s not our concern.
•press the company to stop polluting by boycotting
its products.