With Earth Day quickly approaching I put together this conversational based lesson for my school. It was made for elementary ESL learners from grade 1 to 6. It is positive and focuses on what each child can do daily to make a difference. I hope you can enjoy it.
5. Earth Day is on
April 22nd
, but
really you should
think about the
Earth every day!
The first Earth Day
was in 1970. The
number of people
who celebrated
Earth Day in 1970
was 20 million
people, in 2010, the
number of people
who celebrated it
was 500 million.
Let’s join the fight!
6.
7. Walk more, not only does
it keep the air clean but it
can keep you fit!
Turn it off if you’re not
using it: lights, TV,
computer, and more.
Buy more things made in
Taiwan (food and other).
Plant a tree and keep more
plants in your home,
balcony and/or roof.
8. Don’t litter! When you
throw your garbage on the
ground it often ends up in
rivers and the ocean.
Recycle paper, plastic,
metals, and left over food
garbage.
Bring your own bag when
you go shopping.
Bring your own water bottle
when you buy a tea from
outside.
Bring your own containers
when buying take-out food.
9. Turn the water off once you wet your toothbrush.
Eat less meat.
When washing the dishes, have one spot for washing and another for
rinsing. Don’t keep the water running to rinse the dishes.
10.
11. More recycling and
conserving ideas.
Would you like to make any of
these? Why?
Can you think of anything else
you could make to help recycle
and conserve resources?
12. Did you know plastic bottles can take hundreds or thousands of
years to decompose? Now this would be one STRONG broom.
Editor's Notes
On average, it takes 1,790 litres of water to grow 1kg of wheat compared with 9,680 litres of water for 1kg of beef. 6. Put plastic bottles or float booster in your toilet tank To cut down on water waste, put an inch or two of sand or pebbles inside each of two plastic bottles to weigh them down. Fill the bottles with water, screw the lids on, and put them in your toilet tank, safely away from the operating mechanisms. Or, buy an inexpensive tank bank or float booster. This may save ten or more gallons of water per day. Be sure at least 3 gallons of water remain in the tank so it will flush properly. If there is not enough water to get a proper flush, users will hold the lever down too long or do multiple flushes to get rid of waste. Two flushings at 1.4 gallons is worse than a single 2.0 gallon flush. A better suggestion would be to buy an adjustable toilet flapper that allow for adjustment of their per flush use. Then the user can adjust the flush rate to the minimum per flush setting that achieves a single good flush each time. For new installations, consider buying "low flush" toilets, which use 1 to 2 gallons per flush instead of the usual 3 to 5 gallons. Replacing an 18 liter per flush toilet with an ultra-low volume (ULV) 6 liter flush model represents a 70% savings in water flushed and will cut indoor water use by about 30%