1. Environmental problems

2. Treat the Earth well. It wasn’t given to you by our parents
Treat the Earth well. It wasn’t given to you by our parents. It was loaned to you by our children.
Kenyan proverb

3. Watch the video about environmental problems

4. What have you done for our planet?
Discuss in pairs
What have you done for our planet?
I’ve always / never………
I’d like other people to……

5. Deforestation
Endangered species
Pollution
Acid rain
Global warming
Waste
Greenhouse effect

6. A video about pollution

7. Air pollution What causes air pollution?
car exhausts
emissions from industrial production (factories, power stations) - dust, smoke, smell…
Which gases in the air are poisonous?
sulphur dioxide (SO2)
nitrogen oxide (NO)
carbon dioxide (CO2)

8. What does polluted air cause?
health problems
climate changes (changes in weather patterns – ice at the North and South Pole melt, sea level rises => flooding)

9. Water pollution What causes water pollution? industrial waste
chemical fertilizers and pesticides
oil refineries
accidents of huge cargo ships
dumping toxic pollutants in the water

10. Waste
industrial waste
domestic waste
litters in the streets

12. Recycling
If yes, what?
Do you recycle?
If not, why?

13. Endagered animals