Environmental

problems

Kenyan proverb

Treat the Earth well. It wasn’t given to you by our

parents. It was loaned to you by our children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPSjjcPIAcQ&feature=watch_response

Watch the video about environmental problems

What have you done for our planet?

I’ve always / never………

I’d like other people to……

Discuss in pairs

Pollution

Waste

Deforestation

Endangered

species

Greenhouse effect

Acid rain

Global warming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KxC-S7QgA

A video about pollution

Air pollutionWhat 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)

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)

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

Waste

• industrial waste

• domestic waste

• litters in the streets

RecyclingIf yes,

what?

Do you recycle?

If not, why?

Endagered animals