What is Earth Day? Earth Day has taken place every year on 22nd April since 1970. According to earthday.org, the mission is to ‘diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide’. It’s been very successful, mobilising over a billion individuals and over seventy-five thousand partners to take positive action to protect our planet and our future. A perfect occasion for […]
What will you find here? You will find out about Earth Hour which takes place on 24th March. You will match up expressions of strong intention which will make your speaking very persuasive if you use them, and you will come up with ideas of things to do for Earth Hour. Teachers: a PowerPoint version for class: What are you doing […]
Have you ever wondered if the medicines we take for a cold might not be the best thing not only for ourselves but also for the planet? Here comes the YouTuber of Trash is for Tossers Lauren Singer with a solution! This lesson is ideal now as it’s chilly outside. For adults and teens A2 upwards. Download this lesson plan […]
Outcomes You will watch a video for specific information and learn vocabulary on the topic of sea levels and climate change. Preparation Imagine you have a cool drink with ice. What happens to the drink as the ice melts – does it go up, go down or stay the same? Does the same thing happen if the ice in the […]
You will look at a graph to check information, watch a video for specific information and learn vocabulary on the topic of food and climate change. Print out this page if you want to save the lesson plan. Preparation They say the best way to save the planet is to change how we eat. What do you think the following […]
Why an Electronic Waste Language Lesson? We should consider an electronic waste language lesson because almost everyone has a smartphone and we all like to talk about them. Added to this, our smartphone is an object with a very negative environmental impact. Therefore it makes sense to talk about our phones, consider the impact of electronic waste and look at […]
This lesson plan is based on the excellent campaign ‘I Like Clean Air’ in which London parents and kids fight pollution. Students discuss air pollution, listen to a fantastic song created for the campaign, read and analyse a letter by a child requesting a change to improve air quality and learn how to write a letter asking for something to […]
How do religions view climate change? It’s a fascinating topic that is addressed in the religions climate language lesson. It was inspired by the United Nations observance which is World Interfaith Harmony Week. The lesson in no way pushed learners to any one religion. In contrast, it simply looks at the messages from religions on this matter. You may be […]
Albena Simeonova and Ruth Buendía both won a prestigious prize for their dedicated work against all odds protecting the environment and the people living in it from ruthless exploitation. In this jigsaw reading lesson we honour their achievements, discover how ordinary people achieve great things and focus on environment-themed vocabulary and talk about people we admire. This lesson can be […]
