LET’S TALK:
Are you an environmentalist?
- Do you care about how much electricity you use?
- Do you always turn off the light when you leave a room?
- Did your parents teach you to conserve (save)
electricity?
- Have you ever been camping in the bush without any
electricity? Did you enjoy that?
- Do you think Australians use more power in their homes
than the people in your country?
- Have you ever used solar power? When?
Where?
- Have you ever used wind power? When?
Where?
- If you haven’t used it yourself, have you seen solar or
wind power being used? When? Where?
- Do you think it is bad to drop litter on the ground?
- Does your country have litter on the ground?
- Who picks up the litter in your country?
- Do you recycle your rubbish?
- Are there any animals in your country which are in danger because of pollution? Which animals are these? What is happening to them?
- Are there factories in your city which pollute the land,
rivers or air?
- How do they pollute the environment?
- What is your government doing about this problem of
factories polluting the environment?
- Have you ever been somewhere and been disappointed that
it was dirty or polluted?
- In the future, what will you teach your children about
pollution?
- What will you tell them they should or shouldn’t do
about pollution?
- Do you think you would like to get a job helping the
environment?
- What sort of job could you get that would help the
environment?
- Do you think the world will solve its pollution
problems?
- Do you think it is up to the
government or individual people to be responsible for solving pollution
problems?
HowTo Protect The Environment
I believe that environment disasters can be avoided if
people broaden ecological education and every person understands that the
beauty of nature is extremely fragile and people must obey the unwritten laws
of nature. Governments must be prepared to take action against pollution. Air
pollution could be reduced if plants and factories were made to fit effective
filters on chimneys and car exhausts. Green zones around big cities must be
protected and extended. Natural resources should be used economically because
their stocks are not unlimited.
The
problem of “holes” in the ozone layer round the Earth could be solved by
individual action: stop using ozone-depleting chemicals. However, global action
was taken to control the problem. The international convention to stop the
production of many ozone-depleting chemicals is one of the best examples.
One
more problem, greenhouse warming, can also be solved by individual action –
reducing energy use. We could do this by turning off lights, turning down
heaters and air conditioners, building more energy efficient buildings,
shutting doors. These are all simple actions which everyone must do if we are
concerned about our planet, yet not many do so. New technology may help, but
lifestyle change can have much more immediate affect.
There
is only one way to save wild animals and wild habitats – conservation. That
means protecting endangered animals by law, opening more national parks,
building fewer new roads, planting more new forests, cutting pollution. If this
doesn’t happen, many wild animals will soon have just one habitat- the Zoo.
Ø Everyone should become an ecologically conscious
person.
Ø We should broaden the system of ecological education
Ø We should be economical with natural recourses (water,
gas, oil)
Ø We should buy and use only ecologically safe products
(never use sprays)
Ø It is advisable to take part in the activities of
different ecological organization sand volunteer work: planting trees, picketing
…)
Ø New purifying systems should be fit
Ø We should be ecologically responsible people: stop
littering to prevent air, land and water from being polluted
Ø We should never do harm to wildlife: stop hunting and
killing wild animals