Environmentalism and Global Issues Spoken English II, Class 1 & 3 Dr. Janet Sio Fujian Normal University

Movie Trailer By: Ed Burtynsky, Industrial photographer

Video: Interpretation Exercise In an interview, the photographer says, “ There is no simple right or wrong. It needs a whole new way of thinking.” “ An environmentalist will look at it one way, an industrialist will look at it another way….There’s these readings that people can enter into it (the photo) and that there are multiple readings. It’s not necessarily just to be read one way.” What are your opinions, ideas or thoughts about these photos?

Where did you first learn about environmentalism? Woody, the owl. “Give a hoot, don’t pollute” FNU Language Enhancement

Brainstorm: Types of Pollution air pollution water pollution litter/solid waste pollution noise pollution

Types of Pollution air pollution (car exhaust, coal dust, sand, smoking, carbon emissions) water pollution (industrial waste, sewage, acid rain) litter/solid waste pollution (plastic bags, styrofoam boxes, disposable chopsticks, landfill) noise pollution (traffic, construction) greenhouse effect/global warming ( 温室效应, 全球变暖 )

Complaining Constructively Complaints can be helpful if you can provide reasons why something doesn’t work or is unliked problem  root cause  solution “Too much/many”“Not enough” Much (non count words) Many (count words) Eg. I don’t like this classroom. There’s too much organized activity and not enough time to practice

“Too many/much and not enough” Pollution typeToo much/manyNot enough Air Water Solid Waste Noise

“Too many/much and not enough” Pollution type Too much/manyNot enough AirToo many factories Too much car exhaust Trees, industry restrictions WaterToo many people throwing garbage Too much sewage Water treatment plants Protection laws Solid WasteToo many plastic bags Too much waste Recycling centers Recycling education NoiseToo many people Too much construction Restricted times Consideration

What is sustainability? ( 可持续 ) “the capacity and ability to support, maintain or endure”

Capital? Natural? Natural Capital?

Autumn Maple Trees, Toronto Summer Banyan Trees, Fuzhou

Natural Capital Resources Resources are anything obtained from the environment to meet plant, animal and human needs. Primary resources are: air, water, soil, energy and minerals.

Resources: Perpetual and Renewable Perpetual: renewed continuously on a human scale Changjiang Ao Windfarm, Pingtan

Resources: Perpetual and Renewable Renewable: can be replenished fairly quickly on a human scale Christmas tree farm

Resources: Non-renewable Non-renewable: exist in essentially fixed quantities on the earth; Open pit mine, Australia

Natural Capital Resources Perpetual Renewable Non-Renewable Using the following photographs, state which kind of resource each of these are: Solar Power: perpetual Coal: non renewable

Natural Capital Resources Perpetual Renewable Non-Renewable Wind Power: perpetual Forests: renewable Oil: non-renewable

Natural Capital Resources Perpetual Renewable Non-Renewable Hydro power: renewable Geothermal: perpetual Natural gas: non-renewable

Sustainable living Sustainable living does not use non- renewable resources. Sustainable living uses renewable resources only at the rate at which they can be replaced.

Tiger Leaping Gorge: “Waking the Green Tiger”

China Environmental Protection Foundation 曲 格平 (Qu GePing, Former Environment Protection Minister of China)

Green Earth Volunteers:

Green Watershed:

THE DIRECTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS & ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN CHINA

What’s that Nationality? USA Canada Germany Switzerland Thailand Vietnam France Brazil Mexico England Russia Indonesia Israel Poland American Canadian German Swiss Thai Vietnamese French Brazilian Mexican English Russian Indonesian Israeli Poland Malaysia Egypt Italy Portugal Australia Austria South Africa Mongolia Korea Japan Philippines Spain Pakistan Sweden Malaysian Egyptian Italian Portuguese Australian Austrian South African Mongolian Korean Japanese Philippino Spanish Pakistani Swedish

Gapminder.org Stockholm Sweden a modern “museum” on the internet promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Homework: Lab 1.Look up 2.See “Gapminder World” and answer the following questions: What colour are the Asian countries? What countries have the longest life expectancy? What countries are the richest? What continent is the poorest? What does the size of each circle represent? 3. Press “Play” 4. Review the names of countries and nationalities

Homework: The Language of Peace What does it mean? Where is it found? How do we learn it? What is the opposite of peace?

Final Exam Date: Monday June 10, 2013 (the 2 nd last class of the semester, depending on 端午节 ) Format:Four people enter each time in 15 minute slots Part 1 : Pronunciation: Green Eggs and Ham Part 2 : Sentence Pattern Question and Answer (3) Past/Present/Future tense conditionals, adverbs of probability asking and expressing opinion complaining constructively Part 3 : Creative Visualization, 1 slide. Use language of comparisons