SEMANA INSTITUCIONAL DE LOS IDIOMAS.

OBJETIVO: CONCIENTIZAR A LOS APRENDICES REDUCIR SU IMPACTO AMBIENTAL EN

SU ENTORNO.

WARM UP: LOOK AT THE VIDEOS AND GIVE YOUR OPINION

The Interconnectedness of Life. Everything is connected. There is a symbiotic relationship between all living
things. One good example of this relationship is ecosystems. These are communities of living organisms that share
the benefits of their habitat. They get air, water, and food.

Our planet is an ecosystem, made up of many other small ecosystems. But human actions have transformed the
Earth. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere is changing the climate of the planet. This change creates other conditions
that affect ecosystems.

We create pollution. We build roads, kill animals, cut down trees, pollute the soil, air and water, and consume
resources without thinking of the effects. Forests are necessary to purify the air. Trees absorb CO2 and release
oxygen. They also maintain the water cycle by releasing water vapour into the atmosphere. The forests are the
habitat of many organisms and animals. They provide food and water. Clearly, deforestation is our biggest
problem.

A healthy ecosystem allows many different species to live together. This is biodiversity, and it is sustainable when it
is capable of providing the necessary conditons for all species to live and reproduce.

1. MY ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT: VIDEO.

It’s a measure of how much of the environment we consume in every aspect of our
lifestyles. So, how much water and energy we use, how much food we eat, how we
uses transportation to move aroung, where we live, the possessions we have. How
much of these things we consume and throw away.

2. Label the parts of the questionnaire with the words below. Then answer the
questions and check your answers.

Water energy possesions transportation waste

1. How do you get to SENA Institution?

a. by bicycle
b. by bus
c. by car
___ transportation _____
2. How do you travel short distances?
a. on foot/by bike
b. by bus
c. by car
__ transportation___

3. How often do you turn off the lights when you leave a room?
a. I always turn off the lights when I leave a room. I also turn off appliances when
they are not in use.
b. I often turn off the lights when I leave a room.
c. I sometimes turn off the lights when I leave a room. I often forget.
___ energy ____

4. How much water do you save?

a. I take short showers and turn off the tap when I brush my teeth.
b. I use a glass when I brush my teeth.
c. My shower is only 15 minutes.}
___ Water ___

5. How big is your house?

a. It’s big enough for the family.
b. It’s a big house with a garden and extra rooms.
c. It’s a very big house with a garden, a garage and a lot of rooms.
__ possesions ___

6. What do you do with clothes, books

and magazines you don’t use any more?
a. I give them away to charity.
b. I pile them up in my bedroom.
c. I throw them away.
__ waste ___

7. How does your family manage waste

at home?
a. We use organic waste for composting, recycle some materials and reuse plastic
bags.
b. We reuse plastic bags and bottles.
c. We put all our waste in one bag
__ waste ___

8. What do you do with old or damaged

appliances, or electronic waste?
a. I take it to authorized e-waste recyclers.
b. I put it in the attic.
c. I put it in the rubbish bin.
___ waste ____

3. Put the words in the correct order according to the listening.

You: big / is / how / your / eco-footprint?

How big is your eco-footprint?
Leidy: According to the test it’s very big.

You: you / can / what / do / to reduce it?

What can you do to reduce it?
Leidy: Well, I can save water and energy.

You: reduce / you / can / how / your consumption of water?

How can you reduce your consumption of water?
Leidy: I can stop taking long showers.

You: OK. It’s also important to reduce waste. you / what / do / do to reduce waste?
What do you do to reduce waste?
Leidy: Well, I need to stop buying so much packaged food.

You: Really? often / how / you / do / buy packaged food?

How often do you buy packaged food?
Leidy: Well, every day.
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4. Label each picture with the questions. Then complete the answers with
expression from the box
How can I save water?
What can I do to reduce waste?
What can I do with my old tyres?
How can I reduce my carbon footprint?

Save water throwing away using a private car turn off the tap reduce waste recycle old tyres

1. How can I save 2. What can I do to 3. How can I reduce 4. What can I do
water? reduce waste? my carbon with my old tyres?
footprint?
It’s easy to Save It’s time to reduce Start riding your It’s easy to recycle
water . For waste You bike. Stop using a old tyres : you can
example, when compost peeling private car Then you make them into a
you’re brushing and leftover food. can help reduce nice planter for
your teeth, you Stop throwing carbon emissions. your garden
can turn off the away everything
tap

5. Listen and label the bins with the words from the Word Bank. Then Listen again
and match the items from exercise 3 with the correct bin.

Word bank

e-waste reycling organic waste rubbish

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recycling organic waste. rubbish e-waste

Blue is for food scraps, broken glass, used batteries, old
recycling compostable items napkins, crisp mobile phones,
magazines, packets, plastic bags electronic devices
newspapers,
plastic and glass
bottles.

Daniela: What are you doing, Carlos? You just put a plastic bottle in the green bin!
That’s for organic waste. It’s important to separate waste properly to make recycling
easier!
Carlos: Oh! I’m sorry! I don’t really know how to manage waste.
Daniela: Well, it’s important to put organic waste in a separate bin so you can use it as
a natural fertilizer. You can use it for compost.
Carlos: So how can I manage the waste that’s not organic?
Daniela: It’s easy. You can separate the waste by paying attention to the colours of the
bins – and the labels. So, here in this school, green is for organic, like I said. Blue is for
recycling magazines, newspapers, plastic and glass bottles. But you can’t recycle
broken glass so you should put it in the rubbish bin, the brown one.
Carlos: So, what is not recyclable?
Daniela: You usually recycle paper and cardboard, but if it’s dirty, like used napkins,
then we don’t recycle it. Crisp packets and plastic bags are not recyclable. They’re just
rubbish.
Carlos: What about e-waste? Some people don’t know what to do with their old
batteries and they throw them in the rubbish bin.
Daniela: I know, but they shouldn’t do that. For e-waste there’s an orange bin in the
computer room. All batteries, old mobile phones and electronic devices have to go in
this bin. Then they go to an authorized recycling point.
Carlos: I think the school should put up clear signs so people can see the difference. I
think it’s a good idea to teach people how to do this correctly. Daniela: I agree. It’s so
important to recycle, there’s just too much waste.
6. Speak: Use the words in the box and your own ideas. You can use a word more
than once.

Clothes newspaper What

plastic bottles can you:
vegetable peeling photocopies mobile phones

REDUCE? RECYCLE? REUSE?

plastic bottles plastic bottles plastic bottles
photocopies photocopies …….
Clothes Clothes Clothes
newspaper newspaper …….
……… vegetable peeling …….

Example: It is possible to reduce water comsumption, or you can reduce water

consumption.
7. Create an information leaflet with at leat five suggestions to make our institution
“greener”. Share and explain the leaflet with the class. Use the following
expressions to complete your ideas:
It’s important to
Stop -ing
We can
Start –ing
You can start saving … by

Other vocabulary and expressions for the leaflet:

 I’m going to start
recycling all paper and cardboard.
using paper on both sides.
turning off lights or equipment.
turning off the taps.
 Taking shorter showers
Recycling water form the washing machine
Disconnecting devices we are not using
Talking to our friends about….
Throwing away things I don’t need
Organizing my rubbish into two bins
 I’m going to stop/ It is important to reduce…
throwing away plastic bottles and drink cans
wasting paper.
Other:__________________