Answer 1 to 8 out of 23
a) Ask ten people what they think about:
1.The climate change
2.The possible consequences for your country - and take note of the answers.
b) What do yout think about these answers?
a) What kind of direct problems have been mentioned?
b) What solutions have been proposed?
c) What priority have these reports about climate change been given in the newspapers in your country?
d) Which headline caught your eye and impressed you the most? Explain the reason why.
e) Which headline would you give an article about climat change?
Oups, there seems to be computermade confusion...we are not new zealand..... but gremany: There are many articles about climate change appearing in NZ newspapers every day. They are given high priority because climate change, and the NZ government's response to it, are very important issues for New Zealanders.
NZ is a country that produces a lot of agricultural products for export to other countries (lamb, beef, butter, milk). It is very dependent on these products but these products produce a lot of carbon emissions - especially methane. About 1/2 of NZ's total carbon emissions are from agriculture.
NZ signed the Kyoto Protocol and is responsible for its carbon emissions. It is proposing to put in place an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to make the people that produce the country's emissions, pay for them. Lots of articles appear in newspapers about the ETS.
One that caught my eye is a survey of public opinion about the ETS. 77% of NZers think that the people that create the carbon emissions should pay for them. But most people think that our farmers should only pay for 40% (or less) of their emissions. Making them pay more might make them uncompetitive with farmers from other countries - meaning we'd sell less and have less money. Lots of NZers support a tax on products imported into NZ from countries that don't make their polluters pay for their carbon emissions.
See this link for the full article: www.nzherald.co.nz/climate-change/news/article.cfm
a) Write down your emotional feelings for the words “anger, responsibility, hope and indifference” in connection with the topic of climate change.
b) Which kind of emotion do you feel most strongly in connection with the topic of climate change? (This does not have to be one of the four mentioned above). Explain the reasons why.
What would you have to say?
I would tell everyone to read "The Lorax" by Dr Seuss.
It's a wonderful story and tells us about the bad impact humans can have on the environment.
The greedy "Onceler" chops down the "Truffula Trees" to make something called a "Thneed" (that no-one really needs). The "Lorax", who speaks for the trees, warns the Onceler about doing this but the Onceler doesn't listen, and.....well....you'll have to read the book to see what happens.
But as the Onceler says at the end of the book -
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not!"
See this link for a video of the story: video.google.com/videoplay
What changes should be made in your country?
What changes should you make concerning your lifestyle?
What would you want to hear from politicians?
What actions would you want to see from politicians?
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