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Nature and the Environment

Nature and the Environment. Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜 IELTS Preparatory Course: Listening and Spoken English Fujian Normal University. Tongue Twister Review. Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter Which made her batter bitter But a bit of better butter Makes better batter

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Nature and the Environment

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  1. Nature and the Environment Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜 IELTS Preparatory Course: Listening and Spoken English Fujian Normal University

  2. Tongue Twister Review Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter Which made her batter bitter But a bit of better butter Makes better batter So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter Making her bitter batter better. FNU Language Enhancement 2012-2013

  3. RL pronunciation and practice • gill girl • will whirl • hill hurl • twill twirl • wool world • cull curl 1. Those are some funny girls.2. We sure live in an interesting world.3. That company finds some of the biggest pearls.4. The wind was so loud it sounded like a whirlwind.

  4. RL review • Part 1: Which do you hear? • a. twirl b. twill • a. wool b. world • girl b. gill • a. hurl b. hill • Part 2: Do you hear L or RL?

  5. Types of Pollution • air pollution • water pollution • litter/solid waste pollution • noise pollution

  6. 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)

  7. Video: R-E-C-Y-C-L-ER-E-S-P-E-C-T

  8. Compost

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

  10. What is a sustainable society? A sustainable society is one which: can provide for and manage its population and economy now, while maintaining an environment that will be healthy forfuturegenerations.

  11. A sustainable society must… Shanghai skyline • provide all of its people with enough good food and shelter, clean water and air.

  12. A sustainable society must… Wu Yi Mountains meet the needs of its people without destroying the earth’s Natural Capital.

  13. Natural? Natural Capital? Capital?

  14. Autumn Maple Trees, Toronto Summer Banyan Trees, Fuzhou

  15. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  22. Sustainable living Humans are the only species on earth to deplete and waste natural capital (no such thing as “waste” in nature!) Sustainable living does not usenon-renewable resources. Sustainable living uses renewable resources only atthe rate at which they can be replaced.

  23. Use “sustainable” or “sustainability” in a sentence FNU Language Enhancement 2012-2013

  24. “Too many/much and not enough”

  25. Tiger Leaping Gorge: “Waking the Green Tiger”

  26. Chinese Environmental Organizations Global Village Beijing: http://www.gvbchina.org.cn/

  27. Green Earth Volunteers: http://eng.greensos.cn

  28. Green Watershed: http://www.greenwatershed.org/

  29. China Environmental Protection Foundation http://www.cepf.org.cn 曲 格平 (Qu GePing, Former Environment Protection Minister of China)

  30. THE DIRECTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS & ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN CHINA http://earthdirectory.net/china

  31. Project #2 Score sheet

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