RECYCLING. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF PLASTIC BAGS

WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. What environmental effects caused by plastic bags does he mention?
2. What should we do instead of using plastic bags and throwing them out?

SCRIPT

...I’m here today to talk to you a little bit about the environmental effects of plastic bags.

these little things ,you would never think they create a lot of damage to our earth. Other than the fact that you see them litter all over the streets... and it just..., aesthetically it does not  look good and the properties...

These things can also just create all kinds of issues with our wildlife. They mistake these items, these bags for food.

All of us love sea turtles. Sea turtles, thousands are injured or die every year from eating these and there is no reason for it. There is a lot of the wildlife in the oceans, the birds, some of the dolphin and turtles are some of the primary ones that are affected by these bags here. They last forevertoo, so instead of taking them and throwing them out, just disposing of them, number one try not to use them. You can purchase fabric tote bags to go to a grocery store. When you buy your groceries, put the stuff in your own bag and carry it away, then you don’t need this plastic bag. Some of the other things, when you do get that plastic bag, use it as a small garbage bag at the house. If you have small garbage cans, reuse it there and make sure it’s tied up and goes into your garbage can. Let it be processed through the garbage system. Those are just some of the environmental effects on plastic bags

THE PLASTIC BAG PROBLEM

WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. What are some of the advatages of plastic bags?
2. What percentage of plastic bags are recycled?
3. What's the worst problem with plastic bags?
4. What do diamonds and plastic bags have in common?
5. What happens with plankton in some parts of the Pacific?
6. Why do sea turtles eat floating plastic bags?
7. What happens when seagulls or turtles don't choke on the plastic they eat?

SCRIPT

We all love living by the ocean. The sunsets are spectacular and the marine life is breathtaking. The ocean inspires awe and praise to God for his sensational creativity. As followers of Christ, we are not only inspired by the ocean, we are moved to care for it. The Pacific Ocean is facing a crisis created by a human success story. The plastic bag

Plastic bags were first introduced about 25 years ago. They’re cheap to produce and easy to store. We produce between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags every year and only 1 to 3 % are ever recycled. We Californians discard 400 bags per second. The problem with these bags, they don’t biodegrade, they get broken up into smaller pieces but they don’t truly go away.

Diamonds and plastics have something in common- no plastics aren’t a girls’ best friend, but like diamonds, they last for ever. Alarmingly, in some parts of the Pacific plastic outnumbers plankton 6 to 1. Often marine life will mistake plastic for food. Sea turtles will eat a floating plastic bag while mistaking it for a jellyfish. A seagull swoops down and swallows little bits of plastic. If the animals don’t choke on the plastic,it eventually fills up their stomachs and they die of starvation. All plastics are bad, but single-used plastics, like the ever present plastic bag, are becoming a deadly problem in our Pacific Ocean.

God created this earth to sustain life. We want to help restore it to the way he intended, so. How can you help?

WHY PLASTIC BAGS ARE EVIL

WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Why are plastic bags evil?
2. What happens to a plastic bag after we use it?
3. How can we help save the world?

SCRIPT

Every time we go to the store, we have to make a choice : paper or plastic.  Americans choose plastic one hundred billion times a year and this is a problem because plastic bags are evil.

It takes oil to make those bags, something like 12 million gallons a year and getting all that oil sucks up some of our own natural resources and kind of ruins others.

What happens to a plastic bag after we use it? Well, even if you put them in the trash, plastic bags are good at floating away and they end up in our streams, where they slide down to our oceans , where they hang out with other trash in places like the North Pacific trash gyre, a space in the Pacific Ocean the size of Texas, that’s made up of more trash than anything else.Eventually, our plastic bags get sucked down to the bottom where animals either eat them or get stuck in them. Animals like fish, turtles, seals and even whales get killed by plastic bags every year. Jerk!

It would be nice if we could recycle these bags, but the truth is most recycling centres just take them to the dump so that they don’t get caught in the machinery and then ruin all the other recycles.

So, if plastic bags pillage the earth and choke cute furry animals, what about paper? Well, there are problems with that too. So how do you choose the lesser of two evils? Well, what if there is a third option? A great option that could do battle with evil and save the fish, and the turtles, and the seals and the whales, and the monkeys and the birds. Well, there is. The next time you go to the store, bring your own reusable bag and you can help save the world

THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

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1. How big is the Patch?
2. Since it's not biodegradable, what will happen to this plastic?
3. What happens to the plastic due to the effects of the sun, wind and waves?
4. How many marine mammals and seabirds are killed by plastic?
5. Where does the plastic come from?
6. What can be done to fix things?

SCRIPT

In late 1997 there was the discovery of a new continent that exists between the Hawaiian islands and the coast of California. This newly formed continent which is approximately two times the size of Texasis not one that is comprised of land. Disturbingly it’s the result of an estimated 3,5 million tones of floating plastic garbage that continuously circles in the northern Pacific Ocean. There was a particular section of the northern pacific known as the The Pacific Gyre that constantly spins in a vortex effectively trapping the plastic, and anything else that floats into it. Since  plastic is not biodegradable, it will continue to float for centuries before it’s broken down by any natural means. Due to the effects of the sun, wind and waves, the plastic disintegrates into small flakes that are being ingested by a variety of sea creatures. The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that plastic debris kills more than 100,000 marine mammals and 1 million sea birds every year. You might be wondering where does all this plastic come from; studies have shown that approximately 80% from land and the other 20% from ships at sea. The bottom line is this massive plastic continent is an environmental catastrophe with impacts that are yet unknown. What can be done to change things? That’s a good question and one that I’m not even sure there’s an answer to. I guess the best thing to do is to try to limit the amount of plastic you purchase and whenever possible use the three “Rs” Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

PLASTIC BOTTLE PROBLEM

ENVIRONMENT: LISTENING AND READING

SAVE THE EARTH
SAVING THE EARTH
A GREENER WORLD
VIDEO LISTENING QUIZ: EUROPEAN FLIGHTS GROUNDED BY ASH CLOUD
WHAT IS YOUR COUNTRY'S BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM?
WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS DOES YOUR COUNTRY HAVE?
CLIMATE CHANGE

KILLER TSUNAMIS

Try to answer the following questions without reading the text

1. What’s the main cause of Tsunamis?
2. Why has Japan been hit by so many tsunamis?
3. How fast do waves travel in deep water after an earthquake?
4. Are they high? Do ships notice the waves?
5. What happens when the waves enter shallow waters?
6. Do they go so fast?
7. How high can they be?
8. Does the wave break and stop when it reaches the coast?
9. How far can it go inland?
10. When is it most dangerous?
11. What happens when people think it is all over?
12. When did the deadliest tsunami occur?
13. Where did the earthquake take place?
14. How many people died?
15. Could everybody be warned?
16. What do the scientists in The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre do?
17. Do you remember the pieces of advice they give?

KILLER TSUNAMIS

The warnings are few, the sights are sudden, the tide goes into reverse. A thunderous roar fills the air and then it strikes and when _______________, nothing is left.

A Tsunami

The word in Japanese means “harbour wave”. Japan has been hit by many tsunamis in its history _______________ its location. It lies across the edges of 4 tectonic plates _______________ earthquakes, the principal cause of tsunamis are born.

When two tectonic plates _________________, the resulting earthquake sends an enormous burst of energy up through the ocean, displacing enormous _________________.

A series of waves expands in all directions. In deep water these waves travel fast, up to 500 miles an hour, but only reach a ____________ of a few feet. A passing ship might not even notice. But as the waves enter shallow waters, friction with the ocean floor ____________the waves speed and raises their height until at land fall they can engulf a ten storey ______________.

Unlike _______________ waves, a tsunami wave doesn’t crest at break, _____________, it advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way, reaching even ____________ a mile inland.

More damage is caused when the wave recedes dragging everything in it back under water and most tsunamis have multiple waves, each arriving anywhere from 10 to 60 minutes after the first strike just when survivors think ____________________.

The deadliest tsunami ever recorded occurred in December of 2004.

An earthquake off the coast of Indonesia triggered a tsunami that surged across the Indian ocean and reached as far as the coast of Africa. Full sections of cities ________________. More than ______ people died. Most had no way of being _______________.

5.000 miles away, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu is __________ 24 hours a day to prevent a similar tragedy _________________ in the US.

Scientists monitor tremors and quakes from _______________. If a quake big enough to cause a tsunami occurs, it is their job to alert the coastlines in the tsunami’s path.

The ________________is simple: move to a _________________

_______________ that the tsunami has passed and be ready ________________ the ruins left in its wake

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Try to answer the following questions after watching the video

1. Which natural disasters can you see?
2. Which have been the hottest years?
3. Which has been the hottest of all?
4. Who is causing global warming according to scientists?
5. Who does Al Gore say he used to be?
6. Where can you see snow in this trailer?
7. What has happened?
8. What will happen within this decade?
9. Is it only a political issue?
10. Where do temperature increases take place?
11. What does that cause?
12. Which other threat is mentioned?
13. What’s happening in the Artic?
14. What will happen to the sea level if this goes on?
15. Who are the people you can see? What are they doing?
16. What do we have to do to prevent this from happening?

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

If you look at the ten hottest years ever measured, they’ve all occurred in the last 14 years and the ______________________ was 2005.

Scientific consensus is that WE are causing _________________.

I am Al Gore. I _____________________ president of the United States of America.

This is Patagonia 75 years ago and the same glacier today.

This is Mount Kilimanjaro ________________ and last year.

Within ____________________ there will be no more snows of Kilimanjaro.

This is really not a political issue so much as a _________________ issue. Temperature increases are taking place all over the world and that’s causing _________________.

This is the biggest crisis in the history of this country.

Early this morning Hurricane Katrina ____________________ into New Orleans.

Is it possible that we should prepare against other_____________   _____________ terrorists?

From Paramount classics comes a film that has shocked audiences everywhere they’ve ___________.

The Artic is experiencing faster _________________, if this were to go, _________________ worldwide would go up 20 feet.

This is what would happen in Florida around Shanghay home to 40 million people

The area around Calcutta 60 million.

Here’s Manhattan the world trade centre Memorial would be ________________.

Think of the impact of a _________________ thousand refugees, and then imagine a _________________ .

We have to act together to solve this global crisis.  Our ability to live is what is ________________.