Global Warming le conditionnel 1

The animals save the planet

Global Warming Emergency

The document is a radio programme from the American radio WNPR (Washington national public radio). The title is "Save the planet". It is an interview of a British journalist. Paul Brown is an environment correspondent.

He has been a journalist for 40 years. He is currently working for the British newspaper the Guardian. He has worked for the Guardian since 1990. He has also worked for Green Peace and has travelled around the world.

Catastrophies:

• deforestation: we have destroyed 8O % of the world's forests and every year, we burn 31 million hectares of tropical forest = the size of New Mexico
• Global Warming is created by the pollution from cars, factories and planes.
• Climate change provokes desertification, the multiplication of hurricanes and tornadoes.
• The polar ice cap is melting dramatically, so the sea level is rising :

Since 1979, the ice cap has reduced by more than 20 %

If it continues, cities like New York or London will disappear under water

Global Warming special report

Sources of production of greenhouse gases:
- individual: modern comfort = cars, computers, fridges, washing-machines and TV - anything that uses electricity
- industries: production of electricity with nuclear power plants, fossil fuels = gas, coal, petrol + deforestation, intensive farming, transport, factories, industrialised countries and developping countries.

evolution of temperatures: in the last 100 years, the Earth's temperature has increased
evolution of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany: in 10 years, German citizens have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 18.5 %

4 initiatives to lower gas emissions:
- Governments have encouraged renewable energy from wind and water
- In Germany, people recycle, lower house heating, insulate their houses and turn off the lights
- In Canada, teachers and pupils in 2,700 schools learn how they can save energy, water and reduce rubbish
- Industrialised countries have expensive technology to reduce pollution now

Video Global Warming

Introduction:

This video is a cartoon which comes from  Futurama created by Matt Groening who is also the creator of the Simpsons. It was used by Al Gore, an American politician, in 2006 in his documentary about global warming entitled An Inconvenient Truth . The action takes place in the future in the 31^st century.

The plot:

A little girl has just bought an ice cream but it immediately melts down, so she is sad and starts crying. Suddenly, a man comes to her and explains why it has happened : It is because of Global Warming.

Global Warming analyse

The cartoon is realistic because the problem of global warming really exists, but it is also unrealistic because we can't use space ships to drop giant ice cubes in the ocean to cool down the atmosphere.
The cartoon is also sarcastic because it makes fun of the solutions the politicians have found, and their lies.

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Mr Sunbeam comes from the sun to visit Earth, but when he wants to go back to space, greenhouse gases knock him down. More and more sunbeams are trapped in the atmosphere around the earth and as a consequence it gets hotter and hotter.

The little girl asks the man how they can get rid of greenhouse gases, and the man explains that the politicians have had a brilliant idea: more and more ice cubes are dropped in the ocean, bigger and bigger ice cubes to cool down the atmosphere. The little girl understands it isn't a good solution, but the man pretends the problem is solved and gets angry when the girl insists.

Global Warming 3è - None Like It Hot!

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Think Green campaign

Laurine et Lisa

Think green campaign

Hedi et Baptiste

Think Green campaign

Voici des exemples de travaux réalisés par les élèves de 3è5

Charlie et Alice

Global Warming

Voici le lien pour revoir la vidéo que nous étudions en 3è  dans la séquence sur le réchauffement climatique. Son titre: None Like It Hot . Elle est extraite de la série d'animation Futurama créée par Matt Groening, le créateur des Simpson