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Listen to the conversation between Betty and Stephen and find out which statements are true or false. true false 1. Betty bought apples from Styria. from South-America 2. The ecological footprint gives information about how many “Earths” we need, if all human beings around the world go on living like they do at the moment. 3. It is based on how much we work. energy consumption, waste production, eating habits 4. At the moment, the people on this world, use the “Earth” one and a half times faster than nature can handle it. 5. Buying apples from South-America has a positive effect on the Earth’s ecological footprint. negative How often you are doing things that have positive effects on your ecological footprint. Is it: • occasionally (once or twice a week) • often (nearly every day) • rarely (only once in a few weeks) • always (every day) • never? Discuss with a partner how often you are doing things that have positive effects. Read the facts and figures about the environment and review them. Are there any that make you thoughtful? What could you do to protect the environment. Work with a partner and find at least ten suggestions. You may even print out appropriate pictures and create a poster. •• Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours. •• During the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50,000 12-ounce (340mls) aluminium cans are made. •• Every day, American businesses generate enough paper to circle the earth 20 times! •• Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion styrofoam cups. •• Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees. •• The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20  years. •• Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour, most of which are thrown away! •• Plastic bags and other plastic waste thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year. •• 5% of the world’s people generate 40% of the world’s waste. •• Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute. Source: http://earthecho.org/news/did_you_know_some_interesting_facts_about_the_environment Taking care of our environment Austria has very strict environment regulations, especially for waste management. Talk to a partner and discuss the following questions. 1. What does your company do to protect the environment? 2. Do you have special company guidelines for dealing with waste? 3. What ideas do you have to avoid or limit waste on the building site? 05 A2 listening g8m8ed ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ 06 A2–B1 I always separate my waste. 07 A2–B1 08 B1 individual answers 122 Unit 28 Interaction Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv