World Water Day 22 March, draws attention to the essential role of water in our lives, the difficulties people face in getting it and solutions to these problems. Before reading Vocabulary List underprivileged - малозабезпечені sanitation - санітарія hygiene - гігієна to displace - витісняти scarce - дефіцитний scarcity - дефіцит, нестача vulnerable - вразливий
Zelenyi Svit The ecological movement Zelenyi Svit (Green World ) started in Ukraine in 1988, following the environmental disaster caused by the Chornobyl nuclear reactor in 1986. Today, Zelenyi Svit campaings on wide variety of environmental issues and is part of the international network called Friends of the Earth – the largest group of non-governmental
Learn about Greenpeace Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 40 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Greenpeace is known for its direct actions and has been described as the most visible environmental organization in the world. Greenpeace has raised environmental issues to public knowledge, and influenced both the
Writing You are going to take part in the international conference. Write a report about the protection of nature in your country where you will: express the organizing committee your gratitude for the invitation inform about the problems of air, land and water pollution in Ukraine inform about the measures to ensure pure air, oceans
Arbor Day is celebrated nationally in the USA on the last Friday in April, although some states have their own dates to better coincide with their local climate and the optimal time to plant trees. Quick Facts about Arbor Day Arbor Day is a holiday dedicated to celebrating and caring for trees. On Arbor Day
World Environment Day is also known as the Environment Day, Eco Day or short form WED. World Environment Day is held each year on June 5. It is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations (UN) stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. World Environment Day is
Chief Seattle lived approximately 1790 to 1866, in the Pacific Northwest region of what is now the United States. He was a respected and peaceful leader of the Suquamish and the Duwamish Indians. In the mid-1850s when the government in Washington, D.C., wanted to buy the lands of his exhausted and defeated people, Chief Seattle delivered
British children learn a lot about the Earth at school. They celebrate Earth Day. They get special environmental education. Even though they are children, and they can't do much about pollution or energy waste, there are a lot of ways in which they can help to save the Earth. What can children do to save
22 April is Earth Day. Taking care of the Earth is everybody's business. What green activities would you like to take part in? I’d like to take part in such green activities as the collection of waste paper and I’d like to listen to the report about wild flowers. I think it’s important to collect
