Environmental Organizations

These are some of the organizations that look after our environment and the causes they support.

Greenpeace International

If you haven’t heard of Greenpeace, you must have been living under a rock for the last few years, because the members of this environmental organization have been fighting for the preservation of the earth since 1971. They pride themselves on their method of “bearing witness” to environmental crimes in a non-violent manner, and although some people find them annoying, they have done a lot of good in the world. They are best known for their protests on ships. They support ocean conservation, climate change prevention, forest preservation, and the protection of endangered species.

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth is one of the largest environmental networks, with over 70 national member groups and 5000 local activist groups on all continents. Friends of the Earth USA has been around since 1969 and has supported campaigns in climate change, forests, fair trade, proper use of taxes, and the banning of genetically-modified organisms. They support biodiversity, environmental rights, and repayment of ecological debt by rich countries to those that they have exploited.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

The World Wildlife Fund is perhaps one of the best-known organizations for the protection of endangered species and their habitats around the world. They have been around for over 45 years and their goal is to conserve 19 of the world’s most important natural places by 2010. They focus on several campaigns to make sure that they are making the biggest impact that they can. Currently, the WWF is urging its members to help lions and snow leopards, choose good wood and save forests, and eat sustainable seafood.

THE ENVIRONMENT

This is a quiz to practise vocabulary about the topic we are working in class:
The Environment      http://iteslj.org/v/s/se-environment.html

Phrases about this topic:   http://isabelperez.com/hotpot/kyoto_1.htm

 Do you care for our environment? This is a video about global warming (an important problem we all should be concerned about) by National Geographic:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/global-warming-environment/global-warming-101/ (you will find some ideas for being more environmentally friendly)

PRESENT PERFECT. ESO 3.

Do you need to practise this verbal tense?
http://isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/pres_perfect.htm (theory and exercises)
http://isabelperez.com/ad1.htm (position of adverbs used with Present Perfect)

Contrast PAST SIMPLE / PRESENT PERFECT (this is a text about Eminem using both verbal tenses. TRY...) : http://isabelperez.com/eminem.htm