SUMMER SOLSTICE: TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Click HERE to read a CNN article about different ways of celebrating Midsummer around the world.
The following vocabulary will help you out:

mojo= encanto, magia
collected= sereno, comedido
raucous= escandaloso, ruidoso
bachelor= soltero
wreath= guirnalda de flores
harvest= cosecha
herring=arenque
booze= bebidas alcoholicas

Photo of sled dogs walking through water shows reality of Greenland's melting ice sheet

Click HERE to read a CNN article and to watch a 12-minute video on the effect of global warming on the Artic.

SAVING SHARKS: ONE WOMAN'S MISSION TO PROTECT THE HAMMERHEAD

Click HERE to read a BBC article about a woman whose mission is to protect a kind of sharks

ARTIC MELT: THE THREAT BENEATH THE ICE

Click HERE for a video and an article on global warming affecting the Artic.

7 startling facts about the crisis facing our oceans

Click HERE to know about problems that our oceans are facing.

61 NATIONAL PARKS

   Click HERE to watch a short video and to read an article about someone who visited 61 national  parks

25 BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH

Would you like to know about some of the most beautiful places on Earth? Click HERE

BIODEGRADABLE "PLASTIC" FROM CACTUS JUICE

Click HERE to watch how a Mexican researcher turns cactus juice into a material similar to plastic

WASTE

Click HERE to watch a short video about a new scheme to deal with waste.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Click HERE for a short BBC video with English subtitles

REDUCE REUSE & RECYCLE

Watch this video for kids but first have a look at the following vocabulary,which will help you understand it better.

REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE to enjoy a better life

Children can make a world of difference

The Earth                           

Planet                  

Without your help, it won`t work (funcionar)                  

 Do the trick (surtir efecto, hacer el milagro)

REDUCE Canvas bag (lona) Disposable bag (desechable) Amount of ( cantidad de) Print out Lights on Unnecessary waste A whim (capricho)

RECYCLE Recycling station Containers for cans, plastic… Organic waste (residuos orgánicos) Easier to identify  Avoid (evitar)contaminating nature (naturaleza) Air we breathe (respirar)

REUSE Again and again  instead of throwing them away (una y otra vez en vez de tirarlos) Interesting and fun

Apply the three Rs rule                              

Much cleaner planet