Wednesday, January 18, 2017

ENVIRONMENT: General Conversation Questions.




 TEAM 1
  • What are some of the things that your community is doing to help the environment?
  • What things do you recycle?
  • How can you reduce pollution in this country?
  • What can you do to help prevent pollution?
  • Are there litter laws where you live? If so, what is the penalty for littering?
  • Do you think cars should be banned from city centres?
  • Do you think people should recycle newspapers? Why, or why not?
  • Do you think there are lessons to learn from nature?
  • How has the world changed since you were a child? (technology, values, environment, health)
  • How often is garbage collected in your neighbourhood? 
  • If humans are really intelligent, and not simply manipulated by their genes like any other animal, why can't they do anything about overpopulation? 
TEAM 2
 
  • What can you do to make this world a better place?
  • What do you think of people who deny the existence of climate change?
  • Which is more important: increasing people's standard of living, or protecting the environment?
    • Think of a situation in your area involving this issue.
    • Which side would you choose?
  • Who do you think is more responsible for pollution, individual people or the government? Explain.
  • What is the most important issue facing the environment today?
  • Do you know about any anti-pollution programs in your community?
    • What about programs in your native country? 
    • If you could choose one alternative energy source to develop which one would you choose? Why? 
TEAM 3

  • Are companies more or less environmentally responsible now than they were in the past? Why do you think that is?
  • Do you think recycling is an important community service?
  • Who should pay for the costs associated with renewable energy?
  • Should we make the development of renewable energy sources an economic priority?
  • What are some ways energy is wasted?
  • What types of energy are popular in your native country?
  • What is the main problem with renewable energy sources?
  • What can large cities do to improve their air quality?
  • How can we protect the environment and at the same time improve people's standard of living?  
  • Do you think overpopulation is an important environmental issue? Why, or why not? 
TEAM 4


  • Do think global warming is real?
    • Do you think this is an effect of pollution?
  • Should petrol for motorists be more expensive?
    • What would be the advantages and disadvantages of this?
  • Are you worried about global warming?
  • What's happening to forests in the world?
  • What happens when we remove forests?
  • What can we do to protect forests?
  • Why should we recycle?
  • Does your local government make it easy or hard for citizens to recycle?
  • Are there people in your country who make their living from picking-up other people's garbage?
  • How is pollution effecting the environment of the world today?
    • How about your own country?