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Language Teaching for the Planet – a new course for lessons about a sustainable future
An early Christmas present! Seven free lessons about sustainability from Owain Llewelyn and the teachers on the materials writing course he held in November of this year.
Greening ELT: A greener TESOL France (update)
We’d like to say a very big thank you to Jennifer Taylor for coming back to share an update on the TESOL France 2019 symposium in Lille. She first posted about TESOL’ France’s green initiatives in November in the run up to the symposium. Now she’s back to tell us how it went.
Welcome to our new website!
The ELT Footprint blog has got a new home. Read our first post on our new website to find out why we moved and what’s changed.
Diary of an (Amateur) Climate Marcher
Yesterday (Friday December 6), I travelled to Madrid to join the climate march that was organized to coincide with the COP25 summit. According to the reports, there were more than 500,000 people at the march, and it was a humbling experience to be one small drop in that ocean of climate activism.
Guest Post: Words of the Year – New Language for a New World
We’re very pleased to be able to share a fascinating blog post by Julie Moore, writer, teacher trainer and lexicographer, taking an in-depth look at the way language used to talk about the climate is changing and the possible repercussions for us as teachers and materials writers.
The Eco-Kindness Calendar
Are you looking for a project to use with your YLs in the run-up to the December holidays (or at any time in fact)? The eco-kindness calendar was co-written on our Facebook page. It’s both a ready-to-go lesson plan and a kick-off point for your own ideas.
Happy Six-Month Birthday, ELT Footprint!
Today ELT Footprint is six months old. Or maybe I should say ‘young’. It’s amazing how much has happened in such a short time. The six-month milestone is a good excuse to write a short reflective blog post summarising a few thoughts.
Climate Emergency : OUP Word of the Year 2019
21st November 2019 (Oxford, UK and New York, NY) – Oxford announces climate emergency as its Word of the Year for 2019.
