The British Council online magazine on the Learn English site has a number of articles with environmental themes. Here are links to a few of them. Explore the site to find more. (adults and young adults: B1+) World Environment Day World Water Day Veganism World Oceans Day A lesson from the Learn English Kids site
Climate Crisis Integrated Skills Lesson – video-based lesson for teenagers or adults (B2 and above) from the British Council Teaching English website.
ELT sustainable – a website with Environmental English lessons for special days. The site is run by Owain Llewelyn and has a wealth of lesson plans, sorted by months of the year, but also tagged by topic. There’s a list of lessons for special days, as well as a lot of other focuses, including tips on
Integrating global issues in the creative English classroom is a free publication edited by Nik Peachey and Alan Maley and produced by the British Council with ELT lesson plans linked to the United Nations’s Sustainability Development Goals. From the website: This publication has a twofold aim – to help students learn a language creatively whilst at
e-waste video – video (with subtitles) about the amount of e-waste we generate each year (World Economic Forum)
Mercedes Viola Deambrosis shared this link to The World’s Largest Lesson , sharing materials and lesson plans based on the UN’s 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. The image below is just one very small example of the things they share.
In this blog post Christopher Graham makes a call for action and outlines a template for a practical, action-based project that could work for any type of class or context.From bamboo toothbrushes to project-based learning : some ideas for ecoTEFL