Speaking about the Environment

HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

1. What do you do with the rubbish in your household?
2. Are you economical about using water and electricity? Why/Why not?
3. How would you feel if you had to walk or cycle everywhere?
4. What do you think about being a vegetarian?
5. What's your opinion of people who wear real fur coats?

Cambridge Objective First Certificate, p. 97.

Conversation Questions : Environment & Pollution

What are some things that can be recycled?
What are some things which you recycle?

Does your local government make it easy or hard for citizens to recycle?
What are some types of pollution?
What are some ways that you can reduce pollution in this country?

Do you think cars should be banned from city centers?

How often is garbage collected in your neighborhood?
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)
What do you think of people who smoke cigarettes indoors?
Who do you think is more responsible for pollution, individual people or the government?
What is the most important issue facing the environment today?
If you could choose one alternative energy source to develop which one would you choose?Why?
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 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 think global warming is real?
Do you think this is an effect of pollution?
Are you worried about global warming?
What's happening to forests in the world? What happens when we remove forests?

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