Ao 2º ano
Autor: Campanha da Fraternidade 2011 - Colégio Angélica | Publicado: 2011-05-16T22:52:00-03:00

Ao 2º EM
Estamos estreando o nosso blog com este post. É o primeirão do ano! Esperamos que seja proveitoso, tanto para os professores quanto para os alunos. Vamos fazer deste espaço um lugar de informações, ideias, criatividade, questionamentos, opiniões, discussões, informações e muito mais. 
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Bom, A campanha da fraternidade tem como tema “Fraternidade e a Vida no Planeta” e lema “A Criação Geme Com Dores de Parto.” Leia as perguntas abaixo e responda em forma de texto, no mínimo 15 linhas.
Fraternity Campaign 2011 - "Creation groans in pain from childbirth ".
The Environment future
Recently, you’ve probably heard all about “going green” and how it seems to be the new fad.&nbsp; A lot of people from all different parts of the world are doing their part in order to keep the earth healthy. More and more people are switching to behavior that is safer for the earth: they are driving hybrid cars, using solar andwind power, recycling, and cleaning with “green” products.While one person going green doesn’t make much of a difference, there are whole countries that have upped their efforts in order to reduce their impact on the environment. Some of these countries may be more motivated because they are witnessing the effects of global warming first hand. For example, Norway, just like many of the other Arctic nations, has experienced a higher average temperature by 5.2 degrees, and glaciers and snow-covered slopes have been melting for years.

10 World’s Greenest Countries1. Iceland, 93.5Iceland is considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful countries because of the breathtaking nature, but they can still enjoy that due to the high level of accomplishing the environmental policy goals. People in Iceland use the geothermal energy very well, while the most used electricity and heat source is the hydrogen. Believe it or not, amazing 82% of the electricity and heat in Iceland comes from hydrogen and geothermal sources, while only 18% comes from coal. The first place is well deserved.2. Switzerland, 89.1Switzerland was leading the EPI list years ago, but now has fallen to the second place just due to incredible Iceland performance. However, Swiss are still working hard for creating greener society. The government has imposed a fee for disposing thrash in the country, but the people are pretty interested for ecology as well. For example, there are cities, smaller towns actually, in which using car is prohibited. That’s how Switzerland remains on the top of this list for years.3. Costa Rica, 86.4Costa Rica government is strongly committed to following the Icelandic example for use of renewable energy sources. They have set a goal to become carbon neutral until 2021! The island suffered deforestation for years in order to be made space for agriculture, but now one of the main goals is reforestation of the country, planting over five million trees over last five years.4. Sweden, 86.0One of the first things when visiting Stockholm, Sweden, is noticing the wide range of eco-friendly products. Nevertheless, the most important thing that put them so high on the EPI list is the fact that they are in advanced phase of the implementation of the plan for phasing out the fossil fuel by 2020. Swedish government also is trying hard to use the forests very well, as the sawdust of the lumber is used for generating heat. These are just some of the indicators that make Sweden on of the greenest on the world, but explaining all of them would take a lot of space.5. Norway, 81.1Norway already feels the consequences of the global warming, as its north parts are close to the melting Arctic, so they’re taking a lot of measure to prevent any possible catastrophic scenario. Norway government and the people as well, are making efforts to become carbon neutral until 2030, although it is an oil export oriented country. They plan to make diesel fuel more expensive than the eco fuels and stimulate people to use the second ones.6. Mauritius, 80.6Maybe you will be surprised of the fact that one African Prime Minister decide to make his country eco-friendly, but yes, it’s true. Although the little island has very limited resources, they do not give up. Rama Sithanen’s cabinet is trying to find many ways for reuse items through recycling. At this moment they rely on the water that surrounds the island.7. France, 78.2The indicators that launched France so high on the EPI list are increasing of use of eco fuels, conserving energy, increasing renewable energy rate, increasing of organic farming, etc. In order to stimulate the use of eco friendly energy sources, the government also promoted reduction of taxes for those who use solar panels. However, the most interesting measure toward accomplishing their eco goals is the use of, believe it or not, the straw bales for construction of buildings.8. Austria, 78.1Austria has no problems for being green so they decided to go step further. They made a deal with the government of Czech Republic for building eco friendly garden across the border between the two countries. The gardens contain herbs, fruit trees and flowers; they look amazing, though they do not use any pesticides for maintaining it. For the rest of the green country there’s no need to waste words.9. Cuba, 78.1Cuba has earned the same index as Austria mostly thanks to the decreasing of the use of harmful and illegal pesticides on farms. Allegedly, they try to lower the sea level in order to prevent the salt water ruin the soil. However, their most ambitious project is the use of clear hydroelectricity in the Guama area. The government makes efforts to connect all of the homes in that area to hydroelectric station and provide them all the electricity they need. Should that make success, other projects will follow.10. Colombia, 76.8Most news we hear for Colombia are not good, so this including on the Top 10 EPI countries is really refreshing. The government learnt the lessons and finally decided to end the deforestation and stimulated a lot of eco friendly projects. Constructors began using bamboo instead of steel; a lot of national parks have been opened in order to be saved the large number of endemic species, while the fashion designers have also tried to raise the awareness about the green issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;10 World’s Greenest Cities1. Reykjavik, IcelandIceland is the world’s greenest country and it’s no surprise that its capital is the greenest city on the planet. Reykjavik’s government has expressed its desire to become Europe’s cleanest cities and has taken very impressive measure in order to achieve that. Currently, the city is run entirely on green power, including geothermal and hydroelectricity, while the transport system in the city uses entirely hydrogen. Very impressive!2. Malmo, SwedenIt’s amazing to see how people want to go green in some cities! Several neighborhoods in Malmo, Sweden, are transformed in eco-friendly areas already, using an innovative eco design, making Sweden’s third largest city real green urban development model. Of course, they have generous support by city government.3. Copenhagen, DenmarkWhen people have decided to go green, the city can turn to green heaven. Copenhagen is a city where citizens are very aware for the environmental issues and they use bike rather than car. If I mention the offshore wind farm just beyond the coastline and the new metro system from 2000, then it’s clear why Copenhagen is one of the greenest cities in the world.4. Vancouver, CanadaUnlike other North American cities, the largest city in British Columbia has done much in order to go green. Even 90% of the energy comes from renewable sources, such as wind, tidal, solar and wave energy, but the city has also developed a 100-years plan for sustainability in order to keep going green, although the city already has more than 200 parks.5. Bahia de Caraquez, EcuadorBahia de Caraquez is heaven for eco tourists. The city suffered severe damages from natural disasters in 90’s and after that the local government and NGOs decided to make the city sustainable. They developed number of programs for keeping biodiversity and control erosion, but also begun composting organic waste from public markets and households and supporting organic agriculture.6. Sydney, AustraliaSydney is the city that should take the credits for the recent Earth hour, because it was the first city that started this, but also the first one that “sent off” the old bulbs removing them with the new eco friendly light bulbs. The city of the Green Square has also developed an efficient food-waste disposal program, so it’s clear why Sydney is one of the world’s greenest cities.7. Bogota, ColombiaThe city that is widely known for crime is going green since the governing by the mayor Enrique Penalosa. He managed to reconstruct all the sidewalks for pedestrians; he created efficient bus transit system and revitalized over 1200 city green spaces. The mayor also raised tha gas tax in order to decrease its use and started an annual car-free day.8. Curitiba, BrazilIf 99% of the citizens in Curitiba are happy with their city, then it must be something special. Some of the reasons are the facts that over 70% of the people there rely on the very efficient public transport and that there are more than 580 square feet of green space per inhabitant. Curitiba is an incredible model for bigger metropolises.9. London, EnglandLondon government came out with Climate Change Action Plan that made the city on of the world’s greenest. Reducing the CO2 emissions for 60% and generating 25%of the energy locally in next 20 years, as well as incentives for citizens who make efforts to improve the energy efficiency in their homes are just some of the measures that make the next host of the summer Olympics a green city.10. Portland, Oregon, USAMaybe you will be surprised that a city from the world’s second biggest polluter is on the list, but this city was the first in US that made plan for reducing CO2 emissions and created a lot of green building initiatives. Also, the local government tries hard to keep the cars off the streets as much as possible with building bike lanes and light rails.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Answer the questions and write a text about the topic with at least 15 lines.&nbsp;


1- What is global warming?2- What causes it?3- What are the main effects?4- Which are the 10 greennest countries? How did they get to their rankings?5- Which position is Brazil ranked in?6- Which are the 10 greennest cities? Is Brazil represented? Explain your answer.7- What should Brasilians do to make Brazil a greenner country?8- List 5 things you would do to make Coronel Fabriciano&nbsp;considered a green city.

Global warming&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; http://www.ypte.org.uk/environmental/global-warming/115 deadliest effects of global warming&nbsp; http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/5-deadliest-effects-of-global-warming/276Effects of global warming&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warmingGlobal warming basics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/f101.asp

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