October 15, 2019
Steve Jobs showed us that if you do what you love, everything is possible...or at least almost everything!
Now, let's see another entrepreneurial idea that wants to solve the challenge of plastic pollution by using technology and science:
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
1. What is the video about?
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
4. How does the solution work?
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
October 10, 2019
Steve Jobs showed us that if you do what you love, everything is possible...or at least almost everything!
Now, let's see another entrepreneurial idea that wants to solve the challenge of plastic pollution by using technology and science:
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
1. What is the video about?
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
4. How does the solution work?
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
October 10, 2019
This is an example of an initiative that meets social needs, raises awareness among communities and is an environmental lesson.
Let's watch a video on how two teenagers came up with several solutions to tackle a big problem in their community:
Listening exercise
Instruction
Listen to the video again and answer the following questions:
- What is the name of the two teens’ social initiative?
- What are the four main pillars that the two girls focus on?
- How did they come up with the idea of cleaning the island from plastic?
THE OCEAN CLEANUP
ReplyDelete1) The video is about The ocean cleanup, a company created by Bayon, and how It works.
2) When He went diving at the sea, He noticed more plastic than fish and He wondered: How can we get all this plastic out the ocean? so, when He was 17, He came up whit a plan for an installation to cleanup our oceans.
3) No, after presenting this, He gained the support of scientists, engineers and volunteers.
4) This is how it works: The trash floats a hundred kilometer wide barrier. Sea life safely passes underneath,, while the current pushes the plastic towards the centre.
Here a conveyor belth and a pump scoop up the plastic. Finally, a ship comes by every six weeks to pick up the trash for recycling.
5) The team needs at least two million dollars.
6) They invite us to visit Oceancleanup.com or support them by clicking the link below.
LISTENING EXCERCISE
1) The name of the two teens' social initiative is: Bye bye plastic bags.
2) The four main pillars that the two girls focus on are:
*Education
*Pilot village
*"one island, one voice" campaign
*Going global
3) They could see the negative effects plastic was having on their home island. To all the places where they went, they found plastic. So, they thought they should do something to change that situation.
1. What is the video about?
ReplyDeleteThe video is about plastic bags
and other trash left behind, end up in rivers and travel to the open sea, a strategy is proposed to remove the plastic of the ocean
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
He was diving in the sea and realized there were more plastic bags than fish, so it was the beginning of The Ocean Cleanup.
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
Did he work on the business idea himself?
No, first he came up a plan for an installation to clean the oceans, after presenting this, he gained the support from hundreds of scientists, engineers and volunteers.
4. How does the solution work?
The trash floats towards a hundred kilometer wide barrier, sea life safely passes underneath, while the current pushes the plastic towards the centre.Here a conveyor belt and a pump a scoop up the plastic. A ship come vy every six weeks to pick up the trash for recycling
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
To develop the idea the team needs 2 million dollars that will be for the first platform.
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
they invite us to their page THE OCEAN CLEANUP
Listening exercise
Instruction
1.What is the name of the two teens’ social initiative?
The name of the two teens' social initiative is: Bye bye plastic bags.
2.What are the four main pillars that the two girls focus on?
the four main pillars are education, pilot village ,"one island, one voice" campaign and going global.
3.How did they come up with the idea of cleaning the island from plastic?
They could see the negative effects that plastic was having on their island of origin. So they thought that plastic could be everywhere, in the rice fields, the beach so they thought, what could they do about this?
THE OCEAN CLEANUP
ReplyDelete1- The video is about the company The Ocean Cleanup created by Bayon.
2- One day Boyan went diving at sea and discovered that the ocean had more plastic bags than fish. Then, when he 17 years old he had one idea for clean our ocean.
3- No, he didn't. He gained the support of scientists, engineers and volunteers.
4- The current pushes the plastic towards the center of a barrier and a conveyord belt in a pump scoop up the plastic. Then a ship goes by every sex weeks to pick up the trash for recyclig.
5- 2 million dollars.
6- They invite us to visit their website and support them with donations.
LISTENING EXERCISE
1- Its name is bye bye plastic bags.
2- - Education because is key change.
- Pilot Village: is distribute around 200 alternative bags every weekend.
- "One island one voice": They involve small industries rewarding them with a stickers as they are free of plastic bags.
- It's do the global project and give a good example to the children for that they also do it.
3- They could see the negative effects plastic was having on their home island. Then, they began to think what they could do about it.
1. What is the video about?
ReplyDeleteThe video is about an ocean cleaning alternative and how it works; devised by the organization the ocean cleanup, a company created by Bayon being very young.
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
One day diving in the sea, he realized that there were more plastic bags in the ocean than fish, at seventeen years old he came up with the idea of a system to clean our oceans from plastic.
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
No, after presenting his idea he had the support of a team composed of scientists, volunteers and engineers ...
4. How does the solution work?
It works like this: Garbage floats to a hundred kilometer wide barrier. Marine life passes safely below the barrier, while the current pushes the plastic towards the center. Here a conveyor belt and a pump collect the plastic. Every six weeks a ship passes to collect the garbage for recycling.
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
The team needs at least two million dollars.
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
They invite us to visit oceancleanup.com or help them click on the link below: fund.theoceancleanup.com
Listening exercise
1.What is the name of the two teens’ social initiative?
The name of the two teens' social initiative is: Bye bye plastic bags.
2.What are the four main pillars that the two girls focus on?
The four main pillars they focus on are:
Education, Pilot village, "one island, one voice" campaign and Going global.
3.How did they come up with the idea of cleaning the island from plastic?
They could see the negative effects plastic was having on their island. And then, they began to think what they could do about it.
1.The video is about of the idea of Bayon to create the ocean cleanup company
ReplyDelete2. Because one time he was diving in the ocean and look a lot of plastic and he had the idea of cleaning the ocean with a machine that it’s gather the plastic
3. No, he did present the idea and he won the help of scientist, engineer and volunteers to do the plan.
4. The solucion is to install a machine in special parts of the ocean and this with mesh catch the plastic of the ocean and gather the plastic in the machine, after six week a ship take the plastic and re-use this.
5.the team need to develop the idea two millions of dollars.
6. They have a page (theoceancleanup.com), and we can support this with in clicking the link below.
1. The name of the social initiative is bye bye plastic bags
Delete2.The four pillars are education, pilot village, "one island, one voice" and going global
3. They saw the negative effects that had the island by the plastic, also the found plastic in all places that they came and they started with the idea of change this situation
1. What is the video about?
ReplyDeleteThe video is about an ocean cleaning alternative and how it works; devised by the organization the ocean cleanup, a company created by Bayon being very young.
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
One day diving in the sea, he realized that there were more plastic bags in the ocean than fish, at seventeen years old he came up with the idea of a system to clean our oceans from plastic.
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
No, after presenting his idea he had the support of a team composed of scientists, volunteers and engineers ...
4. How does the solution work?
It works like this: Garbage floats to a hundred kilometer wide barrier. Marine life passes safely below the barrier, while the current pushes the plastic towards the center. Here a conveyor belt and a pump collect the plastic. Every six weeks a ship passes to collect the garbage for recycling.
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
The team needs at least two million dollars.
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
They invite us to visit oceancleanup.com or help them click on the link below: fund.theoceancleanup.com
Listening exercise
1.What is the name of the two teens’ social initiative?
The name of the two teens' social initiative is: Bye bye plastic bags.
2.What are the four main pillars that the two girls focus on?
The four main pillars they focus on are:
Education, Pilot village, "one island, one voice" campaign and Going global.
3.How did they come up with the idea of cleaning the island from plastic?
They could see the negative effects plastic was having on their island. And then, they began to think what they could do about it.
NOTA:
I regret the double response, it always publishes me as unknown when I try to link my email.
The Ocean Cleanup
ReplyDelete1.What is the video about?
The video is about a proposal for to remove the trash from ocean.
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
Boyant was swimming at sea when he noticed more plastic bags than fish, for this reason he started a plan for an installation to clean our oceans: The Ocean Cleanup.
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
No, Boyant with him proposal gained the support of scientists, engineers and volunteers.
4. How does the solution work?
Create platforms for to catch the trash. These platforms will have towards a hundred kilometer wide barrier. There a conveyor belt and a pump scoop up the plastic, then a ship to pick up the trash for recycling.
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
For start the platforms construction, the team needs at least two million dollars.
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
They have a page where we can donate money for to support this plan.
Listening Exercise
1.What is the name of the two teens’ social initiative?
The girl names are Isabel and Melati Wijsen
2.What are the four main pillars that the two girls focus on?
Education, Pilot village, “One island, one voice”, going global
3.How did they come up with the idea of cleaning the island from plastic?
They could see the problems that plastic brings. They could see bag plastic in all places, especially in her island.
1. What is the video about?
ReplyDeleteBoyan plan for an installation to clean oceans.
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
He was diving at sea and he saw there are more plastic than fish.
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
He did all the plan and after his presentation scientist, engineer and volunteers decided the project is feasible.
4. How does the solution work?
the plastic floats towards a hundred kilometer wide barrier and the current pushes the plastic in the centre(sea life passes underneath), where a conveyor belt scoop up the plastic and then a ship goes every six weeks to pick up the trash for recycling.
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
for develop the firs platform they need two million dollars.
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
the people can support them by their website www.theoceancleanup.com
Listening exercise
1. What is the name of the two teens’ social initiative?
Bye bye plastic.
2.What are the four main pillars that the two girls focus on?
1. Being educated.
2. pilot village(say no to plastic bag)
3. One island, one voice. Is a campaing for involve retailers and industry.
4. Is a global project.
3.How did they come up with the idea of cleaning the island from plastic?
They saw the negative effects, they saw plastic everywhere walking or swimming and they thought they can do something
1. What is the video about?
ReplyDeleteThe video talks about a proposal to clean the ocean
2. How did Boyant come up with the idea of cleaning the oceans?
Boyan dove into the sea and realized that there were more plastic bags than fish. he begins to question possible solutions
3. Did he work on the entrepreneurial idea by himself?
No, Boyan had the idea of a system to clean our oceans. But he received the support of hundreds of scientists, engineers and volunteers.
4. How does the solution work?
Garbage floats to a barrier one hundred kilometers wide. Marine life passes safely below, while the current pushes the plastic towards the center.Here a conveyor belt and a pump collect the plastic.
5. How much does the team need to develop the idea?
To develop the platform, the team needs at least two million dollars.
6. What are they doing to collect the money?
They are receiving donations through a page
Listening exercise
1. What is the name of the two teens’ social initiative?
The name of the social initiative is: Bye bye plastic.
2. What are the four main pillars that the two girls focus on?
The pillars are:
to. The education
b. The pilot village.
c. "An island, a voice."
d. global project
3.How did they come up with the idea of cleaning the island from plastic?
They came up with the idea when they saw all the negative effects that plastic was causing on their island.