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Business Spotlight 4/2009 - Green Special

Is the current green boom a lasting trend or just a green bubble? This is just one of the many questions we ask in our green special, Business Spotlight 4/2009, which goes on sale on 10 June. In the magazine, you can test your knowledge of green language and find out how green you are in your everyday life. We also look at environmental issues in Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands and India. Our Business Spotlight Audio products also have a green focus — as does Business Spotlight plus.

Our “Going Green” special continues here online. In this section, you’ll find news, opinions and language exercises on a variety of “green” topics. We hope that you’ll discover many items that interest and entertain you — and that you’ll also learn new expressions to talk about the environment and environmentally-friendly business.

A fresh start

JAPAN: Traditionally, young people have left farms for the city in search of work. Now, facing an economy that offers less job security, some are returning to rural life.

im Angesicht

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Vocabulary: Recycling

There are lots of good reasons for recycling, but do you know which materials can be recycled? And do you know the vocabulary of recycling in English? Test your knowledge in our exercise on our free podcast.

Climate lessons

CANADA: Do you want to save the planet? First, learn more about the greenhouse effect and global warming with a new, easy and free online course. Then spread the word.

Treibhauseffekt

es weitererzählen

Alien attack

I’m feeling good today. Another one of my worries has been removed. I’ve just found out that, in the event of an alien attack from outer space, I will probably not be wiped out, thanks to the fact that I’m not a car driver.

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Room to grow

GREEN PROJECT: If you’ll pardon the expression, the idea of urban farming is growing. And a "landshare" project aims to connect people who want to grow food with people who have land to share.

urbane Landwirtschaft

Green words in business

Did you know you could use your "green" vocabulary to talk about business activities, as well as talking about green lifestyles?

Cycling across Europe

Many European cities have introduced cycling schemes. You can learn about the latest ones in the UK and about the effect they are having on the local community. The vocabulary we focus on is useful for talking about many types of new projects.

Fahrradprojekte

hier: Gemeindewesen

A balanced ecosystem is a souce of natural wealth

Nature's value

INDIA: To find out the economic health of a country, we look at figures such as its per capita income. However, such numbers do not show the benefits of a clean environment. India now plans to be the first nation to establish ecosystem accounts that measure its “natural wealth”.

Pro-Kopf-Einkommen

Vorteile

Umwelt

Konten

Reichtum

Top Ten Wise Words

You can’t avoid the top ten lists at this time of year. These are my favourite Wise Words that I focused on in 2009. Try to learn them — they’re bound to be useful in 2010, too.

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Earth

A two-week meeting of nearly 200 world leaders started on 7 December. Top of the agenda is the search for a plan to save the Earth. Is it possible that so many leaders will be able to agree on a plan that will make a difference to the Earth?

ganz oben auf der Tagesordnung stehen

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