Tag: Mindset
I will definitely miss you
great big story
The once plentiful sea turtles of Zanzibar are disappearing. Poaching and bycatch have severely reduced the population of these elegant reptiles. But there’s still hope. The Mnarani Marine Turtle Conservation project is working hard to look after the turtles in order to bring their numbers up to previous levels. A Great Big film by filmmaker Dan the Director.
Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :
- Surrounded by the Indian Ocean
- When I scuba dive I feel great
- My first dive
- A world of its own
- I don’t see many turtles
- To participate in the conservation of turtles
- For educational purposes
- I am an uneducated fisherman
- Save the sea turtles
- We had a lot of poachers
- We talk to the village fishermen about conservation
- Our children and grand children will not be able to see them
- Looking after him, feeding him
- We are going to release you back to the sea
Map of Zanzibar
Zero waste
great big story
The village of Kamikatsu in Japan has taken their commitment to sustainability to a new level. While the rest of the country has a recycling rate of around 20 percent, Kamikatsu surpasses its neighbors with a staggering 80 percent. After becoming aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide associated with burning garbage, the town instated the Zero Waste Declaration with the goal of being completely waste-free by 2020.
Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :
- Tea fields
- Idyllic mountains
- Produces no trash
- Created carbon dioxide emissions
- Zero waste
- A new way of living
- No such thing as throwing something in the trash
- Everything has to get recycled
- In the beginning it was difficult
- She’s a housewife
- The classification system
- Is the key to Kamikatsu’s success
- A huge burden
- A way of life
- Looking at trash differently
Map of Kamikatsu – Japan
Related by a mindset
adidas
Calling all Creators
Those with the need, to make something new. The game changers, the difference makers, the boundary breakers, the tomorrow takers. Let’s change sport. Let’s change lives. Let’s create.
Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :
• Calling all creators
• Those with the need to make something new
• Obsessed with progress
• It’s everything in today’s game
• Making a statement
• The game will never be the same
• Related by a mindset
• Enlighten while we inspire
• Join us
• Let’ change lives
• Let’s create
Vocabulary in Chunks 