To start
the ball rolling the club members were asked to describe what they see on the
International Mountain Day logo. Each person added own observation and we
compared them to the official designer’s description. The perceptions of the
viewers and the logo’s author proved to be somewhat different, but the club
members learned that the description of an image can be executed on a much higher
language proficiency level.
This year’s
International Mountain Day theme will focus on Mountains and Forests.
It aims to
raise awareness about the relevance of mountain forests and the role they play
within a Green Economy as well as in climate change adaptation measures.
Healthy
mountain forests are crucial to the ecological health of the world. They
protect watersheds that supply freshwater to more than half the world’s people.
They also
are the home of untold wildlife, provide food and fodder for mountain people
and are important sources of timber and non-wood products.
Yet in many
parts of the world mountain forests are under threat as never before and
deforestation in tropical mountain forests continues at an astounding rate.
Protecting these forests and making sure they are carefully managed is an
important step towards sustainable mountain development.
The map of
the North American mountains helped us to refresh in the memory the names of the
US mountainous regions.
The video
about the Rocky Mountains National Park impressed all the viewers.
We also
watched several videos about the most famous US ski resorts on both coast - in
Colorado and Vermont).
The
information about the dangers to the mountains forests and was quite
educational (mountain pine beetle, air and water pollution etc.).
Rainforest phenomenon was well known to the audience;
however, the video about temperate rainforests of Northern America mountains
was a discovery to all.
The new terms
learned from one of the articles allowed the Club members to describe the
breathtaking photos of the mountains.
To round up
the discussion we talked about mountains of different countries. Roland C. told
about his favorite mountains in France.
Mohammed informed
us about mountain regions of Algeria. Eugene P. told our foreign friends about
the most fashionable ski resort in Ukraine – Bukovel’.
After the
official part the club member Yana L.
gave us a long due tutorial about
buying staff on electronic auction site E-Bay. The clubmembers discussed their
experience of using this site. 
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