The Faces of the Climate Change

Today’s session of the Gabfest speaking club (at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) started with the discussion of the tragic events that happened in the United States.  We have expressed condolences to the tragic deaths of the Americans during the explosions in Boston and Texas. The Club members exchanged information and details about the above explosions received from the media news reports.
The official topic of the session was “Earth Day 2013”. The topic of this year is “The Faces of the Climate Change”.

We have read and translated an article that defined the recent climate changes. 2012 was marked by many climate change milestones. Arctic sea-ice cover reached a record low in September, a new high-water mark in a long-term decline. The United States experienced its hottest year ever; this, after the World Meteorological Organization announced that the first decade of this century was the hottest on record for the entire planet.
The next activity was to describe images and editorial cartoons illustrating the climate change. The most impressive and scary was the poster of the WWF.The animated cartoon about the Florida turtles and the climate change prepared the group for a more complicated video on climate change issues. The discussion was wrapped up by discussing how each of the club members combats climate changes. The majority of the groups try to diminish the amount of rubbish, reuse plastic bags, and grow plants and trees.
The session was educational and important for the environmental awareness.
The number of participants – 19 persons.
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