Patrizia Careggio

Elisabetta Indraccolo

L’argomento
 The Green Planet è rivolto in particolare agli studenti dei corsi a indirizzo Agrario, Agroalimentare, Agroindustria e per i Servizi per l’Agricoltura e lo Sviluppo rurale; più in generale, a coloro che hanno l’esigenza di utilizzare la lingua inglese come strumento di studio e/o di lavoro in questi settori.
 
 I contenuti sono ordinati secondo criteri di graduale complessità concettuale e linguistica e vengono esplorati utilizzando le quattro abilità in modo omogeneo e integrato. I brani offrono un assortimento di stili, registri e livelli di difficoltà.
 
 La struttura
 The Green Planet è diviso in sei Moduli, ognuno dei quali è ripartito in un numero variabile di Unità.
 
 Ogni Unità è suddivisa in brevi Capitoli su due pagine – teoria ed esercizi – per favorire uno studio più parcellizzato e la scelta antologica da parte dell’insegnante. Brevi link (curiosità, ampliamenti, rimandi, attività o mini-approfondimenti) arricchiscono i brani per consentire una maggiore interattività. Un ricco apparato iconografico correda i brani di lettura, per ognuno dei quali è previsto un esauriente glossario.
 
 Al termine di ogni Unità è presente la seguente sezione:
 
 Mapping your mind: Mappa riepilogativa.
 Alla fine dei primi sei Moduli, il testo propone ulteriori attività: <ul><li>Vocabulary: Esercizi di revisione e consolidamento;
</li><li>Real-life skills: Compiti di realtà e collaborativi, lavori di gruppo con un taglio di tipo pratico calato nella realtà;
</li><li>Case study: Argomento di attualità corredato di esercizi mirati all’approfondimento e alla discussione;
</li><li>Clip: Breve clip tratta da film o documentari attinenti agli argomenti del Modulo;
</li><li>Debate time: Spunti tratti da articoli giornalistici che stimolano riflessioni legate all’educazione civica secondo la tecnica del Debate.</li></ul>

Module 1 - Agriculture

Unit 1.1 Trends in agriculture

Unit 1.2 Technology, automation and robotics

Unit 1.3 Not only agriculture

Vocabulary

Real-life skills

Case study - An example to follow

Clip documentary - Food, inc.

Debate time

Module 2 - Ecology and Forestry

Unit 2.1 Ecology, climate and pollution

Unit 2.2 Energy sources

Unit 2.3 Forestry

Unit 2.4 Forest biodiversity

Case study - Agrivoltaics: the dual use of the land

Clip documentary - Before the Flood

Module 3 - Soil, water and plants

Unit 3.1 Soil

Unit 3.2 Water

Unit 3.3 Plants

Unit 3.4 Seeds and fertilisers

Case study - Transforming coffee waste into fertiliser

Clip documentary - Kiss the Ground

Module 4 - Cultivation

Unit 4.1 Crops

Unit 4.2 Oil plants

Unit 4.3 Vineyards

Unit 4.4 Gardening and landscaping

Case study - SAIRISI, sustainable Italian rice project

Clip film - A little Chaos

Module 5 - Food processing

Unit 5.1 Food production

Unit 5.2 Dairy products

Unit 5.3 The edible oil industry

Unit 5.4 Alcoholic beverages

Unit 5.5 Italian excellence

Case study - Ageing wine underwater

Clip film - A Good Year

Module 6 - Livestock

Unit 6.1 Ruminant livestock

Unit 6.2 Non-ruminant livestock

Unit 6.3 Alternative forms of breeding

Unit 6.4 Livestock management

Case study - Honey Care Africa

Clip documentary - Vanishing of the Bees

Module 7 - Extra

1. Cross-curricular topics

2. Grammar

3. How to…

4. Glossary

REAL-LIFE SKILLS 4 pAir worK read the text and follow the instructions. Water Footprint How do we use water? There are two types of water use: direct and indirect (or virtual).   direct water use includes water from a tap for things like flushing the toilet, washing clothes and watering the lawn.   indirect or  virtual  water use, also called  embedded water , is the water  hidden  in the products, services and processes you buy and use every day, like crop irrigation, power production and consumer goods manufacturing. For example, the water necessary for growing cotton for your jeans or processing your hamburger meat. A water footprint measures how your choices and habits affect your water use inside and outside of your home, through the food you eat, the products you buy and even the energy you use. Do you know how much water is consumed for these habits and activities? Ask and answer questions in turn with your partner and then compare the result with your classroom mates. You 5 1. How much water is needed for a 15-minute shower? a. 76L b. 144L c. 125L 2. If you brush your teeth leaving your bathroom tap running for 5 minutes, how much water is wasted? a. 57L b. 94L c. 170L 3. Do you waste more water if you wash your family car at home or at a selfservice car wash? a. At home b. At a self-service car wash 4. How much water does a dishwasher a. 40L use? More or less than hand washing? b.15L c. 80L 5. How much water does each person use each day for cooking, cleaning and washing? a. 145L b. 300L c. 50L 6. How much water is necessary to grow a. 10L one apple? b. 30L c. 70L 7. How much water is needed to process a. 1,200L b. 2,400L one hamburger meat? c. 700L 8. How much water is necessary for your a. 4,100L b. 7,000L cotton T-shirt? c. 900L 9. How many litres are needed for a pair of leather shoes? a. 6,000L b. 2,000L c. 8,000L 10. How much direct and virtual water does each person use per day? a. 5,000L b. 3,400L c. 800L Your partner GroUp worK Follow the instructions. Go online to look for speci  c information about indirect or virtual water use. Explore the impact your food consumption habits have on your virtual water use and think about how your diet is in  uenced by systems like social groups, advertising, home and school. Write a short report about the results of your research and share the concept of virtual water footprint. 160 Soil, wAter And plAntS 

CASE STUDY trAnSForMinG CoFFee wASte into FertiliSer Coffee, grown in about 80 countries, is one of the world s most popular beverages and second largest traded commodity after petroleum. Spent coffee ground (SCG) is the residue obtained during the brewing process and the   nal product after preparation of coffee. Every year, over 500,000 tonnes of coffee grounds are generated in the UK, of which 90% are sent to land  ll or incinerated. A start-up organisation, Revive Eco, collects coffee grounds from across the country and processes them at their facility. Founded in 2015 by Scott Kennedy and Fergus Moore, Revive Eco offers a waste collection service which diverts coffee grounds from land  ll, and processes them to extract maximum value from the material. In 2020, they launched their   rst small coffee ground processing unit; now they can collect and convert 2.5 tonnes of coffee grounds per week from Scottish clients. Revive converts the coffee grounds into natural oils which have uses in a range of industries including cosmetics, food & drink and pharmaceuticals. From the residual material, they create a natural soil conditioner.   Properties of coffee grounds Coffee grounds contain many nutrients that are essential for fertilisation: minerals such as calcium, magnesium, nitrogen and potassium in the   rst place. There are also many properties in coffee grounds that prove indispensable for plants that need acidic or slightly acidic soils, 6 7 Answer the questions. 1. Where is spent coffee ground usually stocked? 2. When did Revive Eco start their   rst small coffee ground processing unit? 3. What are coffee grounds turned into? 4. Why is the residual material converted into a soil conditioner? but also useful for fertilising vegetables, aromatic herbs and fruit trees. Coffee grounds are soil conditioners which supply nutrients to the soil by improving its physical condition while fertilisers only supply nutrients to the soil or plants but do not improve the state of the soil. In addition, coffee grounds can also be used as a pesticide and natural repellent to keep slugs, ants and worms away from green spaces.   Processing coffee grounds Revive Eco recycles spent coffee grounds from businesses at every scale: from nationwide coffee chains to independent coffee shops, caf s and restaurants, and from of  ce blocks and transport hubs to universities and instant coffee factories. Spent coffee grounds are collected and delivered to Revive Eco factory, where innovative processes decontaminate, process and dry the grounds, before sieving and packing them, ready for reuse, to bene  t both people and planet. Since it began recycling spent coffee, Revive Eco has recycled nearly 40,000 tons of spent coffee grounds, saving just under 9,000 tons of CO2. This amount would require about 408,500 trees to be processed over the course of a year. That is a forest of 743 acres! 5. Compared to traditional fertilisers, what is the added value of spent coffee grounds? 6. Do they have additional applications? 7. How are coffee grounds processed at Revive Eco factory? 8. What result has this coffee ground recycling business brought about so far? Go online and find italian organisations or firms which process coffee grounds and/or coffee capsules by converting them into new materials. to sieve: setacciare slug: limaccia spent: esausto Soil, wAter And plAntS 161 

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