There are many criteria to look for when it comes to the sustainability of cities and communities, for instance access to public transport, living costs and the amount of available green areas.
In March 2024, The World Economic Forum presented their most recent ranking of the world’s ten most sustainable cities. However, they also show that the rankings may vary, depending on which criteria one chooses to emphasize the most.
Look at the list from the World Economic forum in your group and choose one of the ten cities listed (No groups can choose the same city).
Make a poster with the headline “Name of city, nr of ranking most sustainable city in the world.”
Do further research and include the following on your poster:
what makes this city sustainable?
what challenges has this city faced and/or is this city facing when it comes to making sustainable changes?
what are the benefits of the sustainable choices this city has made?
what can other cities, countries and/or communities learn from how this city has worked with sustainability?
Many of us dream (or have done so) about studying somewhere that is else – experiencing a different country, culture and climate while getting a degree at the same time.
Having spent time abroad can also look good on your resume when applying for future jobs, it might say something about your ability to adapt to new settings, to working in a language not your own, and your sense of adventure.
During the month of September, you will plan your year of studying abroad, and then present this plan orally. Here’s what you need to do:
First you need to find out what you want to study and where. Remember that you must choose an English-speaking country. You can take this testhttps://www.educations.com/career-test if you need inspiration for what to study.
Find a real university that offer this study program and find out what you need to do to apply there. Grades, college interview, personal statement, recommendations from teachers??? How much does it cost to study there? Do you need some sort of student visa – how do you get that? http://www.ansa.no/ is a website that offers a lot of information about these sort of things.
What kind of student activities do this town offer? What do you want to do in your spare time? Plan this too.
Where will you live? Find a place – look at actual listings for apartments or student dorms in your chosen city. https://www.goabroad.com/articles/study-abroad/best-student-accommodation-websites
What about the culture in this country – are there rules of behavior you need to adapt to? Communications, festivals, food, religions…
Make a prezi, a power point or a video where you present your study plans. This will be graded orally.
There is no required LENGTH – I know how much you love to ask about that, but if you want a good grade you should make sure that you answer all the assignment asks of you.
Congratulations on having created your very own blog! Please remember to send the link to your blog to your English teacher on Teams.
Now it is time for you to write your very first blog post, which will be about the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Throughout the year we will be working with different global challenges, using the UN Goals as a starting point. We will be working with goals 6, 12 and 13 during the year. Other than that, you as a class will help decide which goals, and which challenges, we focus on. Therefore, in your first ever blog post:
Read about the various UN Sustainable Development goals and write a paragraph about which goal you would like to learn more about and why. Also include suggestions or thoughts on how to work with this goal.
Finishing this blog post and POSTING IT on your blog is homework Wednesday August 28th
Hi and welcome to a new school year and to English 1 at Ålesund VGS. This blog will be used by your teachers to post relevant content, recommended readings and assignments.
Each of you will also create your own blog where you respond to writing assignments given here and in class. Since we know the wordpress system best, it is easiest for us to help you with the blog if you choose to create one on wordpress yourself. Use https://www.wordpress.com and choose a free account. When making your account you can choose whether to have a public, private or hidden blog, but no matter which you choose you have to share the link with your teacher. Make sure to use an e- mail address you check often for your log-in, and a password you will be able to remember. As you create your blog, remember that the blog is not ready until you have pressed “publish.” Then you can send a link to the blog to your teacher.
You will receive assignments to publish on your blogs, and some of these will be graded with grades, others will be graded “approved” / “not approved”. This is a good way to practice and develop your writing skills.
So, get to it! Create your blog, and include links to other public blogs of your classmates, as well as our teacher blog, if you find other relevant sites you are free to link to these as well. You might also include a map so you can see where your visitors are from.
We encourage you to read some of your fellow students blogs – both for inspiration and to support each other. Maybe also leave a comment?
We look forward to getting to know you all, to learn and to work together with all the interesting, relevant topics of English 1 throughout the year.
Western Sahara is often called Africa’s last colony and also a forgotten conflict. On March 18th we had a visitor in class, Asria Taleb, from the Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara, who talked about the Morroccan occupation, life in Algerian refugee camps, the part of the UN in this conflict, and the media coverage.
Write a blog post about what you learned about this conflict and activism to support the Sahrawi people in their struggle for independence. Had you heard about the conflict before? If yes, what and where? If no, why do you think that is? Comment on the lack of media attention for this conflict and see if you can find any newspapers reporting anything about Western Sahara – if so – what?
You have now watched two documentaries about social media and how it can be used to influence people without them even knowing it. Write a blog post where you briefly summarize what they were about and compare the two documentaries in terms of genre and form. Which of the two did you like the best, or did you feel you learned the most from? Give reasons for your answer.
Write a coherent blog post/text answering the questions below. The blog post/text should be published/handed in on Teams by Wednesday Jan. 31st, so you have to plan your time accordingly.
What was your impression of the movie?
Is this a movie about multiculturalism – in your opinion? Why/why not?
What challenges of multiculturalism are shown in the film?
How can a multicultural state face these challenges?
What benefits of multiculturalism are shown in the film?
How can a multicultural state strengthen these benefits?
How would you describe Walt’s racial beliefs at the start of the movie? Do these beliefs change?
Walt and his friend the barber have an interesting relationship. Do you think the way they talk to each other is appropriate or inappropriate? Why or why not? Do you think it is okay to speak the way they do if both individuals are okay with the language? Why or why not?
In your opinion – what is the message of the film?
Write a blog post where you discuss the question above. Practice your argumentative skills, try to look at more than one side and use examples/explanations to emphasize the points you make.
Finish your blog post and post on your blog by Monday, Oct. 2nd.
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