Talk Show "YOUR FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS"
проект по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

 Here we are again and now the next guest is a representative of International Organization ‘Un Water’ Sofia Rogozhina.

 Sofia, are there many organizations in Britain?

 (1 слайд) Of course, there are a lot of them. Look at the screen. They deal with different environmental problems.

(вопрос)  Tell us when the tradition of celebration Water day began.

(2 слайд) International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater.  

An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.

Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. We present a brief overview of the different themes that have been the focus of World Water Day celebrations. 

World Water Day 1994 - Caring for Our Water Resources is Everyone's Business 

The Theme of World Water Day 1994 was 'Caring for Our Water Resources is Everyone's Business' 

World Water Day 1995 - Women & Water 

For the first time Lesotho celebrated the "World Day for Water", on March 22, 1995. The international theme for the day was 'Women and Water'. The Department of Water Affairs organized two main activities for the celebration of the Day: on water pollution and on environmental degradation. 

World Water Day 1996 - Water for Thirsty Cities 

The 3rd annual World Water Day was celebrated on March 22, 1996, with the theme, Water for Thirsty Cities. It emphasized the growing water crisis faced by cities across the world which threatens the sustainability of their social and economic development.

World Water Day 1997 - The World's Water, Is There Enough?

The message of the day was: Water is a basic requirement for all life, yet water resources are facing more and more demands from, and competition among, users.

World Water Day 1998 - Groundwater - The Invisible Resource 

The sixth annual World Water Day (WWD) was celebrated on 22 March 1998. As per the recommendations of the 17th meeting of the ACC Sub-Committee on Water Resources, UNICEF and the United Nations Division of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), took the lead in organizing the observance of World Water Day in 1998. 

World Water Day 1999 - Everyone Lives Downstream

Excessive flooding of major rivers in the world in 1998 have resulted in thousands of deaths and caused enormous damage in China, Bangladesh, and India, where nearly half of the world population lives. They were not only the result of excessive rains, but also of interference by mankind in the river basins. These tragedies make us realize that virtually everybody in this world lives downstream. UNEP was the coordinating UN agency.

World Water Day 2000 - Water for the 21st Century 

"The availability and quality of water is increasingly under strain. Even if conditions were to remain constant for the foreseeable future, much of the world would find itself in a state of water-related crisis. To make matters worse, populations are growing most rapidly in those areas where water is already in scarce supply”. 

This is how Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, starts his welcome words in the second announcement for the Second World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference that began in the Netherlands in the week prior to 22 March 2000.

From 17–22 March 2000, hundreds of water specialists, politicians, leading experts and top officials from all across the globe convened in The Hague. The event marked the conclusion to a long series of sessions during which thousands of concerned citizens addressed the water crisis that threatens us all.

World Water Day 2001 - Water & Health

Water for Health - Taking Charge was the theme for 2001. The WHO was the coordinating UN agency.

The message for the day was: "Concrete efforts are necessary to provide clean drinking water and improve health as well as to increase awareness world-wide of the problems and of the solutions. 22 March is a unique occasion to remind everybody that solutions are possible. Use the resources on this site to help turn words into political commitment and action.”

World Water Day 2002 - Water for Development

Water for Development was the theme for 2002. The Internation Atomic Energy Agency was the coordinating UN agency. The currectly poor and deteriorating state of water resources in many parts of the world demand integrated water resources planning and management. 

World Water Day 2003 - Water for the Future 

Water for the Future was the theme for World Water Day 2003. It called on each one of us to maintain and improve the quality and quantity of fresh water available to future generations. This is essential if we are to achieve the Millennium Development Goal to halve, by 2015, the number of people living without safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was the the lead UN agency for World Water Day 2003. The goal was to inspire political and community action and encourage greater global understanding of the need for more responsible water use and conservation.

World Water Day 2004 - Water & Disasters

The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the World Meteorological Organization were charged with co-ordinating events for World Water Day 2004.

The message of the Day was: Weather, climate and water resources can have a devastating impact on socio-economic development and on the well-being of humankind. According to the World Meteorological Organization weather and climate-related extreme events, such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, storms, cyclones, floods and drought, account for nearly 75 per cent of all disasters. They lead to an enormous toll of human suffering, loss of life and economic damage. Monitoring these events, predicting their movements and issuing timely warnings are essential to mitigate the disastrous impact of such events on population and economy.

World Water Day 2005 - Water for Life 2005-2015

The Theme of World Water Day 2005 was: Water for Life 2005 - 2015.

The United Nations General Assembly at its 58th session in December 2003 agreed to proclaim the years 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action, "Water for Life", and beginning with World Water Day, March 22, 2005. The Water for Life decade set the world’s goals on “a greater focus on water-related issues, while striving to ensure the participation of women in water-related development efforts, and further cooperation at all levels to achieve water-related goals of the Millennium Declaration, Johannesburg Plan of Implementation of the World Summit for Sustainable Development and Agenda 21.” 

World Water Day 2006 - Water & Culture 

The Theme of World Water Day 2006 was Water and Culture under the leadership of UNESCO. 

The theme 'Water and Culture' of 2006 drew the attention to the fact that there are as many ways of viewing, using, and celebrating water as there are cultural traditions across the world. Sacred, water is at the heart of many religions and is used in different rites and ceremonies. Fascinating and ephemeral, water has been represented in art for centuries - in music, painting, writing, cinema - and it is an essential factor in many scientific endeavours as well.

World Water Day 2007 - Coping with Water Scarcity

The growing problem of Water Scarcity was the topic for World Water Day 2007. The theme highlighted the increasing significance of water scarcity worldwide and the need for increased integration and cooperation to ensure sustainable, efficient and equitable management of scarce water resources, both at international and local levels. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted ceremonies for the daywhich included and opening address from FAO Secretary-General Jaques Diouf, and video addresses from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Green Cross International President Mikhail Gorbachev.

World Water Day 2008 - Sanitation 

In 2008, World Water Day coincided with the International Year of Sanitation, and challenged us to spur action on a crisis affecting more th1an one out of three people on the planet. Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation conditions endured by some 2.6 billion people globally. That adds up to an unconscionable 1.5 million young lives cut short by a cause we know well how to prevent. Ceremonies for the day took place at Geneva, Switzerland. Speakers included Royal Highness Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange and Director-General of WHO Dr Margaret Chan.

World Water Day 2009 - Transboundary Waters

In 2009, the theme for World Water Day is "Shared Water - Shared Opportunities". Special focus will be placed on transboundary waters. Nurturing the opportunities for cooperation in transboundary water management can help build mutual respect, understanding and trust among countries and promote peace, security and sustainable economic growth. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) leads the activities of the World Water Day 2009 with the support of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

World Water Day 2010 - Water Quality

UN-Water dedicated World Water Day 2010 to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the resource in water management. The World Water Day 2010 campaign is envisaged to raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being through addressing the increasing water quality challenges in water management and to raise the profile of water quality by encouraging governments, organizations, communities, and individuals around the world to actively engage in proactively addressing water quality e.g. in pollution prevention, clean up and restoration

World Water Day 2011 - Water and Urbanisation

For the first time in human history most of the world's population live in cities: 3.3 billion people ...and the urban landscape continues to grow. 38% of the growth is represented by expanding slums, while the city populations are increasing faster than city infrastructure can adapt.
The objective of World Water Day 2011 was to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.
Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge, aimed to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management.

World Water Day 2012 - Water and Food Security

World Water Day 2013 was coordinated by the The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and attempted to seek out solutions to the increasingly critical issues posed by water and food security. With population increase and economic growth, water demands for cities and for the industry are growing much faster than those of agriculture. In some regions, increasing competition for water is constraining both current availability of water for irrigation and further expansion of the irrigated area. In agriculture alone, staples, livestock, inland fisheries and aquaculture, and non-food crops - including liquid biofuels – already compete for water resources. The steady increase of inland aquaculture also contributes to the competition for water resources. Increased competition for water often translates into loss of access to water for the poor and other vulnerable groups. For millions of smallholder farmers, fishers and herders, water is one of the most important factors of production: without water, they cannot make a living

World Water Day 2013 - Water Cooperation

In December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation. In reflection of this declaration, the 2013 World Water Day, which takes place on 22 March 2013, also will be dedicated to water cooperation. Therefore, UN-Water has called upon UNESCO to lead the 2013 United Nations International Year on Water Cooperation, in particular because of the Organization’s unique multidisciplinary approach which blends the natural and social sciences, education, culture and communication. Given the intrinsic nature of water as a transversal and universal element, the United Nations International Year on Water Cooperation naturally would embrace and touch upon all these aspects.

(3 слайд) What makes fresh water so important?

• Unsafe water is the leading cause to sickness and death.

(4слайд) There are many different organizations dealing with environmental problems. Here you see a list of them.

(5 слайд) Waste Watch exists to support people to waste less and live more We believe improving our environment goes hand in hand with improving well-being and happiness in life. Our aim, within Keep Britain Tidy, with which we merged in 2011, is to show communities, schools, organisations and government how Waste Watch has campaigned, engaged with, and supported government, businesses and civil society over the past 25 years to manage waste more sustainably.

The UK has made great progress and now recycles more than 40% of its waste with total waste arisings in decline for the first time in history. Our use of natural resources, however, continues to increase. If we all consumed like we do in the UK, three planets would be required to sustain our way of life.

Furthermore the land on which we live and grow our food, the water we drink and bathe in and the air we breathe are all vital to our health. Our environment underpins our society and our wellbeing. We believe if we are to achieve

environmental goals we need to demonstrate how our own and other people’s well-being, health and happiness relates to the environment, natural resources and planet we share.

Research shows consuming more is not just bad for our planet but is also bad for our own collective health and well-being. If we shared resources more

fairly and worked towards globally agreed wellbeing goals rather than just GDP, our communities and society would progress in a more positive direction.

At Waste Watch we call this wasting less and living more.

Thank you for this information.

1. And the last group  are  German scientists  working on the project “Ecological Technologies”. Sasha Gololobova.

You are welcome.

I am grateful to my guests for coming. Thinking of our future I suggest Declaration of Interdependence

This We Know

• We are the earth, through the plants and animals that nourish us.
• We are the rains and the oceans that flow through our veins.
• We are the breath of the forests of the land, and the plants of the sea.
• We are human animals, related to all other life as descendants of the firstborn cell.
• We share with these kin a common history, written in our genes.
• We share a common present, filled with uncertainty.
• And we share a common future, as yet untold.
• We humans are but one of thirty million species weaving the thin layer of life enveloping the world.
• The stability of communities of living things depends upon this diversity.
• Linked in that web, we are interconnected – using, cleansing, sharing and replenishing the fundamental elements of life.
• Our home, planet Earth, is finite; all life shares its resources and its energy from the sun, and therefore has limits to growth.
• For the first time, we have touched those limits.
• When we compromise the air, the water, the soil and variety of life, we steal from the endless future to serve the fleeting present.

This We Believe

• Humans have become so numerous and our tools so powerful that we have driven fellow creatures to extinction, damned the great rivers, torn down ancient forests, poisoned the earth, rain and wind, and ripped holes in the sky.
• Our science has brought pain as well as joy; our comfort is paid for by the suffering of millions.
• We are learning from our mistakes, we are mourning our vanished kin, and now we build a new politics of hope.
• We respect and uphold the absolute need for clean air, water and soil.
• We see that economic activities that benefit the few while shrinking the inheritance of many are wrong.
• And since environmental degradation erodes biological capital forever, full ecological and social cost must enter all equations of development.
• We are one brief generation in the long march of time; the future is not ours to erase.
• So where knowledge is limited, we will remember all those who will walk after us, and err on the side of caution.

This We Resolve

All this we know and believe must now become the foundation of the way we live. At this turning point in our relationship with Earth, we work for an evolution: from dominate to partnership; from fragmentation to connection; from insecurity to interdependence.

And our talk-show is coming to the end. Take care of yourself and your future that means take care of the environment.