Unit 1 Global Warming 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Global Warming: Myth or Fact? Text B Causes, Effects and Solutions of the Global Warming Crisis 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit 2 Pollution 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information TextA Noise Pollution Text B Our Vanishing Night 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit 3 Resource Shortage and Management 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Rising above the Low of Peak Water Text B Peak Oil Production May Already Be Here 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit 4 Genetically Modified Conservation 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information TextA Genetically Modified Conservation Text B What If Organic Farmers Joined Forces with Genetic Engineers? 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit 5 Coping with Environmental Emergencies 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A The Green Cross Text B When Will We Learn? 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit 6 Sustainable Solutions 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Building on the Fly Text B Can Cities Feed Us? 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Appendix 1 Sample Academic Essay Appendix 2 Glossary Appendix 3 The 570 Words of the Academic Word List (AWL)