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Logistics Vocabulary: Letters E and F

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Aim: students of transport logistics match definitions with the given words. The handout or the  flipchart contain a reading/matching task and  a defining  task. Suggested procedure : students  match the words and their definitions and later they explain words to their classmates so that they guess the word.  The texts are definitions of words related to transport. They all start with the letters E and F Words included in this task (all  E or F  words) : Economy of scale, embargo, EDI, factory gate pricing, feature, flatcar, full truck load, etc. You can download the materials from the site by clicking HERE Materials:  Possibility 1: Word document with definitions and match task + key for the teacher  Possibiliy 2/ Promethean flipchart:   Active studio Promethean flip chart to project in class. Students can come to the whiteboard and  move  definitions to match the correct word.  Also I provide you with a list o...

Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship

Culture and Leisure Three Stories of Entrepreneurship and local ecoactivism    Listen to Majora Carter talking about entrepreneurship in the local communities Majora Carter (born October 27, 1966) is an urban revitalization strategist and public radio host, from the South Bronx area of New York City.Ms. Carter founded the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainable South Bronx   before entering the private sector. If you want to download the vocabulary and the script, click HERE . Click HERE to go to the original source Questions:  1. Majora Carter tells us about both how to avoid social exclusion and how to improve the management of cities so as to maximize taxpayers' contributions. Can you think of/ Are you aware of/ similar initiatives in your area? Tell us about them 2. One of the issues Majora Carter tackles is energy production and consumption. Can you think of ways of minimizing the use and waste of energy resources?  C...