Green homes

Sustainable squatting

Watch the video and answer the questions below:
1.What was the place like when she first arrived there?
2.Why did she settle for it?
3.Where did they find the building materials?
4.How did she transport them?
5.Where did they get food? And clothes?
6.Why did she decide to live this way?
7.How does she say she pays for her rent?
8.Why did she leave the kitchen wall open?
9.What’s her favourite piece of recycling?
10.How did she avoid confrontation in the house?
11.What are the gardens used for?
12.Where did the plants come from? And the marble for the paths?

Answers written in white. Select below to see them:
1.The place had no doors, windows the cables ripped out 2.She saw potential in it. She chose the house because of the light from the east and west 3.The building material was found in the neighbourhood 4.She used a trolley to bring things 5.She got her food from the Covent Garden market. The clothes came from jumble sales or charity shops 6.She could make a home for herself 7.She paid the rent with her work 8.She left the wall open in the kitchen because she likes the light and she wanted to see the lath, the muscles of the house 9.Her favourite piece of recycling is an 1937 oven 10.To avoid confrontation in the house she built kitchens 11.The gardens were an outlet for their creativity 12.They bring the plants from other peoples gardens. They brought marble from a factory nearby

Causes and effects of Climate Change

Adapt to climate change?

What is art?

Is this art? Watch and find out the definition of art according to the presenters



What is art for?



Have a look at different definitions of art

The Tate Modern is 10!

Watch the first part of a BBC documentary about the Tate Modern and choose the correct answer:

1.The Tate Modern… the connection between size and art
a.exploits
b.invented
c.downplays

2.In the gallery there is a metal container where you can experience
a.light from the sun
b.fear
c.mind expansion

3.The higher floors in the Tate Modern Gallery contain
a.installations
b.a permanent exhibition
c.a theme park

4.You might find Henri Matisse
a.less avant-garde than Gerhard Richter
b.less comprehensible than No-Ghost-Just-a-Shell artists
c.less accessible than contemporary artists

5.Nowadays the Tate Modern is considered… ordinary people
a.a baffling experience for
b.an integral part of the life of
c.an overrated activity for

6.Years ago modern art was
a.praised in the media
b.accessible for non-intellectuals
c.a high-class experience

7.…was/were the first to popularize modern art
a.The Tate Modern
b.Saatchi Gallery
c.Independent artists

8.Tate Modern is a symbol of
a.elitism
b.a new society
c.mainstream art

Answers written in white. Select this line to see them: 1a, 2c, 3a, 4a, 5b, 6c, 7b, 8b

Leisure time

Watch the video and answer these questions:

What’s obligation time?
Time spent on things you have to do
What’s leisure time?
Something you do without having to do it
What was important for people in the 50s?
Relaxing when you had time off and the family
Why were the 70s the golden decade of leisure time?
Because there was a growing population, with a growing income and with a growing amount of time
What changed in the 90s?
The telephone was used to talk to other people
New target groups developed
Who uses technology for leisure the most nowadays?
People with higher education
What influences middle aged people in their use of technology?
Work and marriage
How do people’s habits differ from their wishes?
People are looking for social activities but they dedicate more time to other activities
How is lack of time affecting leisure activities?
People do the activities faster, less accurately and combine activities