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‘We need to become the solution’: older New Zealanders join climate change fight
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b. Now use them to complete the sentences below.
1. In general, younger people are more aware of the risks of climate change 
older people. 
2. Older people who 
about climate change are no longer seen as crazy.
3. David Yockney wants to 
a healthy safe world for his grandchildren.
4. He used to 
that there would be ice on winter mornings.
5. These days David Yockney 
sees any ice in New Zealand winters.
6. After he retired, he decided to 
with a local climate change action group.

Discussion
a. Discuss these questions and statements.
• Is climate change real? And if it is, is it caused by humans? Why are you sure that your answer 
is true?
• What changes could you make to your life to reduce your carbon footprint?
• Describe the world that you would like to leave to your grandchildren.
In your own words
a. Work in pairs or small groups.
Imagine you create a local group to fight climate change. Most of the members of your climate action group are 
under 50. You want older people to join your group. Think of ways to tell people about your group, and to get them 
to join. Choose one you think will work and write, record, film, etc. Finally, present your idea to the other students.

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‘We need to become the solution’: older New Zealanders join climate change fight
3. Comprehension check 
a. Students decide whether the statements are true or 
false according to the information they read in the 
article. They should rewrite any that are incorrect 
to make them true. This will leave them with an 
8-sentence summary of the article.
Key: 
1. False. Winters these days are warmer than 
60 years ago. He hardly ever gets ice on his 
bird bath.
2. True.
3. True.
4. False. He used to do these jobs but now he 
is retired.
5. False.Hefirsthearddiscussionsaboutclimate
change in the 1990s; then, in his retirement, he 
began reading more about it.
6. False. He didn’t take the round-the-world trip 
like many other retirees as he realized that he 
had to limit his contribution to climate change.
7. False. One of these changes was to cut back 
on the amount of meat he eats, but he didn’t 
become a vegetarian.
8. False. He joined a local climate change action 
groupcalledLowCarbonKāpiti(hedidn’tstartit
and it’s not only for the over 60s).