与环保有关的英语演讲（通用22篇）

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇1

I’m Mike. I am a student in Huaxing Middle School. Do you know the plasticbags? Do you often use the plastic bags? I don’t like them. I think they use thewasting valuable oil their production. And they can’t decompose(分解) in a shorttime. The plastic bags will make our world worse. I agree with the rule, whichpeople can’t get the free plastic bags in the shops, supermarkets. It encouragespeople to use their cloth bags and baskets. It’s good for our environment.

So I hope all the students in our class stop to use the plastic bags, anduse our own cloth bags. I hope we can take care of our environment. Let’s makeour world more and more beautiful.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇2

Hello, everyone. I’m Li Hua. It’s nice to speak about what we can do forthe environment, and I think each of us can do a little bit to help with thisproblem.

The first thing we can do is to use cloth bags instead of plastic bags whenwe go shopping. It helps to protect the environment. The second thing we can dois to reuse(再利用) the old textbooks as possible as we can. We should also neverforget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms in order to ’s more, it would be better if we walk or ride a bike to school. Weshould try our best to reduce pollution and waste.

In fact, even the simplest everyday activities(日常活动) can make a realdifference to(对…有影响) the environment. I believe we can make the world a betterplace to live in.

Thank you for your listening!

How to protect the environment?

Today there is more and more pollution and the environment is becomingworse and worse. So we have to know how to protect the environment. Here aresome ways.

First, we can stop driving our personal cars. We can go to school or workon foot or by bus. Not only can it protect environment, but also it is good forour health.

Second, we are not supposed to throw around litter anywhere. Instead, weshould put them into the dustbin. And it’s best to pick up the litter on theground when we see them.

Third, we should save the paper, the water, the food and so on. Fourth, weshould protect the trees and we should plant more trees.

I think if everyone does something to protect the environment, our worldwill be much better.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇3

There are still many problems of environmental protection in recent of the most serious problems is the serious pollution of air, water andsoil. the polluted air does great harm to people’s health. The polluted watercauses diseases and death. What is more, vegetation had been greatly reducedwith the rapid growth of modern cities.

To protect the environment, governments of many countries have done a slative steps have been introduced to control air pollution, to protect theforest and sea resources and to stop any environmental pollution. Therefore,governments are playing the most important role in the environmental protectiontoday.

In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even moreconcrete measures. First, it should let people fully realize the importance ofenvironmental protection through education. Second, much more efforts should bemade to put the

population planning policy into practice, because more people means morepeople means more pollution. Finally, those who destroy the environmentintentionally should be severely punished. We should let them know thatdestroying environment means destroying mankind themselves.

目前环保还存在着许多问题。最严重的问题就是空气、水和土壤的严重污染。污染的空气对人类的健康十分有害。污染的水引起疼病，造成死亡。更有甚者，随着现代社会的迅速扩建，植被大大的减少。

为了保护环境，各国政府做了大量的工作。采用了立法措施控制大气污染，保护森林资源和海洋资源，制止任何环境污染。因此，在当今的环保中政府起着最重要的作用。

我的看法是，为了保护环境，政府应当采取更具体的措施。首先，应当通过教育的方法使人们充分謒到环境保护的重要性。第二，应更加努力把计划生育政策付诸实施，因为人口多就意味着污染严重。最后，要严惩那些故意破坏环境者。使他们破坏环境就是毁灭人类自己。

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇4

We live in the world every day. We eat food, drink water, wear clothes, watch TV, use computers and so on. We are producing waste every moment.

Generally speaking, there are four sorts of waste. They are material waste, organic waste, inorganic waste and poisonous & harmful waste. Now, we are going to talk about each sort of waste one by one.

Material waste: it means the waste of substance or things from which something else can be made. For example, people throw away the used metal products and buy a new one, so the old metal waste accumulates. At last, they become waste. For example, when people finish reading newspaper, the paper will become waste. When the glass is broken, it also becomes waste. Nobody wants to use a broken window or drink with a broken glass or wear a pair of broken glasses. Once it is broken, it becomes waste. The rate of using plastics is increasing day by day. People use plastic bags because they are convenient. When they get home, they throw the plastics way, paying no attention to the environment. The more convenience plastics brings to us, the more plastic waste is produced. This is called “white pollution” as most plastics are white. Some of our products we use every day are made of rubber, just like the tyres and the bottom part of our shoes. It’s true that rubber plays an important role in our life. However, it also brings us some trouble when it has been used for a long time and becomes old. The old tyres become waste because it can’t break down by nature. This is really a big problem.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇5

Now, our side of the car constant more up, the environment alsoincreasingly worse! That the air around us there are many harmful efore, we want to Sue around things start to do. For example, we can go toschool by bike or walk, it can exercise. If you have time can use less elevator,many climb stairs. We can not only physical exercise, but also to protect ourenvironment.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇6

Our planet is in trouble!Almost every day we seem to hear of yet anotherproblem affecting the environment - and what a list of problems!- pollution,acidrain,global warming,the destruction of rainforests and other wild habitats,thedecline and extinction of thousands of species of animals and soon.

Nowadays,most of us know that these threats exist and that humans havecaused of us are very worried about the future of our planet andunless we can find a way of solving the problems we have made then theenvironment will suffer even more.

It all sounds so depressing - but we certainly mustn't despair!Every one ofus,whatever age we are,can do something to help slow down and reverse some ofthe cannot leave the problem-solving entirely to the experts - we allhave a responsibility for our must learn to live in a sustainableway n to use our natural resources which includeair,freshwater,forests,wildlife,farmland and seas without damaging pulations expand and lifestyles change,we must keep the World in goodcondition so that future generations will have the same natural resources thatwe have.

Here are just a few ideas to help you to do something to protect ourenvironment.

t more trees;

ng energy and water;

mise waste;

as much public transport as you can;

ect wild animals.

环境-我们如何才能帮助保护它?

我们的星球陷入困境!几乎每天我们都会听到另一个影响环境的问题-以及一系列问题!污染，酸雨，全球变暖，热带雨林和其他野生动物栖息地的破坏，减少对动物和植物物种灭绝等数千。

如今，我们大多数人都知道，这些威胁存在，人类已经造成他们，我们很多人都非常担心我们的星球的未来，除非我们能够找到一种方法来解决我们所做的问题，那么环境将遭受更多。

这一切听起来如此沮丧-但我们一定不能绝望!我们每一个人，不论年龄的我们，可以做些什么来帮助减缓和扭转一些损害。我们不能把问题的解决完全的专家-我们都对我们的环境有责任。我们必须学会生活在一个可持续的方式，即使用我们的自然资源，其中包括空气、淡水、森林、野生动物、农田里毫无损伤。随着人口增加和生活方式的改变，我们必须保持在良好的状态下的世界让下一代有相同的自然资源，我们有。

这里有一些想法，帮助你做一些事情来保护我们的环境。

种植更多的树;

节约能源和水;

尽量减少浪费;

尽可能多地使用公共交通工具;

保护野生动物。

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇7

In recent years，protecting the environment is being more and more importantto the whole human beings。

It is everyone's duty to do someting good to the environment around us。Asmiddle school students，we can also do a lot of helpful things。For example，we canprotect it by not throwing rubbish away。We can save water to make full use ofit。We can use materials which do no harm to the enviornment。Thingd we can do area great many。Only when we have the idea of loving our environment can we make abetter place to live。

So everybody，let's take action!

近年来，环保越来越受到全人类的重视。

保护好我们周边的环境是我们每一个人的职责。作为中学生的我们，也能够做许多有利于环保的事。比如说，我们能够避免到处扔垃圾。我们能够节俭用水，并且充分利用水资源。我们还能够使用不破坏环境的材料。我们能够做的事很多。仅有我们有了环保的观念我们才能创立一个更好的生活环境。

所以，大家行动起来吧!

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇8

as we all know, the challenge and opportunity always, confused with hope, in the 21st century, is also twin human facing challenges period. special performance in this aspect of the relation between man and nature. human deforestation, blind development farming, damaging the vegetation, causes soil erosion, desertification, any natural resources, make the underground mining mineral deposits in the increasingly exhausted, wastewater and waste, exhaust gas emission, make continuous natural environment seriously deteriorating.

human nature is excessive to take, suffer the nature ruthleretaliation: hurricane, rainstorm, storms, floods and drought, insect, heat, forest fires, earthquake, etc., the world because of drought disaster equipoised reasons caused the transference refugees until 20xx reach 100m. painful ecological lesson, has attracted the attention of the world and all mankind, ioc commission inspection bid cities, improving the eco-environment is one important content. china has issued a lot of environmental protection policies and regulations. our country also attaches great importance to the protection of environment education, the "building a green campus activities", in the country for grandeur.

students, our school is always in advocating "green wanli", which is one of important content protection beautify our campus. we often see many students on campus each picking up litter, with our own hands to protect a beautiful campus. however, we also often see some we don't want to see their scenario: the playground, stairs, corridor have the pa-pe-r scraps, the profession. again see the lawn, some classmates in trample, the school's green belts, sometimes found to have deep foot-prints, some places even gone became trail.

my fellow students, we is the 21st century master, awareneof environmental protection is modern signs. we must have the era of responsibility. responding to global, focus on the side, based on the campus. many curved waist, don't pick up peel confetti throws anywhere disorderly vomit, more step, don't crogreen belts, grassland. "kindnesmall and not for, is a sin to steal a pin," starts from me, since the childhood, starts from the side with, starting from now. to protect the earth mother, purify the campus.

we only have one world

as is known to all , we have a beautiful world can see the sun shining. we can see the moon in a full view. we can see the birds flying in the sky. we can see the horses running on the plain. however, the world is not as beautiul as before, for human beings have brought a disaster to the world.

so it is high time that we should do something to change this situation. as a citizen, we can do much for it. for example, we could use disposable goods less. and we are supposed to save resources such as water, electricity and so on. also, we ought to plant more trees to reduce the greenhouse effect. in addition, we could try our best to publicize the knowledge of environment protection. because we only have one world。

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇9

Nowadays, the environmental protection is becoming one of the most important issues in the world. Being one of the members of our society, what shall we do to protect the environment?

First, stop using plastic bags, boxes and bottles. Stores should be required to use the bags, boxes and bottles which are made from paper.

Secondly, more and more trees and flowers should be planted to keep our surrounding clean. People must be required to plant plants around their houses and work places.

Finally, we must control the pollution by law, according to which, polluted water and air exhausted from factories should be forbidden.

These are some of the measures that we can take to protect our environment and they are not hard tasks for us. Remember, the earth is the only planet we could live at present.

Since the first day, BNBM has paid more attention to protect the environment as its social responsibility, by developing green building materials, producing green products and creating green enterprise. According to the spirit of "From the nature, for the nature and return to the mature", BNBM has tried its best in developing new technology and improving equipment to reduce the pollution.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇10

Many people are active in fighting against unfair treatment to coloredpeople, women , animals and so on. Right now I am talking about fighting forrespect to our environment. Though the environment doesn’t have a mouth todeprecate what humans have done to her, she retaliates through action. In theearly years the Chinese cut down large quantities of trees, at the source of theyellow river, which led to the disappearance of big forests and terrible a result,the Huangtu plateau which was once covered with grass and forestswas turned into barrens that supported fewer plants. Another example was inseveral developed countries. Because many chemical factories dischargedpoisonous gas without filtering it, cities were covered with so much poisonousgas that people were killed by the air they breathed in. What horriblescene!

What we are suffering is only a small part of what the nature oncesuffered. If we don’t take action to show respect to the environment, we willhave to face an increasingly awful situation.

Measures should be taken to protect the environment on which we arerelying. First governments should forbid destroying vegetation, rivers andlakes, oceans, as and the atmosphere as well. Second voices should be made toannounce the public of the importance of protecting the environment. Thirdenterprises should pay special attention to the effect they have on theenvironment and work out solutions for the by changing the way wetreat the environment can we get along well with it. Only by saving theenvironment can we save ourselves.

Harmony with the environment is that we live in on Earth, who is a naturalson, and not only to natural persons as the conqueror, as we all know, there isonly one earth and the mountains on Earth, the animals.

Plant human cells, if it damaged, destroyed nature organizations, to theeradication of mankind. Therefore, the environment must be linked with socialethics, character education and practice acts as an important element of yone must fulfil its responsibilities and obligations to protect theenvironment.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇11

Garbage is divided into four categories: Garbag that can not be recoveredand used. Kitchen husk，leaves，leftovers ，etc. collected with green e that can be recovered and used. Paper，plastic，glass，fabric andmetal，etc.，are collected in blue plastic c and hazardous p batteries，expired medicines，paint buckets，mercury thermometers，fluorescenttubes and household chemicals， collected in red plastic rrubbish，collected in gray or yellow plastic containers.

垃圾分为四类：不可以回收和利用的垃圾。厨房里的果壳，菜叶，残羹剩饭等，用绿色塑料容器收集。可以回收和利用的垃圾。纸，塑料，玻璃，织物和金属等，用蓝色塑料容器收集。有毒和有害的垃圾。报废的电池，过期的药品，油漆桶，水银温度计，荧光灯灯管和日用化学品等，用红色塑料容器收集。其它的垃圾，用灰色或黄色塑料容器收集。

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇12

What is nature? It's everything that exists in the world independently of people, such as pants and animals, earth and rocks, and the weather.

Now more and more people are focusing on the nature. It is no doubt that the nature is important to every human being. No nature, no life. Because of the supplies of the nature, we have lived happily for a long time. And we started to gain every thing available from the nature. And this lasted so long a time. Today, people have discovered that the nature around is getting worse and worse.

What is threatening the nature? Air and water pollution, overharvesting of plant and animal species, overpopulation and so on. Overpopulation is the biggest source of pollution. Let's take overpopulation as an example.

What does overpopulation feel like? When we move slowly through the city in a tazi. When we enter a crowded slum district. When the temperature is high and when the air is thick with dust and smoke. The streets are crowded with people. The streets seem alive with people. People eating. People washing. People talking. People sleeping. People visiting each other, arguing and screaming. People relieving themselves. People pushing their hands through the taxi windows, begging. People leading animals. People, people, people, people. As we drive slowly through the crowd, sounding the taxi's horn, the dust, heat, noise and cooking fires made it like a scene from hell! I admit, frightening.

To the nature, overpopulation is a big problem. More people, more pollution. And the big population is threatening the nature every second.

The rapid rise in world population is not creating problems only for the developing countries. The whole world faces the problem that raw materials are being used up at an increasing rate and food production can not keep up with the population increase. People in rich countries make the heaviest demands on the world's resources, its food, fuel and land, and cause the most pollution. A baby born in the United States will use in his lifetime 30 times more of the world's resources than a baby born in India. Unless all the countries of the world take united action to deal with the population explosion there will be more and more people fighting for a share of less and less land, food and fuel, and the future will bring poverty, misery and war to us all.

For most of the developing countries, it is a good idea to control the population growth. For example, China has carried out birth control for years. And this plan has a great effect on the world population.

If the population continues to increase, if the air and water continue to be polluted, if we don't do something to protect wild-plant and wildlife species will be declining. Species and biological communities have difficulty adapting to change. Economic opportunities and the quality of life of future generations are also put at risk. By protecting nature, we protect ourselves.

Let's unite together, hand in hand we stand all across the land.

We can make this world in which to live. Hand in hand. Control the population growth. Take good care of our nature.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇13

Nature--Overpopulation

What is nature? It's everything that exists in the world independently of people, such as pants and animals, earth and rocks, and the weather.

Now more and more people are focusing on the nature. It is no doubt that the nature is important to every human being. No nature, no life. Because of the supplies of the nature, we have lived happily for a long time. And we started to gain every thing available from the nature. And this lasted so long a time. Today, people have discovered that the nature around is getting worse and worse.

What is threatening the nature? Air and water pollution, overharvesting of plant and animal species, overpopulation and so on. Overpopulation is the biggest source of pollution. Let's take overpopulation as an example.

What does overpopulation feel like? When we move slowly through the city in a tazi. When we enter a crowded slum district. When the temperature is high and when the air is thick with dust and smoke. The streets are crowded with people. The streets seem alive with people. People eating. People washing. People talking. People sleeping. People visiting each other, arguing and screaming. People relieving themselves. People pushing their hands through the taxi windows, begging. People leading animals. People, people, people, people. As we drive slowly through the crowd, sounding the taxi's horn, the dust, heat, noise and cooking fires made it like a scene from hell! I admit, frightening.

To the nature, overpopulation is a big problem. More people, more pollution. And the big population is threatening the nature every second.

The rapid rise in world population is not creating problems only for the developing countries. The whole world faces the problem that raw materials are being used up at an increasing rate and food production can not keep up with the population increase. People in rich countries make the heaviest demands on the world's resources, its food, fuel and land, and cause the most pollution. A baby born in the United States will use in his lifetime 30 times more of the world's resources than a baby born in India. Unless all the countries of the world take united action to deal with the population explosion there will be more and more people fighting for a share of less and less land, food and fuel, and the future will bring poverty, misery and war to us all.

For most of the developing countries, it is a good idea to control the population growth. For example, China has carried out birth control for years. And this plan has a great effect on the world population.

If the population continues to increase, if the air and water continue to be polluted, if we don't do something to protect wild-plant and wildlife species will be declining. Species and biological communities have difficulty adapting to change. Economic opportunities and the quality of life of future generations are also put at risk. By protecting nature, we protect ourselves.

Let's unite together, hand in hand we stand all across the land.

We can make this world in which to live. Hand in hand. Control the population growth. Take good care of our nature.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇14

Throughout history man has changed his physical environment in order toimprove his way of life. With the tools of technology he has altered manyphysical features of the earth. He has transformed woodlands and prairies intofarms and made lakes and reserviors out of rivers for irrigation purposes orhydroelectric power. Man has also modified the face of the earth by drainingmarshes and cutting through mountains to build roads and railways.

However, man's changes to the physical environment have not always hadbeneficial results. Today, pollution of the air and water is an increasingdanger to the health of the planet. Each day thousands of tons of gases come outof the exhausts of motor vehicles. Smoke from factories pollutes the air ofindustrialized areas and the surrounding areas of the countryside. The pollutionof water is equally harmful. The whole ecological balance of the sea is beingchanged and industrial wastes have already made many rivers lifeless.

Now environmental protection is more pressing than ever before. As we know,massive destruction of environment has brought about negative effects and evenposes a great threat to man's existence. Indifference to these problems willmean committing suicide. Therefore, effective measures should be taken and lawspassed to conserve environment. Otherwise,man is certain to suffer from theserious consequences caused by this lack of care for his livingsurroundings.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇15

some people may proudly say: we are the masters of nature. it is true thatthe idea of "man can conquer nature" has dominated people‘s mind for years, andit is true, man has kept acting like a master and doing whatever things he wantsfor thousands of years. however, as the consequence of this kind of "leadership", now the "master" seems to be confronted with problems that are far beyond hiscontrol. facts are really very ample. thegreen house effect leaves islands andcities along the coast, such as this oriental pearl-shanghai, in danger of thedisaster of being drowned; the holes of the ozone layer make the earth lesssuitable to live for some creatures including human beings; the phenomena of elnino and la nina leave the land with serious flood and drought, and thediseases, caused by pollution, are increasing at an incredible speed... seeingall these facts, can we still ignore the counterattack of nature? we are not themasters of nature. facing all the disasters made by ourselves, we, mankind as awhole should realize that we are just a normal member of the big family ofnature. any mistreatment towards nature will meet only with the revenge fromher.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇16

It's my great honor to be invited here to give a speech on we all know the environment is very important to us. Because it has a great effect on we should protect our environment .

In fact ,we can do many things to improve environment such as planting trees, collecting waste paper, write to the local newspapers to remind everybody to take care of most important thing is,I think ,to let everybody know its importance and everybody should make a contribution to it .

As long as we try, we can make it. We strongly believe that we can do it !

Let’s do it together!

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇17

It’s our duty to protect our environment. More and more people ride bikeswhen they go out nowadays. It’s helpful to keep the air clean.

I usually ride to school. I only take a bus on a rainy day. On my bicycle Ican breathe the fresh air and do some exercise to keep healthy. On the otherhand, I can keep away from the traffic jam and make sure I can arrive at schoolon time. To my joy, I can also do a bit for keep the air clean by riding abicycle.

I hope everybody will join us and take care of our environment in this way.I believe the air around us will be cleaner with the help of us all.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇18

The Yangzte River is the longest river in China. And it's important andhelpful to us Chinese. But these days the Yangtze River is bringing us seriousfloods.

Many villages were destroyed by floods. The floods made hundreds ofmillions of people lose their homes, relatives and friends. Many children can'tgo to school as usual the foods have drawn the attention of the wholeworld. People from abroad have offered their help too. In China, millions ofsoldiers are busy fighting against the floods. They are working very hard. Manyof them have lost their lives in their attempt to save the villagers.

Though we can't help them to fight against floods, we should help them torebuild their homeland. We can present them our pocketmoney and clothes. Ibelieve most of the people will return to their homeland in the near future.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇19

We have only one earth. But now,the environment becomes worse and worse.

As you know,there's no enough clean water for people. So many of them lose their lives because of water. In a lot of countries, people have to cut trees for living. So there's nothing to keep water from running away. Also we have polluted the land, the river and the air. So we have to face more and more floods and droughts .

It's time that we must do something useful to protect our environment. We can plant trees and take good care of them. We can save the water and ask our parents to do so. We can't throw any litter onto the ground and we should collect them for recycling.

If we take good care of our earth today,it will be more beautiful tomorrow.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇20

Although the world develops much faster and better, the resources on theearth get fewer and order to protect them,something must be done.

Save water. Water is the source of life. No water, no life. So it's veryimportant for us to do only should we protect drinking water and stoppolluting it, but also make full use of it.

Save electricity. It is crucial. We can't imagine what the life will belike without yone should do his best to save electricity. Don't forget toturn off lights or other electric machines when we finish working.

Save forests. They are useful se stop cutting them down and userecycled paper instead. Make our world a green one to live in.

Recycle useful rubbish. Plenty of rubbish can be recycled like cans,paper,bottles, and so on. We can save resources in this way.

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇21

hello，everyone. Today，my topic is about “Environment Protection”.

各位好， 。今天，我的主题是“环境保护” 。

There are places where cities once stood. There are gardens with trees and grass. But now these places are like deserts. Scientists began to study this land to find out what happened. Many of them believe the land died when trees were cut down. By this story，We find that we must do our best to provide our word’s environment.

有些地方的城市曾经。有花园的树和草。但现在这些地方就像是沙漠。科学家开始研究这片土地，了解发生了什么。他们中的许多人认为，土地死亡树木被砍倒。由这个故事，我们发现，我们必须竭尽所能，提供我们的话的环境。

Now，In the world，Many students began to do something for our world. They join environment clubs. In the club，People work together to make our environment clean. They bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school. They also come to school in no-car days. Cars give pollution to our air，so remember ：walk, ride a bike or run，used our legs. It’s more fun!

现在，在世界上，许多学生开始做一些对我们的世界。他们加入俱乐部的环境。在俱乐部，人民共同努力，使我们的环境清洁。他们带来了他们的午餐中袋，可再次使用。每个星期，他们选择课程，使最不发达国家的垃圾，并报告给整个学校。他们还到学校来的无车日。汽车给我们的空气污染，所以请记住：走路，骑自行车或运行，用我们的腿。这里更有趣!

I know I’m only a primary student，but I can do something too. I will do something to help save water，when I take shows，I will collect the used water with a basin and later flush toilets with it. I will also help sort out different kinds of garbage，when morewastes are treated，our environment will be cleaner.

我知道我只是一个国小生，但我可以做些什么了。我将做些什么，以帮助节约用水，当我表明，我将收集使用水流域，后来抽水马桶的。我也将有助于理清不同种类的垃圾，当更多 废物的处理，我们的环境将清洁。

Let’s do something for our environment! Thanks for listening!

让我们做一些对我们的环境!感谢您听!

与环保有关的英语演讲 篇22

DEMAND for graduates in the UK with skills related to sustainability is booming. Academia is waking up to the need to train specialists in green architecture, chemistry and engineering.

Dean Millar founded the world’s first ever BSc course in Renewable Energy at Exeter University after working as an industry consultant.

He said: “A lot of companies were complaining that there was a lack of bright young people suitably trained to work in the renewables business.”

Now his course has around 90 students learning the ins and outs of biomass, tidal, solar and offshore wind power.

Their career prospects are incredibly bright. Employment opportunities are not just limited to the energy sector, but segue into the regulatory and, increasingly, investment sectors as well.

“The big boys are moving in. The returns to be had are significant, especially in terms of wind development,” said Millar. “Financial firms need expertise across the board so they can make sensible investment decisions.”

Students on York University’s Master’s course in Green Chemistry are ideally placed to take advantage of the growing demand in industry for graduates with waste minimization skills.

Professor James Clark is founder of York’s Green Chemistry Centre for Excellence and the world’s leading green chemistry journal, Green Chemistry. He said: “We are now talking to producers of automobiles, electronics, furniture and pharmaceuticals, people who need to use chemistry but don’t think of themselves as chemists.”

As waste production legislation becomes increasingly strict, the traditional emphasis on making as much of a chemical as possible is shifting towards minimizing the waste that process creates. “A lot of chemicals are made from petroleum, but we are developing sustainable ways to make carbon, typically from biomass such as dead plants and trees,” said professor Clark.

All of last year’s graduates quickly found employment, some receiving multiple job offers in a variety of different fields.

Li Li, a 26-year-old Chinese postgraduate student, graduated from York in 20xx. She said:

“I hadn’t heard about green chemistry in China. It was a new area and I was curious. Now the government back home needs people who know about these principles.”

Deep in the heart of Wales, 400 students at the Centre for Alternative Technology’s (CAT) Graduate School of the Environment are busy designing and building everything from high insulation wood housing to wind power turbines. With energy costs rising, building firms are increasingly looking to minimize the energy wasted heating and lighting homes, a service CAT students are well-equipped to provide.

A new institute is being built to meet the burgeoning demand for places and a distance learning facility will be launched next September so foreign students can complete CAT courses from home.

The expertise being taught on these courses is essential to a continually expanding range of companies and government authorities. Yet there is a larger goal at stake; the students are at the forefront of the battle against climate change. In the words of Dean Millar, “If we’re going to save the planet, we need to start turning these people out in big numbers.”