5. What do you think the organisers were hoping to achieve by organising the event? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. What have people learned about climate change because of this event? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 59D Analysing media coverage of Google Camp 2019 Key Skills Success criteria
I can identify how the presentation of an event in the media is important for its success.
Look at how the 2019 Google Camp was covered by an infographic in a popular newspaper and by an article in Euronews. Answer the questions that follow.
HOW GREEN WAS THEIR GATHERING?
FLIGHTS: Each �irst- class �light from Los Angeles to Palermo generates 12.3 tons of CO2 per person. ■ A private jet from London to Sicily will
create around ten times more carbon emissions – putting around three tons of CO2 into the
atmosphere. ■ Prince Harry would need to plant
190 trees in order to offset the three tons of carbon made by his one-way private jet to Palermo, according to environmental group Trees for the Future.
London 6,600miles Los A s Angeles
■ Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom arrived in David Geffen’s £330 million yacht, Rising Sun, which has a crew of 45.
VERDURA, SICILY The luxury resort, where villas cost up to £2,400 a night and staff are reportedly asked to sign non-disclosure agreements.
Source: Infographic adapted from an article in The Metro newspaper