Umwelt im Alltag
The environment is one of the big B1 topics, from the news to your own kitchen. The words you need first, with article and plural:
- der Umweltschutz — environmental protection (no plural)
- der Müll — trash, garbage (no plural)
- die Verpackung, -en — the packaging
- der Klimawandel — climate change (no plural)
- die Energie, -n and der Strom — energy and electricity
Two verbs carry many sentences: sparen (to save) and verschwenden (to waste).
Tipp
Many environment words are compounds: die Umwelt + der Schutz = der Umweltschutz. The last part decides the article: der Schutz, so der Umweltschutz.