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BYORDUEKWA SOLOMON
DEPT. OF ENVT. TECHN.(EVT)FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF
TECH. OWERRI (FUTO)
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OUTLINE
INTRO
• INTRODUCTION• DEFINITIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS
BODY
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS• MEANING OF GOING GREEN• REASONS FOR GOING GREEN• HOW TO GO GREEN
SUMMARY
• RECOMMENDATIONS• CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTIONIn today’s world, no individual operates in a vacuum. Our choices and behaviors have a ripple effect that reach across the world and on to future generations.
What we buy, what we do or do not, what we “throw away” has an impact on an evermore interconnected planet.
If we want our future generations to continue to have this great wealth of natural resources, it will take an all-hands effort to preserve clean air, water and soil.
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DEFINITIONS
Green is the symbolic color of environmentalism and sustainability.
Anything can be green-from energy policy to building design, parenting techniques, and economic strategies.
Green is often used to describe efforts to reduce the impact of modern human life on the rest of the natural world.
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
An environment is all of the conditions, circumstances, etc. that surround and influence life on earth, including atmospheric conditions, food chains, and the water cycle.
Our environment is a combination of many elements, both living and non-living that make up our surroundings. Some include natural elements and some are manufactured.
GREEN ENVIRONMENT
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COMPONENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
COMPONENTS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Environment
Air
Water
Land
Bio-sphere
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Overpopulation Natural Resource Depletion Loss of Biodiversity Waste Disposal Pollution Urban Sprawl Acid Rain Ozone Layer Depletion Global Warming
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KEY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Air Pollution
Land PollutionDeforestation
Water Pollution
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GLOBAL WARMING
This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. The 10 warmest years in the 134-year record all have occurred since 2000, with the exception of 1998. The time series below shows the five-year average variation of global surface temperatures from 1884 to 2015. Dark blue indicates areas cooler than average. Dark red indicates areas warmer than average. 9
EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING
Melting Ice
Desert Encroachment
Flooded Regions
Loss of Habitat
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EFFECTS…
REDUCED PRODUCTIVITY LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
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Health Effects
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GOING GREEN Basically, going green means to live life, as an individual as well as a community, in a way that is friendly to the natural environment and is sustainable for the earth.
It means contributing towards maintaining the natural ecological balance in the environment, and preserving the planet and it’s systems & resources.
It means taking steps, whether big or small, to minimize the harm you do to the environment.
Reduce pollution
Conserve resources
Conserve energy
Reduce consumption and waste
Protect the earth’s ecological balance
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REASONS FOR GOING GREEN
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Business• Beat the competition• Earn and save more
money
Legal • Avoid Regulatory
burdens• Meet legal
requirements
Environmental• Save natural
resources• Benefit or protect the
environment
Political • Achieve Energy
independence• Effect a political
change• Solve or prevent
crisisEthical• Benefit future
generation • Benefit animals
HOW TO GO GREENREDUCE
Transportation• Bicycling, Walking,• Carpooling, Use public Transport.
Save energy• Use energy efficient bulbs • Off bulbs during the day
Conserve water• Off taps while not in use• Don’t waste
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REUSERefillables • Water bottles• Cans
Reusable • Launch box• Reusable bags
Save papers• Use the backside of a paper• Use e-mails
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RECYCLEPlastics • Polyethynes• Bottle water
Papers • News papers,• Magazines, etc.
Metals • Aluminums • Cars
Waste to Energy (WTE)• Generate Energy from inflammable waste• Make manuals from compost
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REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT A carbon footprint is
historically defined as "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an [individual, event, organization, product] expressed as CO2e
Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by your activities in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year.
Fuel type Unit CO2 emitted per unit
Petrol 1 gallon (UK) 10.4 kg
Petrol 1 liter 2.3 kg
Gasoline 1 gallon (USA) 8.7 kg
Gasoline 1 liter 2.3 kg
Diesel 1 gallon (UK) 12.2 kg
Diesel 1 gallon (USA) 9.95 kg Diesel 1 liter 2.7 kg
Oil (heating) 1 gallon (UK) 13.6 kg
Oil (heating) 1 gallon (USA) 11.26 kg Oil (heating) 1 liter 3 kg
Source: M.J. Bradley & Associates, 2008), p. 4, table 1.1
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KNOW YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
Average carbon dioxide emissions (grams) per passenger mile (USA). Based on 'Updated Comparison of Energy Use & CO2 Emissions From Different Transportation Modes, October 2008' (Manchester, NH: M.J. Bradley & Associates, 2008), p. 4, table 1.1
Calculation:If your car consumes 7.5 liter diesel per 100 km, then a drive of 300 km distance consumes 3 x 7.5 = 22.5 liter diesel, which adds 22.5 x 2.7 kg = 60.75 kg CO2 to your personal carbon footprint.
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WORK PLACE RECOMMENDATION FOR GOING GREEN
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PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION ON GOING GREEN
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CONCLUSION The green environment means a
healthy, sustainable, conservative, productive and wealthy environment.
Go green and be healthy, Go green and be rich, Go green and save the unborn world.
Go green, think green, its easy, simple and life transforming.
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THANK YOU FOR
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