HungaryGrace MortonTamarac Middle School, Grade 7RPI EcoEd Research ProgramSpring 2013

This picture was taken by my dad when he went to Budapest.

Geography

Government

• Parliamentary democracy

• Prime Minister• Viktor

Orban

THE RIVER DANUBE THE RIVER TISZA

LAKE BALATON

Major Bodies of Water

http://eeagrants.org/Results/Project-stories/Protecting-the-environment-around-Lake-Balaton#story

This is another picture from my dad’s trip.

Air Pollution

http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/soil-takes-years-recover-pollution-spills/121/

Soil pollutionIt doesn’t hurt humans directly, but it hurts animals and plants living and growing in the soil.

•Sulfur dioxide•Contaminated clouds•Acid rain•Polluted soil

Toxic Red Sludge Spill

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11498884

http://www.geoeye.com/corpsite/gallery/gallery-image.aspx?2140&g=17

Sludge contains iron oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, calcium oxide, titanium dioxide and sodium oxide

Hungarian Aluminum (MAL)

Declining at 0.81%Death Rate is slowly growing while birth

rate is shrinkingGovernment is encouraging people to have

children Got below 10,000,000 in 2010

Needs to get back upLowest ever since 1960Government will lower taxes for families

with three or more children.

Population

http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

Estimations for Renewable Energy

http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

Renewable Energy Strategy

http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

Population

Renewable energy

Nuclear Energy

Fossil Fuels

Energy efficiency

http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

Bicycling

http://www.xpatloop.com/news/bike_sharing_coming_to_hungary_in_march

This bike-sharing station is in France.

Szeged, Hungary

Clean Air Action GroupMonitoring air quality in Hungarian citiesOne of Hungary’s most well known

environmental organizationsEuropean Environmental Area Grants

Norway, Sweden, and a few other countries

Loan money to clean up the environmentRecently did a project with Lake Balaton

Environmental Organizations

Thank you!

Q & A